Outline of energy development
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to energy development:
Energy development – the effort to provide sufficient primary energy sources and secondary energy forms for supply, cost, impact on air pollution and water pollution, mitigation of climate change with renewable energy.
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[edit] Overview
Main article: Energy development
[edit] Energy sources
- Fossil fuels: coal, petroleum, and natural gas
- Wind power: wind turbines and wind farms.
- Wave power
- Biomass
- Hydrogen
- Tidal power
- Solar power
- Geothermal power
- Hydroelectricity
- Nuclear energy
[edit] History
Main article: History of energy development
- History of fossil fuel
- History of vegetable oil used as fuel
- History of biodiesel
- History of electromagnetism and electricity generation
- History of nuclear power
- History of fusion energy research
- History of wind power
- History of geothermal power
- History of energy storage
[edit] Concepts
- 1973 oil crisis
- Climate change
- Electric power transmission
- Net metering
- OPEC
- Peak oil
- Photovoltaics
- Pipeline transport
- Sustainable development
- Synthetic fuel
- United States Department of Energy
- United States Atomic Energy Commission
[edit] Energy development scholars
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[edit] Leaders in energy development
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[edit] Lists
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[edit] See also
List of emerging energy technologies
[edit] External links
- RECaBS REcalculator Interactive Renewable Energy Calculator - compare renewable energy to conventional energy sources
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