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  2. Electrical energy - Wikipedia

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    Electricity generation is the process of generating electrical energy from other forms of energy.. The fundamental principle of electricity generation was discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday.

  3. Electric power distribution - Wikipedia

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    A 50 kVA pole-mounted distribution transformer . Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electricity.Electricity is carried from the transmission system to individual consumers.

  4. History of electric power transmission - Wikipedia

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    Streetcars created enormous demand for early electricity. This Siemens Tram from 1884 required 500 V direct current, which was typical. Much of early electricity was direct current, which could not easily be increased or decreased in voltage either for long-distance transmission or for sharing a common line to be used with multiple types of electric devices.

  5. LUMA Energy - Wikipedia

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    LUMA Energy is a private power company that is responsible for power distribution and power transmission in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.It is also in charge of maintaining and modernizing the power infrastructure.

  6. Electricity - Wikipedia

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    Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and motion of matter possessing an electric charge.Electricity is related to magnetism, both being part of the phenomenon of electromagnetism, as described by Maxwell's equations.

  7. Electric power - Wikipedia

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    Electric power is the rate of transfer of electrical energy within a circuit.Its SI unit is the watt, the general unit of power, defined as one joule per second.Standard prefixes apply to watts as with other SI units: thousands, millions and billions of watts are called kilowatts, megawatts and gigawatts respectively.

  8. Energia - Wikipedia

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    Energia (corporation), or S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, a Russian design bureau and manufacturer Energia (rocket) , a Soviet rocket designed by the company Energia (company) , a company that supplies gas and electricity in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

  9. Electricity generation - Wikipedia

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    Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.For utilities in the electric power industry, it is the stage prior to its delivery (transmission, distribution, etc.) to end users or its storage, using for example, the pumped-storage method.