05.07.2009

Increase in prices due to instability, nervous market conditions

Measure of maximum capacity used mainly for intermittent renewables generation such as solar and wind

A quantitative measure of electric current flow equivalent to one thousand watts (1,000 watts) being used continuously for a period on one hour; the unit most commonly used to measure electrical energy, as opposed to kilowatt, which is simply a measure of available power. As a unit of energy used by the natural gas industry it approximately equals to 0.0341 therms

A measure of available power. One thousand watts