Outline of energy development

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[]

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

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