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Translation glossary: Renewable Energy

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Energy consumptionThe amount of energy consumed in the form in which it is acquired by the user. The term 
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Energy cropsCrops grown specifically for their fuel value. These include food crops such as corn and sugarcane, and 
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Energy efficiencyProgrammes 
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Energy mixthe distribution or proportion of different energy sources within the total energy supply. 
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Energy resourcesEverything which could be used by society as a source of energy. 
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Energy Saving TrustGovernment organisation to promote energy efficiency to domestic, business, local 
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Energy securityThe extent to which a nation’s or region’s energy supplies are robust against potential disruption, 
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Energy sourceA source that provides the power to be converted to electricity e.g. hydro, solar, wind, biomass, fossil 
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Energy useEnergy consumed during a specified time period for a specific purpose (usually expressed in kWh). 
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Enhanced capital allowanceA tax allowance for investment in certain prescribed items of equipment, including 
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Environment AgencyThe regulator for the environment, including rivers and waste disposals. 
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EU ETSEmissions trading scheme of the EU. Replacing the UK ETS. 
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Evacuated tubeIn a solar thermal collector, an absorber tube, which is contained in an evacuated glass cylinder, 
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Feed-in tariffA renewable standard set of building contract conditions. 
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FIDICFédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils, a 
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Flat-plate arrayA PV array which does not use concentration. 
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FlumeOpen and closed flumes serve to channel water into a 
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Francis turbineA type of reaction turbine. Francis turbines have nine or more fixed vanes on the runner. Water 
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Fuel cellsOne or more cells capable of generating an electrical current by converting the chemical energy of a fuel 
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FurlingThe act of a wind generator yawing (tilting or rotating) out of the wind either horizontally or vertically to 
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Furling tailA wind generator protection mechanism where the rotor shaft axis is offset horizontally from the yaw 
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Gasification systemsUse high temperatures and an oxygen-starved environment to convert biomass into ‘synthesis 
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GEMAGas and Electricity Markets Authority; regulatory part of Ofgem. 
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Generation (Electricity)Process of producing electric energy by transforming other forms of energy. 
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Generation, GrossThe total amount of electric energy produced by the generating units at a generating station or 
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Generation, NetGross generation less the electric energy consumed at the generating station for station’s use. 
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GeneratorMachine used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. 
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Geothermal energyAs used at electric power plants, hot water or steam extracted from geothermal reservoirs in 
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Geothermal plantA plant in which a turbine is driven either from hot water or by natural steam that derives its 
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Gigawatt (GW)The unit of electrical power equal to one thousand-million watts, or one thousand megawatts. 
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Global generationTotal solar radiant energy impinging on a surface, equal to the sum of direct and diffuse 
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GovernorA device that regulates the speed of a rotating shaft, either electrically or mechanically. 
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GridMatrix of an electrical distribution system, in the UK, the National Grid. 
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Grid codeThe code of practice which covers all major technical aspects relating to connections to, and the operation 
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Guide vanesUsed in reaction turbines to change water flow direction by 90 degrees, causing the water to whirl and 
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HeadThe total vertical distance between the beginning of a hydro system diversion and the micro hydro turbine. 
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Head lossObstructions to the flow of water to a hydro 
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Heat pump (Geothermal)A heat pump in which the 
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HerenThe ICIS Heren European Daily Electricity Markets 
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HertzThe frequency with which an alternating current waveform rises and falls (as it changes polarity). 
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High-temperature collectorA solar thermal collector designed to operate at a temperature of 180 degrees 
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HubThe centre of a wind generator rotor, which holds the blades in place and attaches to the shaft. 
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I-V curveA current/voltage curve, which expresses the possible combinations of current and voltage output of a 
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ICCThe Infrastructure Conditions of Contract, a standard set of building contract conditions. 
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Impulse turbineImpulse turbines produce power when a jet of water from an enclosed diversion pipeline \'shoots\' 
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InsolationThe solar energy received at a place over a given period. May be expressed as sun-hours per day, langleys 
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Installed capacityThe total generating units\' 
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IntakeThe point at which water is diverted 
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Intermittent resourcesResources whose output depends on some other factor that cannot be controlled by the 
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Internal Collector Storage (ICS)A solar thermal collector in which incident solar radiation is absorbed by the 
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