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Heating and cooling

Power generation

Power transmission

Specific energy structure

AC power plugs and sockets

Connector used to connect to mains power

Air conditioning

Cooling of air in an enclosed space

Alkaline battery

Type of battery

Arc-fault circuit interrupter

Circuit breaker that protects against intermittent faults associated with arcing

Devices generating electricity from radioisotope decay

Automatic generation control

Electric Power Transmission

Availability factor

Power plant's electricity production divided by time

Propellents used to power aircraft or aviation systems

Flow of electrical power in the reverse of the usual direction

Minimum level of demand on an electrical grid over a span of time

Type of biological fuel

Biomass (satellite)

European earth observation satellite

Closed vessel in which fluid is heated

Boiler (power generation)

High pressure steam generator

Breeder reactor

Nuclear reactor generating more fissile material than it consumes

Wick embedded in solid flammable substance

Capacity factor

Unitless ratio of an actual electrical energy output over a given period of time to the maximum possible electrical energy output over the same amount of time

Lightweight black carbon residue, after pyrolysis of animal or vegetable substances

Circuit breaker

Automatically operated electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by excess current from an overload or short circuit

Combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon

Coal-fired power station

Facility that converts coal into electricity

Simultaneous generation of electricity, and/or heating, or cooling, or industrial chemicals

Coal product used in making steel

Combined cycle power plant

Type of power station

Concentrated solar power

Large-scale solar thermal system using concentrated sunlight and a steam cycle

Continental Europe Synchronous Area

World's largest single electric network

Device which rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a water stream

Refers to the fractional amount of some quantity

Demand response

Techniques used to prevent power networks from being overwhelmed

Distributed generation

Decentralised electricity generation

Droop speed control

Control mode for AC power generators

Dynamic demand (electric power)

Technology to support power grid demand response

Earth-leakage circuit breaker

Electrical safety device

Eastern Interconnection

Power grid in eastern North America

Electric battery

Power supply with electrochemical cells

Electric generator

Device that converts other energy to electrical energy

A device that produces light from electricity

Electric power distribution

Final stage of electricity delivery to individual consumers in a power grid

Electric power quality

Measurement of power meeting specifications

Electric power system

System to generate, transmit and distribute electricity

Electric power transmission

Bulk movement of electrical energy

Electrical busbar system

A modular approach to electrical wiring

Electrical cable

Assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled

Electrical fault

Abnormal electric current

Electrical grid

Interconnected network for delivering electricity from suppliers to consumers

Electrical wiring

Electrical installation of cabling

Electricity generation

Process of generating electrical power

Electricity market

For trading electrical power

Energy demand management

Modification of consumer energy usage during peak hours

Energy development

Interdisciplinary engineering science

Energy return on investment

Ratio of acquired energy to the amount of energy spent to obtain this energy

Captured energy for later usage

Evaporative cooler

Device that cools air through the evaporation of water

Topics referred to by the same term

Portable hand-held electric light

Fluorescent lamp

Fuel formed over millions of years from dead plants and animals

Fossil fuel power station

Facility that burns fossil fuels to produce electricity

Fracturing bedrock by pressurized liquid

Fuel (video game)

2009 video game

Device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity

Petroleum product burned to generate power

Fuse (electrical)

Electrical safety device that provides overcurrent protection

Electricity generation through nuclear fusion

Type of artificial light

Device for generating bright light when heated by a flame

Type of internal combustion engine

Gas-fired power plant

One or more generators which convert natural gas into electricity

Liquid fuel derived from petroleum

Geothermal power

Power generated by geothermal energy

Technical specification for an electrical grid and/or connected facilities

Grid energy storage

Collection of methods used to energy storage on a large scale within an electrical power grid

Equipment used to transfer heat between fluids

Device that heats buildings

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

Technology of indoor and vehicular environmental comfort

High-voltage direct current

Electric power transmission system

High-voltage shore connection

Type of electrical connection

Home energy storage

Locally installed system for storing electrical energy for later consumption by a household

Hydroelectricity

Electricity generated by hydropower

Hydrogen economy

Used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines

Power generation via movement of water

Incandescent light bulb

Electric light bulb with a resistively heated wire filament

Induction generator

Inertial confinement fusion

Branch of fusion energy research

Structure enabling energy to flow between networks

Type of aviation fuel

Combustible hydrocarbon liquid

Portable lighting device

Lead–acid battery

Rechargeable battery type often used in cars

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Architectural element

Metal rod intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike

Liquefied natural gas

Form of natural gas for easier storage and transport

Liquefied natural gas terminal

Facility for managing the export and/or import of liquefied natural gas

Liquefied petroleum gas

Fuel for heating, cooking and vehicles

Combustible fuel which is stored as a liquid

Lithium polymer battery

Lithium-ion battery using a polymer electrolyte

Lithium-ion battery

Rechargeable battery type

Load factor (electrical)

