In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the area of a turbine blade surface that first comes into contact with the wind.

An electricity powered device that extracts available heat from one area (the heat source) and transfers it to another (the heat sink) to either heat or cool an interior space or to extract heat energy from a fluid.

A type of incandescent lamp with an interior coating of aluminum that reflects light to the front of the bulb. They are designed to spread light over specific areas.

The rate of heat flow required to maintain a specific indoor temperature; usually measured in Btu per hour.

A unit of power equal to 1 billion Watts; 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 Megawatts.

Energy output from a system that equals energy input.

A type of cooling system that uses a charging and discharging cycle with a thermal or latent heat storage subsystem.

An idealized process in which a working fluid (water, air, ammonia, etc) successively changes its state (from a liquid to a gas and back to a liquid) for the purpose of producing useful work or energy, or transferring energy.

The loss of heat as the water circulates through a water heater tank and inlet and outlet pipes.

An electricity generating facility that uses geothermal energy.

A configuration of an electrical circuit in which the positive lead is connected to the negative lead of another energy producing, conducting, or consuming device. The voltages of each device are additive, whereas the current is not.

The ability to send or wheel electric power to a customer over a transmission and distribution system that is not owned by the generator (seller) of the power.

A solar energy conversion device that uses a trough covered with a highly reflective surface to focus sunlight onto a linear absorber containing a working fluid that can be used for medium temperature space or process heat or to operate a steam turbine fo ...

A device where sunlight concentrated onto a absorber heats it to a high temperature, and the thermal radiation emitted by the absorber is used as the energy source for a photovoltaic cell that is designed to maximize conversion efficiency at the wavelengt ...

A lamp where the light beam is focused 2 inches ahead of the lamp reducing the amount of light trapped in the fixture.

This committee has jurisdiction on: coal production, distribution and utilization; energy policy; energy research, conservation, and development; hydroelectric power; irrigation; mineral conservation; nonmilitary development of nuclear energy; solar energ ...

These lights use an electrically heated filament to produce light in a vacuum or inert gas-filled bulb.

The arithmetic wind speed over a specified time period and height above the ground (the majority of U.S. National Weather Service anemometers are at 20 feet (6.1 meters).

The amount of heat in a quantity of matter at a specific temperature and pressure.

The process or technologies for producing energy by harnessing the temperature differences (thermal gradients) between ocean surface waters and that of ocean depths. Warm surface water is pumped through an evaporator containing a working fluid in a closed ...