Glossary

PV wafers are slices of poly-crystal or mono-crystal ingots. Ingots are cut into wafers with wafer saw which form solar cells.

This is the certificate of minimum durability. PV modules guarantee a lifetime of 20 years. Some go up to 35 years.

The following types of materials can be used as fuel: landfill gas, municipal solid waste, liquid acetonitrile waste, methane, digester gas, tall oil, waste alcohol, medical waste, paper pellets, sludge waste, solid byproducts, tires, agricultural byproducts, closed loop biomass, fish oil, and straw

Water constantly moves through a cycle, in which the energy is used, most efficiently with hydropower.

Automatically controlled, thermally insulated vessel designed for heating water.

Turbines that use water pressure to rotate the blades.

Electrical unit of power. Rate of energy transfer equal to 1 Ampere of electric flowing under pressure of 1 Volt.

Unit of power, measured in energy per second. It is equal to the work that is done at a rate of 1 joule per second.

Electrical energy unit measured to 1 watt of power taken/supplied to an electrical circuit for 1 hour.

Distance from any given point to the next point in the same phase (measured in direction of progression of a wave)

Point when natural gas/crude exits the ground

Using transmission facilities to transmit power.

Air that is in motion

Devices that are powered by the wind that produce mechanical/electrical power.

The speed of motion of a minute amount of air

The part that lifts the wind turbine blades above the ground to catch stronger wind currents.

Turbine that converts force of wind into electricity.

Kinetic energy from wind into electrical energy.

Wood and wood products that are used as fuel