Natural gas can be run through an internal combustion engine which can turn a generator. There is a public pool near where I live that uses generators like this to save money on electricity.
Natural gas can also be used to power jet turbines that turn generators and can even be used in a fuel cell, although I don't think that natural gas fuel cells are common.
All fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) are used to generate electricity.
As a fuel it is used to run the generators which produce the electricity.
As a fuel it is used to run the generators which produce the electricity.
Natural gas can be used tu generate electricity in a variety of ways
Yes, natural gas is used in Colorado both in private residences and businesses to generate heat and in electrical plants to generate electricity.
They generate electricity when coal and natural gas are not available.
Coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear
The fuel that India uses most to generate electricity is coal. Second to coal is hydro power and then natural gas resources.
When coal and oil are burnt to generate electricity, they are converted almost entirely to greenhouse gases. When natural gas is burnt to generate electricity, some of it is converted to water and some is converted to carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Because of this, natural gas is preferable as a fuel, compared to coal and oil. Generating electricity from wind, water flow (hydro-electricity), solar energy and hot rocks (geothermal electricity) emits no greenhouse gases.
Yes. There are many power stations that use natural gas to heat water to steam and then turn turbines to generate electricity. These are considered more environmentally friendly than oil or coal powered plants.
Coal natural gas nuclear
Natural gas is ignited and the heat is used to boiled water and generate steam. Steam is then forced through impeller turbines spinning them in turn spinning Generator Coils that Produce the electricity.