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This dimension groups energy facilities by the era in which they were commissioned. Wikipedia notes that power stations have long relied on burning "fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity," a reliance whose share among facilities has shifted with every commissioning era since. Browsing by commissioned era lets a visitor compare facilities built in the same period.

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Era of Emergence
1911 1
Physical Basis
Thermal (Geothermal) 1
2000s
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1. Wikipedia: Geothermal power station
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  • Geothermal power / Geothermal power station, History and development section, commercial station sentence
    Later, in 1911, the world's first commercial geothermal power station was built there.
  • Geothermal power / Geothermal power station, History and development section, working fluid sentence
    Geothermal power stations are similar to other steam turbine thermal power stations in that heat from a fuel source (in geothermal's case, the Earth's core) is used to heat water or another working fluid.
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