Electricity delivery

Electricity delivery is the process that starts after generation of electricity in the power station, up to the use by the consumer. The main processes in electricity delivery are, by order:

References

^ Very simple lay tutorial on power delivery

Concepts

Portal pylons of Kriftel substation near Frankfurt

Sources

Non-renewable	Fossil fuel power station Coal Natural gas Oil shale Petroleum Nuclear
Renewable	Biofuel Biogas Biomass Geothermal Hydro Marine Current Osmotic Thermal Tidal Wave Solar Sustainable biofuel Wind

Generation

Transmission
and distribution

Failure modes

Protective
devices

Economics
and policies

Statistics and
production

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Electricity delivery

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References