- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 9078
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A two-party agreement for the purchase and the sale of energy products and services.
Industry:Energy
Processes that use plants or micro-organisms to change one form of energy into another. For example, an experimental process uses algae to convert solar energy into gas that could be used for fuel.
Industry:Energy
Flow of heat energy induced by a temperature difference. Heat flow through a building envelope typically flows from a heated, or hot area to a cooled, or cold area.
Industry:Energy
A ducting arrangement and automatic control system that allows a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system to supply up to 100 percent outside air to satisfy cooling demands, even if additional mechanical cooling is required.
Industry:Energy
a biodegradable transportation fuel for use in diesel engines that is produced through the transesterification of organically- derived oils or fats. It may be used either as a replacement for or as a component of diesel fuel.
Industry:Energy
A system which uses either direct evaporative cooling, or a secondary evaporatively cooled water loop and cooling coil to satisfy cooling loads, even if additional mechanical cooling is required.
Industry:Energy
A hydrocarbon gas found in the earth along with natural gas and oil. Butane turns into a liquid when put under pressure. It is sold as bottled gas. It is used to run heaters, stoves and motors, and to help make petrochemicals.
Industry:Energy
Underground reservoirs that produce either dry steam or a mixture of steam and water.
Industry:Energy
The maximum amount of a pollutant legally permitted to be discharged from a single source.
Industry:Energy
The property of emitting radiation; possessed by all materials to a varying extent.
Industry:Energy
