- Industry: Energy
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A smelter which processes concentrates from independent mines. Concentrates may be purchased or the smelter may be contracted to do the processing for the independent company—a process also known as toll smelting.
Industry:Energy
The cost of producing one kWh of electricity delivered to, but not through, the transmission system (typically US)
Industry:Energy
A rectangular plate of metal cast in a shape suitable for refining by the electrolytic process.
Industry:Energy
The amount of capacity available for purchase from other power systems.
Industry:Energy
A brownish-black coal of low rank with high inherent moisture and volatile matter (used almost exclusively for electric power generation). It is also referred to as brown coal.
Industry:Energy
The point where a short moving average crosses a longer-moving average. These are often taken as buy or sell signals. When the shorter MA crosses the longer from below and both are turning upwards, it is called a Golden Cross, a strong buy signal.
Industry:Energy
A prompt cargo describes a cargo available for immediate lifting (one to two days). Prompt tonnage refers to tankers available to lift cargoes immediately. The tanker and petrochemical world’s abbreviation is PPT.
Industry:Energy
The combination of one or more gas turbine and steam turbines in an electric generation plant. An electric generating technology in which electricity is produced from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more gas (combustion) turbines. The heat is routed to a conventional boiler or to a heat recovery steam generator for use by a steam turbine in the production of electricity. This process increases the efficiency of the electric generating unit.
Industry:Energy
