What percentage of all electric power is generated by the use of steam turbines?

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What percentage of all electric power is generated by the use of steam turbines?

Steam turbines convert heat energy into mechanical energy, which is then turned into electrical energy by a generator. In most power plants—coal, oil, gas, and nuclear—the heat from burning fuel or from fission boils water into steam that drives a turbine. Other major electricity sources, such as hydroelectric, wind, and solar, do not use steam turbines to generate power, so the majority of electricity comes from steam-turbine driven generators, totaling about 86%.

Steam turbines convert heat energy into mechanical energy, which is then turned into electrical energy by a generator. In most power plants—coal, oil, gas, and nuclear—the heat from burning fuel or from fission boils water into steam that drives a turbine. Other major electricity sources, such as hydroelectric, wind, and solar, do not use steam turbines to generate power, so the majority of electricity comes from steam-turbine driven generators, totaling about 86%.

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