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U.S. Energy Information Administration
Industri: Energy
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Receipts of goods into the 50 States and the District of Columbia from U.S. possessions and territories or from foreign countries.
Industry:Energy
Coking coal and pulverised coal consumed in making steel.
Industry:Energy
Extraction of crude oil ornatural gas by any method other than those that rely primarily on natural reservoir pressure, gas lift, or a system of pumps.
Industry:Energy
End-use data obtained through the direct measurement of the total energy consumed for specific uses within the individual household. Individual appliances can be submetered by connecting the recording metres directly to individual appliances.
Industry:Energy
The recovery, by chemical leaching, of the valuable components of a mineral deposit without physical extraction of the mineralized rock from the ground. Also referred to as "solution mining."
Industry:Energy
The presence of a device to measure the maximum rate of electricity consumption per unit of time.This device allows electric utility companies to bill their customers for maximum consumption, as well as for total consumption.
Industry:Energy
The building's owner or management encourages consumers in the building to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change timing or energy usage, or promote the use of a different energy source by sponsoring its own DSM programs.
Industry:Energy
A colorless, flammable, odourless hydrocarbon gas (CH4) which is the major component of natural gas. It is also an important source of hydrogen in various industrial processes. Methane is a greenhouse gas. See also Greenhouse gases.
Industry:Energy
Implies that a vehicle is: 1. Registered with the Government of one or more States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands; or 2. The vehicle is owned or operated by a Government or military organisation within the United States that is not required to register vehicles with the Government agencies listed under 1 above. For example, civilian Federal vehicles are generally not required to register with the State Government in which they are assigned.
Industry:Energy
Bacteria that synthesise methane, requiring completely anaerobic conditions for growth.
Industry:Energy