Editing Energy development (section)

{{Short description|Methods bringing energy into production}}
{{Further|Outline of energy development}}[[File:World energy consumption 2022.png |thumb|upright=1.75| World consumption by source in 2022<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review |title = 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy |date = 23 Jul 2023 |website = energyinst.org |access-date = 23 Jan 2024}}</ref>]]

[[File:World energy production yearly.png |thumb|upright=1.75| Yearly production by continent<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world |title = International |website = EIA |access-date = 24 Jan 2024}}</ref>]]{{Update|date=October 2024|reason=IEA world energy outlook 2024 https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024/executive-summary}}
'''Energy development''' is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of [[energy]] from [[Natural resource|natural resources]].{{Cn|date=October 2024|reason=isn’t that [[energy supply]]?}} These activities include the production of [[Renewable energy|renewable]], [[nuclear power|nuclear]], and [[fossil fuel]] derived sources of energy, and for the [[Waste heat|recovery and reuse of energy]] that would otherwise be wasted. [[Energy conservation]] and [[Efficient energy use|efficiency measures]] reduce the demand for energy development, and can have benefits to society with improvements to [[environmental issue]]s.

Societies use energy for [[transportation]], [[manufacturing]], [[Lighting|illumination]], [[heating and air conditioning]], and communication, for industrial, commercial, agricultural and domestic purposes.  Energy resources may be classified as primary resources, where the resource can be used in substantially its original form, or as secondary resources, where the energy source must be converted into a more conveniently usable form. Non-renewable resources are significantly depleted by human use, whereas renewable resources are produced by ongoing processes that can sustain indefinite human exploitation.

Thousands of people are employed in the [[energy industry]]. The conventional industry comprises the [[petroleum industry]], the natural gas industry, the [[electrical power industry]], and the [[nuclear industry]]. New energy industries include the [[renewable energy industry]], comprising alternative and sustainable manufacture, distribution, and sale of [[alternative fuel]]s.