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An inverter that operates independent of or is not connected to an electric transmission and distribution network.
Industry:Energy
An investment in a power plant or demand side management measures or programs, that become uneconomical due to increased competition in the electric power market. For example, an electric power plant may produce power that is more costly than what the market rate for electricity is, and the power plant owner may have to close the plant, even though the capital and financing costs of building the plant have not been recovered through prior sales of electricity from the plant. This is considered a Stranded Cost. Stranded Benefits are those power provider investments in measures or programs considered to benefit consumers by reducing energy consumption and/or providing environmental benefits that have to be curtailed due to increased competition and lower profit margins.
Industry:Energy
An octagonal shaped shelter that originated in Mongolia, and traditionally made from leather or canvas for easy transportation.
Industry:Energy
An opening; in solar collectors, the area through which solar radiation is admitted and directed to the absorber.
Industry:Energy
An open-loop solar heating system in which the heat transfer fluid from the collector loop and the piping drain into a drain whenever freezing conditions occur.
Industry:Energy
An optical device for concentrating light that is made of concentric rings that are faced at different angles so that light falling on any ring is focused to the same point.
Industry:Energy
An optical, ultrasonic, or infrared sensor that turns room lights on when they detect a person's presence and off after the space is vacated.
Industry:Energy
An outdoor temperature, usually 20 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, at which a heat pump's output equals the heating demand. Below the balance point, supplementary heat is needed.
Industry:Energy
An system that operates independent of or is not connected to an electric transmission and distribution network.
Industry:Energy
An unregulated subsidiary of a power provider that is allowed to generate and sell wholesale power as an independent energy producer, and is exempt from the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.
Industry:Energy
