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    Energy Sources

    Nov 01, 2021 2 minutes
    by Kathiann M. Kowalski and Elizabeth Howard

    Power plants rely on primary “fuels” to create electricity to supply to the power grid. The main sources used to generate electricity in the United States are:

    Fossil fuels. Coal, petroleum (oil), and natural gas are examples of fossil fuels. Found in the earth, these resources were formed thousands of years ago from the remains of

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