How do coal-fired power stations work?

A simple explanation of how coal-fired power stations work.
Visit https://www.liacoseducationalmedia.co... to download the worksheet for Shedding Light on Electricity Episode 1: Sources of Electricity, the program that this small excerpt has been taken from. The rest of the program, which is available on ClickView and Learn360, covers hydroelectric power stations, wind farms, solar farms, and nuclear power stations. The program also looks at how they all work together to provide our electricity.
The Shedding Light on Electricity series teaches students everything that they need to know about electricity.

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