Njengenye yezinsiza ezibalulekile emkhakheni wokulinganisa ugesi, ukuthuthukiswa{0}} kwamamitha kagesi wesigaba esisodwa kuxhumene kakhulu nokuvela komphakathi wabantu wokusebenzisa ugesi. Kusukela{2}}ukusetshenziswa kukagesi ngezinga elikhulu ngasekupheleni kwekhulunyaka le-19, ukuvela kanye nokwenza ngcono kwamamitha kagesi akugcinanga nje ngokukhuthaza isayensi yokuphathwa kwamandla kodwa futhi kube nomthelela omkhulu emaphethini okusetshenziswa kukagesi embonini yesimanje nempilo yokuhlala.
Ngawo-1880s, ngokukhuthazwa kohlelo lwamanje lokuphehla amandla kagesi oluqondile lwe-Edison, kwavela imishini yokuqala yokukala ugesi. Ngo-1889, unjiniyela waseJalimane u-Hermann Aron wasungula imitha yamandla kagesi esekelwe kumgomo we-electrolytic, owabala ngokungaqondile ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ngokulinganisa ukufuduka kwama-ion ensimbi emanzini. Kodwa-ke, le divayisi yayinokunemba okuphansi kanye nokugcinwa okuyinkimbinkimbi, okwenza kube nzima ukuduma. Ngawo-1890s, ukukhuphuka kwezinhlelo zamanje ezishintshayo kwaveza imitha yamandla kagesi esetshenziswayo. Ngo-1896, usosayensi waseMelika u-Elihu Thomson waklama imitha kagesi yesigaba sokuqala sokungeniswa kwezohwebo esisodwa{8}}. Lobu buchwepheshe, busebenzisa isimiso sokuzungezisa idiski ye-aluminium eqhutshwa indawo kazibuthe eshintshanayo, bufinyelele isilinganiso esiqondile samandla kagesi. Ngenxa yesakhiwo sabo esilula nokuthembeka okuphezulu, lobu buchwepheshe bube yisixazululo esijwayelekile emhlabeni wonke engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-20.
Maphakathi-kuya{1}}ngasekupheleni kwekhulunyaka lama-20, impumelelo kubuchwepheshe be-elekthronikhi yaqhubeza ukuqanjwa kwamamitha kagesi. Ngawo-1970s, ukusetshenziswa kwamasekhethi ahlanganisiwe kwenza amamitha kagesi we-elekthronikhi ukuthi ashintshe kancane kancane amamitha emishini yendabuko, enikeza ukunemba okuphezulu kokulinganisa kanye nokuvikeleka kokuphazanyiswa. Ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20, ukwethulwa kobuchwepheshe be-microprocessor buye kwanika amandla amamitha kagesi ngokugcina idatha namandla okuxhumana okukude, kwabeka isisekelo sokuthuthukiswa kwamagridi ahlakaniphile. Kusukela ngekhulu lama-21, amamitha kagesi wesigaba esisodwa{9}}kancane kancane aqhubekele kudijithali kanye nenethiwekhi, asekela ukulinganisa kwe-bidirectional kanye{10}}nokuqapha{10}}kwangempela kwesikhathi, okuhlangabezana nezidingo zokufinyelela kwamandla asabalalisiwe kanye{11}}nokuphathwa kohlangothi lwabasebenzisi.
Kusukela kumagiya emishini ukuya kuma-chips ahlakaniphile, umlando-wamamitha kagesi wesigaba esisodwa ubonisa ukuphishekela kwabantu ngokungaphezi kokusebenza kahle kwamandla. Namuhla, akulona nje ithuluzi lokukhokha isikweletu sikagesi, kodwa futhi iyinodi ebalulekile ku-inthanethi yamandla, ehlinzeka ngokuqhubekayo ukwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe ekuguquleni amandla emhlabeni jikelele.
