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Large-scale utilisation of electricity started with the construction of the first power plants. The world’s first power plants were built in New York with a power output of about 500 kW (in 1882) and in Berlin (1884) [1]. Three-phase current was introduced as early as 1891. Power plant technology evolved rapidly and produced ever-increasing power outputs. By the beginning of the twentieth century, almost all large cities in the industrialised countries were supplied with electricity.
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Hau, E. (2013). Electrical Power from the Wind - The First Attempts. In: Wind Turbines. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27151-9_2
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