energy distribution
Grid load balancing
Energy distribution refers to how energy is spread across a system, region, or population.
In physics, it describes the allocation of energy among particles or states: the energy distribution of molecules in a gas.
In infrastructure, it means the network delivering electricity or fuel from producers to consumers: The storm damaged the energy distribution grid.
The term also appears in discussions of global resource access: inequities in energy distribution between wealthy and developing nations.
- transformersVoltage-altering electrical devices
- transmission linesCables carrying electrical current
- power linesElevated electrical conductors
- substationsVoltage transformation facilities
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
power grid · rolling blackouts · dispatch · feeder lines · microgrids · load · smart meters · time of use · off peak hours · voltage · load balancing · base load · circuit breakers · utility · wind · renewable · demand · supply
- electrical gridpower grid, power grids, electrical grid, power line, power lines
- wave scienceocean waves, wave height, wave frequency, wavelength, wave patterns
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- allocationallocation, resource planning, capital allocation, asset allocation, apportionment
- gas physicsideal gas law, Boyle's law, Avogadro's law, gas laws, kinetic theory
- heating systemsboiler, radiator valves, gas burners, pilot lights, radiator
energy distributionenergy generation
Producing usable power
power generation · energy production · energy storage · electricity generation · energy consumption