SOLAR ELECTRICITY   A PRIMER FOR KIDS
          Using sunlight to make electricity.

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  Solar Power Plants

Solar Thermal Power Plant


  1. Rotating mirrors track the sun to get the most sunlight

  2. Pipes carry cold water to be heated into steam by sunlight

  3. Steam goes through a pipe to a storage tank

  4. The steam from the storage tank turns a turbine-generator

  5. The turning of the turbine-generator makes electricity. The electricity goes to transmission lines and then to houses, schools, and other things that use electricity, or it is stored.

  6. Source of cold water that can be heated to make steam
steam powered power plant
Diagram Courtesy of Ausra




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