This dimension sorts energy technologies by their basic type, generation, storage or efficiency. Wikipedia notes that energy development includes "the production of fossil fuel-derived, nuclear, and renewable sources of energy, and for the recovery and reuse of energy that would otherwise be wasted," several distinct types of technology at once. Browsing by technology type keeps technologies of the same kind grouped together.
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1. Heat engine - Wikipedia
History, industrial revolution practical useQuote, History, industrial revolution practical use
Heat engines have been known since antiquity but were only made into useful devices at the time of the industrial revolution in the 18th century.
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