The average power divided by the peak power over a period of time

Load management

Process of balancing the supply of electricity on a network

Load-following power plant

Power plant that adjusts output based on demand

Mains electricity

Type of lower-voltage electricity most commonly provided by utilities

Mains electricity by country

Way of ranking available sources of energy

Way of ranking available sources of energy

Micro combined heat and power

Small-scale generation of heat and power

Microgeneration

Small-scale generation of heat and electric power

Molten-salt reactor

Type of nuclear reactor cooled by molten material

Nameplate capacity

Registered sustainable power output of an industrial facility

Gaseous fossil fuel

Electrified, rarefied gas lighting

Nickel–iron battery

Type of rechargeable battery

Nickel–metal hydride battery

Type of rechargeable battery

Material that can be used in nuclear fission or fusion to derive nuclear energy

Nuclear fuel cycle

Process of manufacturing and consuming nuclear fuel

Nuclear marine propulsion

Propulsion system for marine vessels utilizing a nuclear powerplant

Nuclear meltdown

Severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating

Power generated from nuclear reactions

Nuclear reactor

Device used to initiate and control a nuclear chain reaction

Numerical relay

Computer-based system with software-based protection algorithms for the detection of electrical faults

Object used to produce light continuously for a period of time using an oil-based fuel source

Offshore ocean structure with oil drilling and related facilities

Facility that processes crude oil

Well drilled to recover hydrocarbons

For signal transmission

Overhead power line

Above-ground structure for bulk transfer and distribution of electricity

Passive cooling

Building design approach

Highest power demand on a grid in a specified time period

Petroleum reservoir

Subsurface pool of hydrocarbons

Topics referred to by the same term

Power system protection

Branch of electrical power engineering

Power-flow study

Numerical analysis of electric power flow

Pressurized heavy-water reactor

Nuclear reactor design

Use of prisms to improve lighting

Chemical substance used for propulsion or pressurization

Protective relay

Relay device designed to trip a circuit breaker when a fault is detected

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Type of electric energy storage system using two reservoirs of water connected with a pump and a turbine

Process of moving heat from one location to another in controlled conditions

Renewable energy

Energy collected from renewable resources

Process of replacing older power stations with newer ones

Residual-current device

Electrical safety device used in household wiring

Small modular reactor

Small nuclear reactors that could be manufactured in a factory and transported on site

Electrical grid operated by automatic control devices or controled and maintained from distance

Device used to produce power from light

Radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies

Synthetic chemical fuel produced from solar energy

Topics referred to by the same term

Machine that uses steam to rotate a shaft

Part of an electrical generation, transmission, and/or distribution system

Sulfur hexafluoride circuit breaker

Switching device used in high voltage power grids

Concept of a wide area transmission network that makes it possible to trade high volumes of electricity across great distances

Sustainable energy

Use of energy that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations

Thermal power station

Facility where heat is converted to electric power

Three-phase electric power

Common electrical power generation, transmission and distribution method for alternating currents

Technology to convert the energy from tides into useful forms of power

Magnetic confinement device used to produce thermonuclear fusion power

Transmission system operator

Entity entrusted with transporting energy in the form of natural gas or electrical power on a national or regional level using fixed infrastructure

Transmission tower

Structure used to support an overhead power line

TURBINE (US government project)

Unconventional (oil and gas) reservoir

Petroleum produced or extracted using techniques other than the oil well method

Utility frequency

Frequency used on standard electricity grid in a given area

Post used by public utilities to support overhead wires and related equipment

Variable renewable energy

Type of renewable energy source

Virtual power plant

A virtual power plant is a cloud-based distributed power plant that aggregates the capacities of heterogeneous distributed energy resources for the purposes of enhancing power generation

Structure that uses a water wheel or turbine

Western Interconnection

Power grid in western North America

Wide area synchronous grid

Regional electrical grid

Electrical power generation from wind

Machine which converts wind energy into mechanical and electric energy

Architectural element for creating a draft

Machine that converts the energy of wind into rotational energy

Ancient Persian ice house