How are fossil fuels used to generate electricity?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Jun 5, 2018

Fossil fuels like Oil, gas or Coal are burned in boilers and the steam produced run the turbine Generators which produce electricity.

Explanation:

Coal,Oil and Gas are fossil fuels..WE burn them in boilers and produce steam.Steam under very high pressure and temperature ruins the steam turbines and they rotate the generator. In gas turbines the gas runs the jet engines directly by hot gases of combustionenter image source here .
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