20 interesting electricity facts

  1. The movement of electric charge is known as an electric current, and intensity of which is usually measured in amperes.
  2. The city of San Francisco gets 25% of its electricity from wind energy.
  3. A generator is a device that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. The process is based on the relationship between magnetism and electricity.electric tower
  4. 16% of Canada's electricity is produced by nuclear fission.
  5. In 1879, Thomas Alva Edison invented the first light bulb.
  6. Electric energy is easily transportable via integrated electric grids.
  7. Electric energy is an intermediate form of energy. It is produced in thermal power stations, in hydroelectric power stations and nuclear power stations. Smaller quantities are produced by wind, photovoltaic solar panels, sea tides, etc.
  8. When electricity was first introduced into the domestic environment it was primarily for lighting.
  9. In the late-1800s, Nikola Tesla pioneered the generation, transmission, and use of alternating current (AC) electricity, which can be transmitted over much greater distances than direct current.
  10. The first windmills were developed in Persia in about 600 B.C.
  11. The first windmill to produce electricity was in Denmark in 1890.
  12. Lightning is aprominent manifestation of natural electricity.
  13. Electric energy is easily transportable via integrated electric grids. After transportation, electric energy is converted into mechanical energy, thermal energy, light energy, chemical energy, etc.
  14. Demand for solar electric energy has consistently grown by 20-25% per year over the past 20 years.
  15. About 200 years ago, Alessandro Volta discovered that when two strips of different metals were put in a sulphuric acid solution and connected with a wire, electricity began to flow. Voila! The first electric battery was developed!
  16. A battery produces electricity using two different metals in a chemical solution.
  17. In 1882 water was used to electrify two paper mills and a house on the Fox River. This was the first application of hydro electric energy.
  18. In the past, frightened sailors voyaging at night saw ghostly phantoms of bluish light dancing on the masts of ships. Called Saint Elmo's fire, the light is actually a form of static electricity.
  19. In 1791 Luigi Galvani published his discovery of bioelectricity, demonstrating that electricity was the medium by which nerve cells passed signals to the muscles.
  20. In terms of nominal capacity, the largest solar electric power plant is the Harper Lake Site in the Mojave Desert, California. The site covers 1,280 acres, and has two solar electric generating stations which have a nominal capacity of 160 MW.
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