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Thermionic generators convert heat or light into an electric current by using the temperature difference between two metallic plates that are separated by a vacuum. The hot plate is heated either by incident light or thermal conduction and this causes electrons to evaporate from its surface.
How Electricity Generation Works. Thomas Edison used coal to fuel the first power plant. In the system he built, coal-fired boilers heated water, which produced high-pressure steam, which turned a turbine, which powered a generator. Spinning turbines account for the lionâs share of the electricity produced today.