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A facility in which heat produced in a reactor by the fissioning of nuclear fuel is used to drive a steam turbine.
Industry:Energy
The marginal, variable production cost of electricity at a given level of system output.
Industry:Energy
A value attributed to an underlying futures contract which determines the premium that is set by the grantor. Includes an element of historical volatility, and the volatility which the grantor of an option believes will still be seen in that futures contract.
Industry:Energy
The power lost in transmission between one point and another. It is measured as the difference between the net power passing the first point and the net power passing the second point .
Industry:Energy
Lines drawn on a price chart linking subsequent lows in a downtrend and subsequent highs in a uptrend.
Industry:Energy
The first substantial oil field discovered in the British sector of the North Sea. Also used to refer to the crude oil produced from the field.
Industry:Energy
The product of the Bessemer converter furnace used in copper smelting. It is a crude form of a copper, assaying about 99% copper, and requires further refining before being used for industrial purposes.
Industry:Energy
A price pattern characterized by successive falling highs and falling lows.
Industry:Energy
Tradable greenhouse gas offset credits generated by UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. One CER represents one metric ton of CO2 equivalent reduction in greenhouse gases.
Industry:Energy
