This is a place where electricity is created and sent to our homes and other places where it’s needed.
Furnaces
An enclosed structure that makes things very hot.
Turbines
This is a machine that creates continuous power in which a wheel, or something similar, moves round and round by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas or air.
Generators
A machine that converts energy into electricity.
Volts
The size of the force that sends electrons through a circuit
Megawatt
This is a unit of power that is equal to 1,000,000 watts and is a measure of how much electricity a power station makes
Fuses
These are safety devices. A fuse is a strip of wire that melts and breaks an electric circuit if it goes over a safe level.
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