This post specifically pertains to Blackhole energy extraction(Penrose superradiance).

As known, Black Holes are something which gulps almost everything(except hypothetical space-like objects). This means Black holes comprise a lot of energy in different forms. But, is any of that energy useful?. Fortunately, a long time ago scientists hypothesised two methods(one by Misner in 1968 and other by Penrose in 1971) which are theoretically possible to extract energy from a black hole. 
Black hole image in detail
To start with, it is important to know what a black hole comprises.