power (for making electricity
21Making Sweden an Oil-Free Society — Crude oil prices, from 1998 to november 2008 (not adjusted for inflation) In 2005 the government of Sweden appointed a commission to draw up a comprehensive programme to reduce Sweden s dependence on petroleum, natural gas and other ‘fossil raw… …
22Ontario electricity policy — refers to plans, legislation, incentives, guidelines, and policy processes put in place by the Government of the Province of Ontario, Canada, to address issues of electricity production, distribution, and consumption. Policymaking in the… …
23Nuclear power phase-out — A nuclear power plant at Grafenrheinfeld, Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel s coalition announced on May 30, 2011, that Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations will be shut down by 2022, in a policy reversal following Japan s Fukushima Daiichi… …
24Wind power — Wind power: worldwide installed capacity [1] …
25Economics of new nuclear power plants — The economics of new nuclear power plants is a controversial subject, since there are diverging views on this topic, and multi billion dollar investments ride on the choice of an energy source. Nuclear power plants typically have high capital… …
26Wind power forecasting — A wind power forecast corresponds to an estimate of the expected production of one or more wind turbines (referred to as a wind farm) in the near future. By production is often meant available power for wind farm considered (with units kW or MW… …
27Smart power grid — Smart Grid is a transformed electricity transmission and distribution network or grid that uses robust two way communications, advanced sensors, and distributed computers to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of power delivery and use …
28Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… …
29Drax power station — Viewed from the east in October 2007 …
30Intermittent power source — [ Erie Shores Wind Farm monthly output over a two year period] An intermittent power source is a source of electric power generation that may be uncontrollably variable or more intermittent than conventional power sources, and therefore non… …
