The previous lesson covered where energy comes from. This one covers what happens next: how those sources are converted into electricity, how electricity is stored, and how the grid balances supply and demand in real time. A trader needs this because developments in generation, storage, and grid management move the power and gas markets directly. The plants that set the price, the flexibility to ramp up and down, and the ability to store surplus all shape when and where electricity is scarce or abundant. We walk through fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewable generation, then the main storage technologies, and finally smart grids and the demand-response techniques that keep the system stable. Some of it overlaps with the sources lesson by design, here the focus is squarely on turning energy into electricity.
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