Nuclear power appears to be a powerful way to make steam that spins a turbine. Same with geothermal, wind, & hydro. Maybe not solar? Isn’t energy lost in the multiple energy conversions (heat, water state, kinetic)? Is it theoretically possible to have a power source that more directly moves electrons through a circuit? If solar is the only one that can, it’s limited in efficiency and where it can be used. What about power generation undersea or on Ganymede or something?
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You can generate electricity without spinning turbines, but it’s an efficient way to move the magnets in the coil to move the electrons. There are configurations of magnets that can generate electricity through rocking motions and even movement of the ocean, but because the motion is not continuous, the electricity it creates needs to be conditioned in some manner…even more so than things like wind power.
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