This article is about the process of changing something to use electricity. For other uses, see Electrification (disambiguation).
"Electrify" redirects here. For the song by Jakwob, see Electrify (song).
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and, in many contexts, the introduction of such power by changing over from an earlier power source.
In the context of history of technology and economic development, electrification refers to the build-out of the electricity generation and electric power distribution systems in Britain, the United States, and other now-developed countries from the mid-1880s until around 1950. In the context of sustainable energy, electrification refers to the build-out of super grids with energy storage to accommodate the energy transition to renewable energy and the switch of end-uses to electricity.
The electrification of particular sectors of the economy, particularly out of context, is called by modified terms such as factory electrification, household electrification, rural electrification and railway electrification. In the context of sustainable energy, terms such as transport electrification (referring to electric vehicles) or heating electrification (referring to heat pumps) are used. It may also apply to changing industrial processes such as smelting, melting, separating or refining from coal or coke heating,[clarification needed] or to chemical processes to some type of electric process such as electric arc furnace, electric induction or resistance heating, or electrolysis or electrolytic separating.
household electrification, rural electrification and railway electrification. In the context of sustainable energy, terms such as transport electrification (referring...
savings through electrification, but it can be too costly to extend electrification to isolated areas, and unless an entire network is electrified, companies...
Electrify America, LLC is electric vehicle DC fast-charging network in the United States, with more than 850 stations and over 3,700 connectors as of...
Rural electrification is the process of bringing electrical power to rural and remote areas. Rural communities are suffering from colossal market failures...
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Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) is the unit of Indian Railways responsible for electrification of the network. The organisation...
created the Rural Electrification Administration. In 1936, the Congress endorsed Roosevelt's action by passing the Rural Electrification Act. At the time...
large-scale railway electrification for the following five years. In May 2009, Network Rail launched a consultation on large-scale electrification, potentially...
projects for household electrification in rural and semi-urban areas, area electrification in tribal/ dalit areas, intensive electrification, and system improvement...
Dual electrification is a system whereby a railway line is supplied power both via overhead catenary and a third rail. This is done to enable trains that...
importance of electrification to the achievement of communism is represented by his statement: Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole...
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extensive non-urban electrification in Queensland using 25 kV 50 Hz AC, mainly during the 1980s for coal routes. Electrification of Melbourne routes was...
then electrify it. By itself, electrification was not projected to significantly improve service, and the high estimated cost of electrification and its...
(4 ft 6 in) Scotch gauge, all electrified; 11 km (6.8 mi) of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, all electrified. Electrification systems used by the Japan Railways...
19th century, when the Second Industrial Revolution brought forth electrification. Using electricity was among the preferred methods for motor vehicle...
where each segment is electrified only while covered by a vehicle which is using its power. The third-rail system of electrification is not related to the...
Electrified Funk is the second studio album by the funk rock band Wild Cherry, released in 1977. It contains the track "Baby Don't You Know", which roughly...
development of 25 kV AC electrification is closely connected with that of successfully using utility frequency. This electrification is ideal for railways...
Contact and frictional electrification. Laplacian Press. ISBN 1-885540-06-X. OCLC 39850726. Harper, W. R. (1961). "Electrification following the contact...
The Ministry of Energy and Electrification (Minenergo; Russian: Министерство энергетики и электрификации СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet...
The Elkhorn Grade Electrification was a project undertaken by Westinghouse in 1913–1915 to electrify a 27-mile (43 km) section of the Norfolk and Western...
number of common reasons for electrification. Most of the systems discussed in this article are either no longer electrified, or are now part of the Northeast...
was created in 1935 as the Rural Electrification Administration (REA), a New Deal agency promoting rural electrification. The RUS administers the following...
resinously electrified. An established convention in the scientific community defines vitreous electrification as positive, and resinous electrification as negative...
The China Township Electrification Program (Song Dian Dao Xiang) was a scheme to provide renewable electricity to 1.3 million people (around 200,000 households)...
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