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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
A unit of volume. A U.S. gallon has 231 cubic inches or 3.785 liters.
Industry:Energy
The elimination of regulation from a previously regulated industry or sector of an industry.
Industry:Energy
Applicant means any person who submits an application for certification pursuant to the provisions of this division, including, but not limited to, any person who explores for or develops geothermal resources.
Industry:Energy
Gaseous fuel (usually natural gas) that is burned to produce heat energy. The word also is used, colloquially, to refer to gasoline.
Industry:Energy
A specialized security or contract that has no intrinsic overall value, but whose value is based on an underlying security or factor as an index. A generic term that, in the energy field, may include options, futures, forwards, etc.
Industry:Energy
A method producing synthetic gas from coal. Also called the FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS.
Industry:Energy
Solar radiation, scattered by water vapor, dust and other particles as it passes through the atmosphere, so that it appears to come from the entire sky. Diffuse radiation is higher on hazy or overcast days than on clear days.
Industry:Energy
Non-organic, non-flammable substance left over after combustible material has been completely burned.
Industry:Energy
The process where biomass fuel is reacted with sub- stoichiometric quantities of air and oxygen usually under high pressure and temperature along with moisture to produce gas which contains hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide. The gas can be burned directly in a boiler, or scrubbed and combusted in an engine-generator to produce electricity. The three types of gasification technologies available for biomass fuels are the fixed bed updraft, fixed bed downdraft and fluidized bed gasifiers. Gasification is also the production of synthetic gas from coal.
Industry:Energy
The ability of a retail customer to purchase commodity electricity directly from the wholesale market rather than through a local distribution utility. (See also Retail Competition)
Industry:Energy