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[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (12 children)

Nearly all power generation comes down to boiling water to steam which spins a turbine.

I can only think of two common exceptions off the top of my head. Solar is an exception and Hydro power is an exception ironically, that usually uses the vertical difference and gravity to spin the turbine.

[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wind turbines also.

But some solar does focus it on a tower to make steam to drive a turbine.

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