Achieving Sustainable Energy
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| 561083178 | Biomass | The total mass of all living matter in a specific area | |
| 561083179 | Renewable | In energy management, an energy source that is either potentially renewable or nondepletable. | |
| 561083180 | Energy Conservation | The implementation of methods to use less energy. | |
| 561083181 | Tiered Rate | A billing system used by some electric companies in which customers pay higher rates as their use goes up. | |
| 561083182 | Energy Efficiency | The ratio of the amount of work done to the total amount of energy introduced to the system. | |
| 561083183 | Peak Demand | The greatest quantity of energy used at any one time. | |
| 561083184 | Passive Polar Energy | Construction designed to take advantage of solar radiation without active technology. | |
| 561083185 | Thermal Inertia | The ability of a material to maintain its temperature. | |
| 561083186 | Modern Carbon | Carbon in biomass that was recently in the atmosphere. | |
| 561083187 | Fossil Carbon | Carbon in fossil fuels. | |
| 561083188 | Carbon Neutral | An activity that does not change atmospheric CO2 concentrations. | |
| 561083189 | Net Removal | The process of removing more than is replaced by growth, typically used when referring to carbon. | |
| 561083190 | Biofuel | Liquid fuels created from processed or refined biomass | |
| 561083191 | Ethanol | Alcohol made by converting starches and sugars from plant material into alcohol and CO2. | |
| 561083192 | Biodiesal | A diesel substitute produced by extracting and chemically altering oil from plants. | |
| 561083193 | Flex-Fuel Vehical | A vehicle that runs on either gasoline or ethanol. | |
| 561083194 | Run-of-the-River | Hydroelectricity generation in which water is retained behind a low dam or no dam. | |
| 561083195 | Water Impoundment | The storage of water in a reservoir behind a dam. | |
| 561083196 | Tidal Energy | Energy that comes from the movement of water driven by the gravitational pull of the Moon. | |
| 561083197 | Siltation | The accumulation of sediments, primarily silt, on the bottom of a reservoir. | |
| 561083198 | Active Solar Energy | Energy captured from sunlight with intermediate technologies. | |
| 561083199 | Photovoltaic Solar Cell | A system of capturing energy from sunlight and converting it directly into electricity. | |
| 561083200 | Geothermal Energy | Heat energy that comes from the natural radioactive decay of elements deep within Earth. | |
| 561083201 | Ground Source Heat Pump | A technology that transfers heat from the ground to a building. | |
| 561083202 | Wind Energy | Energy generated from the kinetic energy of moving air. | |
| 561083203 | Wind Turbine | A turbine that converts wind energy into electricity. | |
| 561083204 | Fuel Cell | An electrical-chemical device that converts fuel, such as hydrogen, into an electrical current. | |
| 561083205 | Electrolysis | The application of an electric current to water molecules to split them into hydrogen and oxygen. | |
| 561083206 | Smart Grid | An effcient, self-regulating electricity distribution network that accepts any source of electricity and distributes it effectively to end users. |
