Outline of energy

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to energy:

Energy in physics, this is an indirectly observed quantity often understood as the ability of a physical system to do work on other physical systems.[1][2] Since work is defined as a force acting through a distance (a length of space), energy is always equivalent to the ability to exert pulls or pushes against the basic forces of nature, along a path of a certain length.

Forms of energy

Main article: Forms of energy

Measurement

Units

Main article: Units of energy

Related units and concepts

Energy industry

Main article: Energy industry

Energy infrastructure

See especially Category:Electric power and Category:Fuels for a large number of conventional energy related topics.

Energy applications

History of energy

Main article: History of energy

Physics of energy

Allegorical and esoteric

Politics

Energy issues

Energy policies and use – national and international

International

Regional and national

Economics

Main article: Energy economics

Energy companies

Non-profit organizations

Industry associations

Innovators

Lists

See also

Energy portal

References

  1. "Retrieved on 2010-Dec-05". Faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  2. "Retrieved on 2010-Dec-05" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-12-12.

External links

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