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Since the infant phase of electricity generation in the nineteenth century, generation and control of electricity has developed into a phenomenal industry, the backbone of industry in every country, supporting and boosting development of the modern world. Electricity generation is behind all industrial and economical development and has enabled development of the modern world. The significant growth in demand drove the need for new technologies to allow larger and more effective conversion of energy from various forms. The future holds exciting opportunities to further improve efficiency and reliability as well as the development of alternative means of power generation from cleaner sources such as hydrogen, wind, solar, water, geothermal activities, kinetics, etc. The conversion of electrical energy into useful mechanical energy is also seeing exciting transitions into higher efficiency conversion processes with the capability of enhanced load manipulation. The future of electricity generation and conversion is in a very exciting phase and awaits many more possibilities to be unlocked.
On behalf of CIGRE Study Committee A1.
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Smit, N. et al. (2020). Rotating Electrical Machines. In: Hatziargyriou, N., de Siqueira, I. (eds) Electricity Supply Systems of the Future. CIGRE Green Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44484-6_2
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