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U.S. Energy Information Administration
Industry: Energy
Number of terms: 18450
Number of blossaries: 0
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Entity that has been granted permission to engage in an activity otherwise unlawful (i.e., hydropower project).
Industry:Energy
Restoration or refurbishment of a plant to its original performance without the installation of new combustion technologies. Life extension results in 10 to 20 years of plant life beyond the anticipated retirement date, but usually does not result in larger capacity.
Industry:Energy
The force that pulls a wind turbine blade, as opposed to drag.
Industry:Energy
The costs associated with the extraction of a mineral reserve from a producing property.
Industry:Energy
A term generally used to describe a man-made source of light. The term is often used when referring to a "bulb" or "tube".
Industry:Energy
Liquid petroleum distillates heavier than naphtha, with an approximate boiling range from 401 degrees to 650 degrees Fahrenheit.
Industry:Energy
Energy conversion technologies that harness the energy in tides, waves, and thermal gradients in the oceans.
Industry:Energy
The volume of lease condensate produced. Lease condensate volumes include only those volumes recovered from lease or field separation facilities.
Industry:Energy
A solar absorber surface that has high absorbtance at wavelengths corresponding to that of the solar spectrum and low emittance in the infrared range.
Industry:Energy
A limitation on one or more transmission elements that may be reached during normal or contingency system operations.
Industry:Energy