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electrical grid

interconnected network for delivering electricity from suppliers to consumers
Class type of: network, energy infrastructure, facility Q1096907

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
network, energy infrastructure, facility[1][2][3]
Has use
electric power transmission, electric power distribution[4][5]
Facet of
electrical engineering[10]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11]
Has part(s)
electrical substation, grid control centre, distribution substation, electric power transmission[6][7][8][9]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change[12][13]
🏷️ Also known as
en electrical grid en electrical network en electric power network en electricity grid en power grid en electric grid ar شبكة كهربائية cs elektrizační soustava cs elektrická síť da Nationale elektricitetsforsyningsnet da Offentligt elnet da Offentlige elnet da elektricitetsforsyningsnet da elnet da Offentlige elforsyningsnet da Offentlige elektricitetsforsyningsnet da Nationale elnet da Nationale elforsyningsnet da Elforsyningsnet de Energienetz
🔖 Identifiers · 21
GND ID
4121178-9
OpenAlex ID
C2780685028, C2983254600
Analysis & Policy Observatory term ID
52041
Freebase ID
/m/04zzfk_
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
elektricheskaia-set-43fedf
IEV number
601-01-02
KBpedia ID
ElectricalGrid
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776205842
Museum-digital tag ID
102866
NDL Authority ID
00561411
NL CR AUT ID
ph125276
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
716304
Show all 21 identifiers +9
Quora topic ID
Electrical-Grids
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID
29697-4
SVKKL authority ID
0202527-elektricke-rozvodne-site
Topic's main category
Category:Electrical grid
VerbaAlpina ID
C19558
Vikidia article ID
es:Red_eléctrica
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
04003385-n
YSO ID
7753
Yale LUX ID
concept/8e38914b-9c3c-4795-b3eb-d6edd30e0c39

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 6
smart grid, microgrid, super grid, split-phase electric power, wide area synchronous grid, traction power network
Has these parts 4
electrical substation, overhead power line, mains electricity, distribution substation
← Field of work 4
Desertec, Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, Ning Lu, Haiwang Zhong
Examples 3
the energy system of Belarus, BRELL ring, infrastructure policy of Donald Trump
← Facet of 3
black start, operating reserve, grid code
← Product or material produced 3
State Grid Corporation of China, Statnett, KEGOC
Has part(s) 2
electrical substation, distribution substation
Has use 2
electric power transmission, electric power distribution
On focus list of Wikimedia project 2
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
Belongs to 1
power system
Facet of 1
electrical engineering
Subclass of 1
network
Topic's main category 1
Category:Electrical grid
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Electrical grid
← Connects with 1
Static Synchronous Compensator
← Does not use 1
off-the-grid
← Has use 1
Recloser
← Used by 1
earthing system
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electrical engineering electric power transmission Haiwang Zhong infrastructure policy of Donald Trump Ning Lu State Grid Corporation of China

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C19558
    "Created claim: VerbaAlpina ID: C19558, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0202527-elektricke-rozvodne-site
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0202527-elektricke-rozvodne-site, batch #259599"
  3. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → electrical engineering
    Topic's main category → Category:Electrical grid
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Subclass of → network, energy infrastructure, facility
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 7753, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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