The sum of the ratings of the electricity consuming apparatus connected to a generating system.

A chemical element that can be used as a fuel since it has a very high energy content.

A pre-cut layer of insulation applied around a water heater storage tank to reduce standby heat loss from the tank.

A construction element used to cover the exterior of wall framing and roof trusses.

Recombination occurring in the emitter region of a photovoltaic cell.

A turbine that has a runner with attached blades similar to a propeller used to drive a ship. As water passes over the curved propeller blades, it causes rotation of the shaft.

A unit of volume equal to 1 cubic foot at a pressure base of 14.73 pounds standard per square inch absolute and a temperature base of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.

A layer of semiconductor material (as used in a solar photovoltaic device) whose properties are essentially those of the pure, undoped, material.

This committee has oversight over the generation and marketing of electric power from federal water projects by federally charted or Federal RPM authorities, measures and matters concerning water resources planning, compacts relating to use and apportionm ...

A renewable energy system that includes two different types of renewable energy technologies that produce the same type of energy; for e.g., a wind turbine and a solar photovoltaic array combined to meet a power demand.

The part of an energy utility's charge based on actual energy consumed by the customer; the product of the kilowatt-hour rate and the total kilowatt-hours consumed.

In reference to a wind energy conversion system, the wind speed profile in which wind speeds increase with the logarithmic of the height of the wind turbine above the ground.

An amount paid by a customer for being connected to an electricity supplier's transmission and distribution system.

A widely used rate of return for performing economic analysis. This method solves for the interest rate that equates the equivalent worth of an alternative's cash receipts or savings to the equivalent worth of cash expenditures, including investments. The ...

Steam available directly from a boiler under full pressure.

see Peak Watt.

The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period.

A type of furnace in which fuel is burned and the heat is used to produce steam.

To price and sell greenpower/electricity higher than that produced from fossil or nuclear power plants, supposedly because some buyers are willing to pay a premium for greenpower.

The region between an n-layer and a p-layer in a single material, photovoltaic cell.