Thermoelectric power
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Thermoelectric power can refer to two things:
  1. Electrical power
    Electric power
    Electric power is the rate at which electric energy is transferred by an electric circuit. The SI unit of power is the watt.-Circuits:Electric power, like mechanical power, is represented by the letter P in electrical equations...

     generated from a heat source, such as burning fossil fuel-coal,oils, indirectly through devices like steam turbines.
  2. The thermopower
    Thermopower
    The thermopower, or thermoelectric power of a material is a measure of the magnitude of an induced thermoelectric voltage in response to a temperature difference across that material...

    , or Seebeck coefficient, of a material, which governs its thermoelectric properties.
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