Energy Systems & Grid field

Technologies curated under the Energy Systems & Grid field in TechTree.

Ancient

• Fire Control (fire_control) — -1000000 / millennium

Industrial

• Electricity (electricity) — 1600 / exact
• Portable Electrochemical Batteries (portable_electrochemical_batteries) — 1800 / exact
• Electrical Grid (Early Distribution) (electrical_grid_early_distribution) — 1882 / exact
• Hydroelectric Power Plants (hydroelectric_power_plants) — 1882 / exact
• Steam Turbine Power Generation (steam_turbine_power_generation) — 1884 / exact
• Power Transformers (power_transformers) — 1885 / decade
• Alternating-Current Power Systems (alternating_current_power) — 1886 / decade

Modern

• Pumped Hydro Storage (pumped_hydro_storage) — 1890 / decade
• High-Voltage Transmission (high_voltage_transmission) — 1891 / exact
• Geothermal Power (Earth Heat Energy) (geothermal_power_earth_heat_energy) — 1904 / exact
• Nuclear Fission (nuclear_fission) — 1938 / year
• Wind Power (Modern) (wind_power_modern) — 1941 / exact
• Nuclear Fusion Research (nuclear_fusion_research) — 1950 / decade
• Nuclear Power (nuclear_power) — 1951 / exact
• Green Hydrogen (green_hydrogen) — 1954 / decade
• Grid-Scale Battery Storage (grid_scale_battery_storage) — 1954 / decade
• Solar Power (solar_power) — 1954 / exact
• Solar Photovoltaics (solar_photovoltaics) — 1955 / exact
• Power Electronics (power_electronics) — 1958 / decade
• Utility-Scale Solar PV (utility_scale_solar_pv) — 1958 / decade
• Combined-Cycle Gas Turbines (combined_cycle_gas_turbines) — 1961 / exact
• Wind Turbine Farms (wind_turbine_farms) — 1980 / exact
• Smart Grids (smart_grids) — 1983 / decade
• Wind Turbine Power Electronics (wind_turbine_power_electronics) — 1983 / decade
• High-Temperature Superconductors (superconductors_high_temp) — 1986 / exact
• Lithium-Ion Batteries (Rechargeable Power) (lithium_ion_batteries_rechargeable_power) — 1991 / exact
• Renewable Microgrids (renewable_microgrids) — 1999 / exact

Future

• Fusion Power (fusion_power) — 2035 / unknown
• Fusion Power (Early Reactors) (fusion_power_early_reactors) — 2035 / unknown
• Long-Duration Energy Storage (long_duration_energy_storage) — 2035 / unknown