why does Most electricity generation method involve spinning a turbine?

Question

Are there other methods(Not solar panels) to do it that doesn’t need a spinning turbine at all?

In: Technology

Answer 1

It doesn’t have to be spinning a turbine, but it does have to be moving a magnet through a coil. You could have an infinite amount of coils and just move the magnet in a line, but it’s much easier to have the coil in a circle and rotate the magnet around it.