Are there other methods(Not solar panels) to do it that doesn’t need a spinning turbine at all?
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Because the 3 phase AC network used all over the world was designed around the sine wave from a spinning magnet in 3 coils 120 degrees apart from each other, so to get power like that the way to do it is with the magnet and the coils unless you want complex electronics that have not scaled well till very recently.
It is very efficient to do so, and most energy will be in mechanical form which connects to a spinning magnet very well. Sure, you can use the seebeck effect like some stovetop fans do for power, but its efficiency is terrible.
You could split out hydrogen and use that in a fuel cell, but again, terrible efficiency which is why its no good for cars despite some people thinking it will be great.
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