- Industri: Energy
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A medium-temperature solar thermal collector, employed predominantly in water heating, which uses pumped liquid as the heat-transfer medium.
Industry:Energy
Blanket insulation wrapped around the water heater to reduce loss of heat. To qualify under this definition, this wrapping must be in addition to any insulation provided by the manufacturer.
Industry:Energy
The number of mines, or mines collocated with preparation plants or tipples, located in a particular geographic area (state or region). If a mine is mining coal across two counties within a state, or across two states, then it is counted as two operations. This is done so that EIA can separate production by state and county.
Industry:Energy
All petroleum products, natural gas liquids, biofuels, and liquids derived from other hydrocarbon sources (coal to liquids and gas to liquids). Not included are compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), and hydrogen.
Industry:Energy
A material that is a very poor conductor of electricity. The insulating material is usually a ceramicor fibreglass when used in the transmission line and is designed to support a conductor physically and to separate it electrically from other conductors and supporting material.
Industry:Energy
Any of the various naturally occurring in organic substances, such as metals, salt, sand, stone, sulfur, and water, usually obtained from the earth. Note For reporting on the Financial Reporting System the term also includes organic non-renewable substances that are extracted from the earth such as coal, crude oil, and natural gas.
Industry:Energy
A nuclear breeder reactor, cooled by molten sodium, in which fission is caused by fast neutrons.
Industry:Energy
Costs incurred in preparing well locations, drilling and deepening wells, and preparing wells for initial production up through the point of installing control valves. None of these functions, because of their nature, have salvage value. Such costs would include labor, transportation, consumable supplies, drilling tool rentals, site clearance, and similar costs.
Industry:Energy
An agreement wherein a mineral interest owner (lessor) conveys to another party (lessee) the rights to explore for, develop, and produce specified minerals. The lessee acquires a working interest and the less or retains a non-operating interest in the property, referred to as the royalty interest, each in proportions agreed upon.
Industry:Energy
An end-use device or customer that receives power from the electric system. NERC definition
Industry:Energy
