Global electricity consumption reached 24,398 TWh in 2022, three times from 1981. China, US, and India account for over half of global consumption. Total worldwide electricity production was nearly 29,000 TWh in 2022. Electricity accounted for over 20% of worldwide final energy consumption
China is world's largest electricity producer, surpassing US in 2011. Produced 8.5 PWh in 2021, accounting for 30% of global production. Coal remains dominant, accounting for 62% of generation in 2021. Renewable energy generation reached 594.7 TWh in Q1 2023
Poultry are domesticated birds raised for meat, eggs or feathers. Chicken domestication occurred 8,000 years ago in Southeast Asia. Term "poultry" comes from Middle English "pultry"
Power stations generate electricity using generators connected to electrical grids. First commercial-scale generator invented by Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme in 1871. World's first public coal-fired power station built in London in 1882. Westinghouse developed alternating current system in 1886
Generators convert mechanical or fuel-based energy into electric power. First electromagnetic generator, Faraday disk, invented by Michael Faraday in 1831. Generators consist of rotating rotor and stationary stator with magnetic field
France generates 70% of its electricity from nuclear energy. The country has 57 operational reactors with total capacity of 63,000 MWe. France is the world's largest net electricity exporter. About 17% of electricity comes from recycled nuclear fuel