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A rate design which divides customer use into different tiers, or blocks, with different prices charged for each.
Industry:Energy
The power output rating of a generator, typically in megawatts, measured on an instantaneous basis.
Industry:Energy
1. A mixture of bitumen and mineral aggregate as prepared for the construction of roads or in other paving uses.
2. In the US, asphalt refers to the product known as bitumen in the rest of the world.
Industry:Energy
A price chart pattern that looks like a vertical line with a small triangle at the top. It is seen as a sign that a trend will continue after a brief consolidation.
Industry:Energy
The control of transmission voltage adjustments in generator reactive output and transformer taps, and by switching capacitors and inductors on the transmission and distribution systems.
Industry:Energy
The 40 industrialized countries that were members of the OECD in 1992, plus countries with economies in transition (EIT parties), including the Russian Federation, the Baltic States, and several Central and Eastern European States. This group ratified the Kyoto Protocol and agreed to try to limit their GHG emissions relative to a 1990 baseline.
Industry:Energy
A residual fuel used as ship's fuel, which usually has a high sulfur content and high viscosity.
Industry:Energy
The network of high voltage lines, transformers and switches used to move electricity from generators to the distribution system. Also used to interconnect different utility systems and independent power producers together into a synchronized network. Transmission is considered to end when the energy is transformed for distribution to the consumer.
Industry:Energy
Natural gas converted to a liquid state by pressure and severe cooling, then returned to a gaseous state to be used as fuel. Acceptable first reference abbreviation. LNG is moved in tankers, not via pipelines. LNG, which is predominantly methane, artificially liquefied, is not to be confused with NGLs, natural gas liquids, heavier fractions which occur naturally as liquids.
Industry:Energy
An option which can be exercised by the buyer (holder) at anytime during its life.
Industry:Energy
