Many people misunderstand when you tell them about electrical energy. Basically they think its the current that powers up everything in your house. But many scientists dont think so. They claim that electric is not an energy by itself, and the flow of electrons is in fact not the flow of energy. Generally it is believed that electrical energy refers to either the energy stored in an electric field, or the potential energy of a charged particle in an electric field, or the energy provided by electricity.

If we refer to the definitions given above, which are generally accepted online everywhere, we can see that electrical energy actually refers to the product of the electricity being used, and not the electricity itself being a form of energy. In that case, many people may wonder, if its a product, can it be conserved, or at least saved? Well in fact it can, which many of us fail to do every day.

Some scientific background

As we all know, electrical energy is calculated in the joule, which is the international standard unit. But generally what everyone understands would be the one in watt per hour, or Wh. This unit refers to the amount of energy used by a one-watt load, which can be anything from a small bulb to an air conditioner, for an hour. Many people also mistake between electrical energy and electric power. They think both are the same, but actually they are not. Electrical energy is something that we consume, and not the power.

Daily life

Electrical energy is basically something that is produced by the electric power, especially when the electricity passes through it to make an appliance work. Take for example, the amount of energy used by an air conditioner, would be normally around 3KWh, which means it is consuming 3000Watts of energy every hour, taken from the electricity which is supplied to it.

Why electricity is good for us? Well, ever since it was found over a century ago, mankind has come realize that without it life would be meaningful anymore. Basically every single invention after the finding of it was based on it, just to name a few, the television, the light bulb, the electric radio, computer, fan, and everything around you now. Without electrical energy being used, you would not be reading this article at the first place. Every minute a certain amount of electrical energy is being drained to produce the output through your monitor, and even to run the processor and fans in your PC.