How does electricity come from your socket?

Answer

Dear Lotte,

The socket at your home is connected via (usually) copper wires to the wires that pass on your street.

This can be above or below ground. The wires in your street all come together in an electricity box, which in turn is connected to a larger network.

This network ultimately connects an entire region to an electricity producer, which can be a traditional power station, a wind farm, a nuclear power station, a hydroelectric power station or solar panels. The large networks can be seen in the form of high voltage cables.

All networks are also interconnected so that in the event of a breakdown or, for example, wind turbines at a standstill, the power can come from elsewhere.

Between all these connections from your home to the power station, the voltage of the electricity is also transformed to higher values ​​to have less losses. This happens, for example, in the electricity cabins to which your street is connected.

Sincerely,