TECHNICAL

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Image Courtesy: Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear energy comes from splitting atoms in a reactor to heat water into steam, which turns a turbine to generate electricity. Pros

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POWER

“Electrical Power Station Along the Pueblo River Walk in Colorado” by PEO ACWA is licensed under CC BY 2.0 the rate of producing, transferring, or using energy most

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PROPANE

“Propane” by Jason Woodhead is licensed under CC BY 2.0 a byproduct of natural gas processing and petroleum refining commonly used as a fuel. Propane is one of

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PUMPED HYDRO ENERGY STORAGE

“Tumut3GeneratingStation” by Cmh is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 a system that stores energy in the form of gravitational potential energy of water, which has been pumped from a

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RENEWABLE ENERGY (RE)

Image Courtesy: Kenueone energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. RE often provides energy in four

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RESERVE MARGIN (OPERATING)

Image Courtesy: U.S. Energy Information Administration in electricity networks, generating capacity available to the system operator within a short interval of time to meet demand in case a generator goes down

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SOLAR HOT WATER

“Sistema por Hidroneumatico” by Mmz.alonso is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 a system that generates hot water by collecting heat from the sun. There are two basic types:

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RIGHT-OF-WAY

Image Courtesy: ElectricalPowerEnergy.com a corridor of land on which electric lines or other equipment may be located. The transmission or distribution system operator may own the

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