History

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA, a research team has presented a process that converts polyethylene plastic waste […]

A small rodent, likely a mouse, has brought an entire wind farm in Hilchenbach to a standstill. The Rothaarwind 1

Anyone who has ever plugged in an electrical device abroad is familiar with the problem: the voltage in household power

At the heart of every modern technology lies a fascinating story. The vacuum tube marked the beginning of a technological

As already described in our article “The economic miracle brings nuclear power plants“, the expansion of nuclear power plants boomed

With the nuclear power plants, a monopoly of a few large electricity suppliers soon formed. The local energy suppliers were

In the years before the Second World War, the networks grow together rapidly. Industry largely switches from being driven by

As we have already written in our article “The beginnings of the electrification of Germany“, electric current was initially only

In the 1880s, the electrification of the first cities and households begins. With the marketing of the incandescent lamp by

In our article “Who invented electricity?” we reported on the history from the discovery to the practical use of electricity.