05.07.2009
An expenditure for fuel that is not recognized for bookkeeping practices as a cost in the operating period incurred, but carried forward to be written off in future periods
A form of analysis used to compare coal prices with electricity prices by converting the coal price to MWh and subtracting it from the electricity price during a period taking power station efficiency into consideration ‘ a negative dark spread indicates that it is more beneficial to sell coal than to produce and sell electricity
Terms refers to the separation between economic growth and higher energy consumption. It is achieved by increasing energy efficiency and conservation to enable GDP to grow and electricity consumption to remain constant
This term has no official professional meaning in the occupational safety sphere
IEA has stated that there is the need for a major decarbonization of the world’s energy system through significant emissions reductions in all regions and technologies breakthroughs. Current energy trends are potentially unsustainable, socially, environmentally and economically. There are three paths for achieving this strategy and from moving away from the business as usual scenario. These include (1) energy efficiency, (2) carbon capture and sequestration and (3) changing the energy mix to more renewable and nuclear. Together, the IEA believes that with these three concepts it is possible to beat global warming.
Particles of rock derived from the breakdown of rocks by weathering and erosion.
Scheme by which fuel is transferred between a number of parties, usually to circumvent regulations or evade payment of taxes on the sale of fuels