Power Station Efficiency

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Efficiency levels of a coal fired power station.

This clip shows the working of a coal fired power station and assesses its efficiency by looking at levels of energy transfer, input energy, useful output energy and wasted energy.
From: GCSE Bitesize Physics
First Broadcast : 07 December 2002

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 14-16

Subject : Physics, Science

Topic : Electricity, Energy, Physical processes

Keywords : Efficiency, Coal fired power station, Levels of energy efficiency, Input energy, Output energy, Coal as an energy source

Notes : Can use clip as an introduction to the idea of energy efficiency - to understand qualitatively the concept in terms of input energy, useful output energy and wasted energy and to understand the energy efficiency formula.

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