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California Energy Commission
Industry: Energy
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California’s primary energy policy and planning agency
a vehicle that can operate on either alcohol fuels (methanol or ethanol) or regular unleaded gasoline or any combination of the two from the same tank.
Industry:Energy
A measure of radioactivity.
Industry:Energy
A layer of still air adjacent to a surface which provides some thermal resistance.
Industry:Energy
Gas that is left over after fuel is burned and which is disposed of through a pipe or stack to the outer air.
Industry:Energy
The forward market for energy and ancillary services to be supplied during the settlement period of a particular trading day that is conducted by the ISO, the PX, and other Scheduling Coordinators. This market closes with the ISO's acceptance of the final day-ahead schedule.
Industry:Energy
A measure of the heat transfer through an air film. (See ASHRAE Table 1, ASHRAE Handbook, 1985 Fundamentals)
Industry:Energy
A process for burning powdered coal that is poured in a liquid-like stream with air or gases. The process reduces sulfur dioxide emissions from coal combustion.
Industry:Energy
Day-ahead Schedule A schedule prepared by a Scheduling Coordinator or the ISO before the beginning of a trading day. This schedule indicates the levels of generation and demand scheduled for each settlement period of that trading day.
Industry:Energy
Unwanted particles, mist or gases put into the atmosphere as a result of motor vehicle exhaust, the operation of industrial facilities or other human activity.
Industry:Energy
A tubular electric lamp that is coated on its inner surface with a phosphor and that contains mercury vapor whose bombardment by electrons from the cathode provides ultraviolet light which causes the phosphor to emit visible light either of a selected color or closely approximating daylight.
Industry:Energy