Categories of energy consumers, as defined by consumption or demand levels, patterns, and conditions, and generally included residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural.

A circular projection of the sky vault onto a flat diagram used to determine solar positions and shading effects of landscape features on a solar energy system.

See: 'split capital investment.

Wind with a speed between 11 and 16 knots (13 and 18 mph); Beaufort scale number 4.

Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast, to support the trestle-trees.

A two-masted vessel with both masts square rigged. On the sternmost mast, the main mast, there is also a gaff sail

A form used to acknowledge receipt of cargo and often serves as basis for preparation of the ocean bill of lading.

An indication on a draft that the documents attached are to be released to the drawee only on payment.

The ratio of actual power being used in a circuit, expressed in watts or kilowatts, to the power that is apparently being drawn from a power source, expressed in volt-amperes or kilovolt-amperes.

A company (or person) making an unwanted counter bid for another company, whose intentions are.

A Transferable Letter of Credit allows the beneficiary to pass on the benfit of a Letter of Credit to one or more third parties. Normally used by companies that source rather than produce goods.

As used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the departure (in

Person who decoys a seaman from his ship and gains money by robbing and, or, forcing him on board another vessel in want of men.

A term indicating that a vessel is holding her own against a contrary current.

A popular term for localized or on-site power generation.

A solar thermal electric central reciever power plant ("power tower") located in Barstow, California, and completed in 1981. The Solar One had a design capacity of 10,000 peak kilowatts, and was composed of a receiver located on the top of a tower surroun ...

The generic name for a tradable loan security issued by governments and companies as a means of .

A region in which businesses get special tax advantages (including exemption from business rates) as.

A line leading forward from the end of a mainsail boom to prevent the boom from swinging inboard while broad reaching or running. also Preventer

A heavy longitudinal timber that angles upward from the stern to support the underside of the fantail.