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A weight quantity of steam, also used to denote a quantity of energy in the form of steam. The amount of usable energy obtained from a pound of steam depends on its temperature and pressure at the point of consumption and on the drop in pressure after consumption.
Industry:Energy
A vehicle is retired from service if that vehicle is placed out of service and there are no future plans to return that vehicle to service.
Industry:Energy
The remaining portion of a metal-bearing ore consisting of finely ground rock and process liquid after some or all of the metal, such as uranium, has been extracted.
Industry:Energy
A facility engineered and built principally for processing of uraniferous solutions that are produced during in situ leach mining, from heap leaching, or inthe manufacture of other commodities, and the recovery, by chemical treatment in the plant's circuits, of uranium from the processing solutions.
Industry:Energy
A firm that produces, imports, or transports selected petroleum products across State boundaries and local marketing areas, and sells the product to local distributors, local retailers, or end users.
Industry:Energy
A low-head plant using the flow of a stream as it occurs and having little or no reservoir capacity for storage.
Industry:Energy
Power generated and transmitted from generator to load on three conductors.
Industry:Energy
The difference between photovoltaic module shipments and photovoltaic module purchases.
Industry:Energy
The rate of producing, transferring, or using energy, most commonly associated with electricity. Power is measured inwatts and often expressed in kilowatts (kW) or megawatts (mW). Also known as "real" or "active" power. See Active Power, Apparent Power, Reactive Power, Real Power
Industry:Energy
The site of a plant that formerly produced electrical or mechanical power but is now out of service. Includes plants that have been abandoned, damaged by flood or fire, inundated by new reservoirs, or dismantled.
Industry:Energy