Outline of energy development explained

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.

Overview

Energy development

History

energy development#History

• 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

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

See also

List of emerging energy technologies

External links

• RECaBS REcalculator Interactive Renewable Energy Calculator - compare renewable energy to conventional energy sources