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|  generator:method | 
| Description | 
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| Method by which the energy is generated in a given generator.   | 
| Group: power | 
| Used on these elements | 
| Documented values: 13 | 
| Requires | 
| Useful combination | 
| Status: approved   | 
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Method by which the energy is generated in a given generator
| generator:source | generator:method | Description | generator:type | 
|---|---|---|---|
|   | fission | Generators using fission to produce heat, steam and then electricity | PWR,BWR-1,BWR-6,RBMK-1000,RBMK-1500,VVER,CANDU,CPR-1000,EPR | 
| fusion | Generators using nuclear fusion to produce heat and then electricity | tokamak,stellarator,ICF,cold-fusion | |
|   | wind_turbine | Wind turbine | horizontal_axis,vertical_axis | 
|   | water-storage | Generator producing electricity with turbines fed by water coming from a lake behind a dam. Note: Power plants in Switzerland must have a storage capacity of at least 25% of the average expected winter production, otherwise they are generator:method=run-of-the-riverplants. | francis_turbine,kaplan_turbine,pelton_turbine | 
| water-pumped-storage | Generator producing electricity like generator:method=water-storageand additionaly able to pump water from a lower lake to the storage lake when needed. | francis_turbine | |
| run-of-the-river | Generator producing electricity with turbine using stream of a river (with no storage dam) Note: Power plants in Switzerland having storage dams with a capacity less than 25% of the average expected winter production are generator:method=run-of-the-riverplants. | francis_turbine,kaplan_turbine,pelton_turbine,hydrodynamic_screw | |
|   | barrage |  Tidal barrage | kaplan_turbine | 
| stream |  Tidal stream generator | horizontal_axis,vertical_axis | |
|   | - |  Wave power | |
|   | - |  Geothermal energy | steam_turbine,heat_pump | 
|   | thermal | Generator producing hot water/steam with sun power | steam_turbine,solar_thermal_collector | 
| photovoltaic | Generator producing electricity with sun power | solar_photovoltaic_panel | |
|   | combustion |  Fossil-fuel power station | steam_generator,steam_turbine | 
|   | combustion |  Gas power station | gas_turbine,combined_cycle,reciprocating_engine,steam_generator,steam_turbine | 
|   | combustion | steam_generator,steam_turbine | |
| gasification |  Wood gas generator | bioreactor | |
| anaerobic_digestion |  Anaerobic digestion | bioreactor | |
|   | combustion |  Biofuel | reciprocating_engine,steam_generator | 
|   | combustion | gas_turbine,reciprocating_engine,steam_generator | |
|   | combustion | steam_generator,steam_turbine | |
|   | combustion | reciprocating_engine,steam_generator | |
|   | combustion | reciprocating_engine,steam_generator | |
|   | combustion |  Incineration | reciprocating_engine,steam_generator | 
| gasification |  Wood gas generator | bioreactor | 
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Proposal
Power generation refinement Approved







