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'''Photovoltaic''' [[semiconductor]]s convert light directly to electricity. Individual photovoltaic cells may be used for detecting and measuring lig ...taic-generated power, or supplemental power sources, to continue providing electricity during darkness.

electricity supply industry, including three years on a software control Central Electricity Research Laboratory, Leatherhead, where the focus of

Uses turbines inside wind mills to generate [[electricity]] or pump water or do other work; see the [[Wikipedia:Wind_power|Wind power

The flow or presence of electric charge; the flow of electricity is an important carrier of energy.

An [[electrical power plant]] that generates [[electricity]] directly from [[sunlight]] either by using [[photovoltaics]] or by focusi

An [[electric power plant]] in which all of the electricity is produced by using a heat source to generate steam that drives a steam tu

...rm of [[Energy (science)|energy]] by using [[wind turbine]]s to generate [[electricity]].

...plosive nuclear reactions to make steam, which in turn is used to generate electricity) in light of current world factors

...ice for making sparks) and a [[Leyden jar]] (a device used to store static electricity), Galvani found that the electric current delivered by the two would cause ...made Galvani the first investigator to appreciate the relationship between electricity and animation — or life. This finding provided a basis for the current un

A power collection method for supplying electricity to [[rapid transit]] vehicles where a shoe has an electrical connection to

...ineries, chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, natural gas processing, electricity-generating power plants and others.

...nd chemist whose best known work was on the closely connected phenomena of electricity and magnetism; his discoveries lead to the electrification of industrial so

...ts of a [[hammer (tool)]] and [[drill (tool)]], powered by compressed air, electricity, and explosives, and used in excavation and demolition

...the [[Earth]]'s surface and uses it for space heating or for generating [[electricity]]; see the [[Wikipedia:Geothermal_power|Geothermal power]] article on Wikip

...off light flashes. Another phenomenon caused by electricity, called static electricity, is that by rubbing a balloon against a sweater electric charge is transfer ...removed, then no current will run. Whenever we want to extract energy from electricity we need a closed loop.

'''Lightning''' is a visible discharge of [[electricity]] that occurs when a [[cloud]] acquires an excessive positive or negative [

...ch is sent, internal to the device, to a receiver that converts it back to electricity; this provides noise and security isolation between two electrical environm