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2. Electric generator - Wikipedia

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   An engine-generator is the combination of an electrical generator and an engine (prime mover) mounted together to form a single piece of self-contained equipment. The engines used are usually piston engines, but gas turbines can also be used, and there are even hybrid diesel-gas units, called dual-fuel units.

3. Electricity generation - Wikipedia

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   Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storage, using for example, the pumped-storage method.

4. Micro combined heat and power - Wikipedia

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   A micro-CHP system usually contains a small heat engine as a prime mover used to rotate a generator which provides electric power, while simultaneously utilizing the waste heat from the prime mover for an individual building's space heating and the provision of hot domestic water. [2]

5. The Best Home Generators to Keep Your House or ... - AOL

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   A power outage may leave you literally caught in the dark, but you can still be prepared by buying a home generator now. Here are the best home generators. The Best Home Generators to Keep Your ...

6. Electrostatic generator - Wikipedia

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   An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is an electrical generator that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current. The knowledge of static electricity dates back to the earliest civilizations, but for millennia it remained merely an interesting and mystifying phenomenon , without a ...

7. Power station - Wikipedia

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   Building power systems out of central stations required combinations of engineering skill and financial acumen in equal measure. Pioneers of central station generation include George Westinghouse and Samuel Insull in the United States, Ferranti and Charles Hesterman Merz in UK, and many others [5]. [citation needed]