The ratio of average energy demand (load) to maximum demand (peak load) during a specific period.

A Latin term meaning "In proportion."

UK shareholders receive dividends with a tax credit of 10%. This means that a notional 10% tax.

A unit of illuminance; equal to one lumen per square foot.

The net south-facing glazing area projected on a vertical plane. Also, the solid area covered at any instant by a wind turbine's blades from the perspective of the direction of the windstream (as opposed to the swept area).

The tendency of the sunlight to electricity conversion efficiency of amorphous silicon photovoltaic devices to degrade (drop) upon initial exposure to light.

The process of connecting a moving rail car with a motionless rail car within a rail classification yard in order to make up a train. The cars move by gravity from an incline or "hump" onto the appropriate track.

Insurance which covers the insured against specified critical illnesses such as cancer, heart attack.

An options strategy which has the same risk-reward profile as another strategy. For example, a long.

A currency which is deposited in banks outside its country of origin. For example the eurodollar,.

Pre-Cooling of intake air for compressors and Blowers.

When an anchored vessel is forced, by wind or current, to swing across her anchor so as to risk fouling it with her own cable, she is said to break sheer.

A watertight cockpit with scuppers, drains, or bailers that remove water.

A unit that equals 20 long hundredweight or 2,240 pounds. Used mainly in England.

Material passed into the effluent stream composed of foreign materials incorporated into the filter medium.

A combined mortgage and current account. Any savings each month earn the mortgage rate, which is a.

Snow shower, particularly of a very light and brief nature.

Pounds/force per square inch absolute.

Index-linked savings certificates. They were originally introduced for people who were over.