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Block diagrams showing the production of electricity

These diagrams show how electricity is produced in four different types of power station:
(a) a fossil fuel burning power station
(b) a nuclear (fission) power station
(c) a power station using renewable energy (wind, waves, tides)
(d) a solar power station using photoelectric cells

(a) fossil fuel burning power station



(b) a nuclear (fission) power station



(c) renewable energy power station
 
(d) solar power station using photoelectric cells
 

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