Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of
generating electric energy from other forms of
energy.
The fundamental principles of electricity
generation were discovered during the 1820s
and early 1830s by the British scientist
Michael Faraday. His basic method is still
used today: electricity is generated by the
movement of a loop of wire, or disc of copper
between the poles of a magnet. [1]
For electric utilities , it is the first process in
the delivery of electricity to consumers. The
other processes, electricity transmission,
distribution , and electrical power storage and
recovery using pumped-storage methods are
normally carried out by the electric power
industry.
Electricity is most often generated at a power
station by electromechanical generators ,
primarily driven by heat engines fueled by
chemical combustion or nuclear fission but
also by other means such as the kinetic
energy of flowing water and wind. There are
many other technologies that can be and are
used to generate electricity such as solar
photovoltaics and geothermal power.