electrification
Wiring up infrastructure
Electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to something that previously lacked it.
A region undergoes electrification when power lines and infrastructure are installed: Rural electrification transformed American farm life in the 1930s.
Electrification also refers to converting systems from other power sources to electricity: the electrification of the rail network, vehicle electrification.
The word increasingly appears in discussions of climate policy, where electrification of transportation and heating is seen as key to reducing fossil fuel dependence.
Directed flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- insulatorSubstance resisting energy flow
resistance · wattage · amperage · kilowatt · megawatt · gigawatt · ohm · capacitance
Track system for trains
- tramwayRail system for carriages
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
- metroUrban rail transit
- subwayUnderground transit passage
locomotive · catenary · pantograph · charging · EV · battery · hybrid · fleet
Framework of intersecting lines
- substationPower distribution point
- transmissionSending of information
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
cables · poles · overhead · underground · networks · utilities · powerlines · meter
Powered household equipment
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- air-conditioningMechanical indoor cooling
heating · automation · digitalization · efficiency · industrialization · mechanization · urbanization · development
Functional worth or purpose
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- tariffTax on traded goods
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
financing · public-private · mandate · target · roadmap · decarbonization · renewable · phase-out
Small rural community
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- solarOf the star
- microgridSelf-sufficient local power network
- lanternEnclosed portable light
cookstove · irrigation · pumping · agriculture · remote · community · access · livelihood
current
Directed flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- conductorOne who directs musicians
insulator · resistance · wattage · amperage · kilowatt · megawatt · gigawatt · ohm · capacitance · inductance
railway
Track system for trains
subway · locomotive · catenary · pantograph · charging · EV · battery · hybrid · fleet · bus
grid
Framework of intersecting lines
- substationPower distribution point
- transmissionSending of information
- distributionAllocation across recipients
wiring · cables · poles · overhead · underground · networks · utilities · powerlines · meter · relay
appliances
Powered household equipment
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- LEDSemiconductor that glows
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
air-conditioning · heating · automation · digitalization · efficiency · industrialization · mechanization · urbanization · development · progress
utility
Functional worth or purpose
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- tariffTax on traded goods
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
investment · financing · public-private · mandate · target · roadmap · decarbonization · renewable · phase-out · incentive
village
Small rural community
lantern · cookstove · irrigation · pumping · agriculture · remote · community · access · livelihood · cooperative
- public transitbus, train, subway, metro, tram
- Industrial Revolutionsteam engine, railroad, factory, coal, iron
- modernizationdigitalization, digitization, computerization, mechanization, industrialization
- Edwardian BritainEdward VII, Queen Victoria, country houses, manor houses, servants
- electric railsubway, metro, light rail, tram, trolley
- Energy historyoil boom, steam age, nuclear age, wind power, oil crisis
electrificationcarbonization
Conversion to char
internal combustion · combustion · dieselization · gasification
electrificationblackout
Complete power loss
energy poverty · disconnection · powerlessness · rural isolation
- rural electrificationPowering remote agricultural regions
electric, electricity, electronic, electrical, electronics, electrify, electron, electrifying, electrician