energy extraction
Capturing usable power
Energy extraction is the process of obtaining usable energy from natural sources—drilling for oil, mining coal, harnessing wind or solar power, tapping geothermal heat.
The term encompasses both fossil fuel operations and renewable energy harvesting: The region's economy depends on energy extraction.
In physics or engineering contexts, it may refer more technically to removing energy from any system.
- oil drillingBoring for underground fuel
- oil rigOffshore petroleum extraction structure
- black goldSlang for petroleum
- deep sea drillingExtracting resources from seafloor
- frackingExtracting gas via pressure
coal mining · strip mining · offshore drilling · fusion research · photovoltaic cells · uranium enrichment · petroleum refining · hydroelectric power · tar sands · wind turbines · solar farm · natural gas · fossil fuels · pump jack · shale oil · power grid
energy extractionenergy conservation
Unchanging total in closed systems
environmental restoration · energy efficiency · habitat protection · land conservation · rewilding
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