05.07.2009
A porous marine limestone composed of fine-grained remains of microorganisms. A good example are the White Cliffs of Dover in the UK or the Austin Chalk of the US Gulf coast which is a rich fractured oil reservoir where widespread horizontal drilling activity took place
The Ministry of National Infrastructure and the PUA decided in August 2009 to promote an experimental program to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours. The program is for time of use consumers. According to the program, consumers must reduce their consumption by 20% during peak hours compared to their consumption during the same time the previous year in order to join and in return will only pay 90% of the tariff
A measure of the detonation of diesel fuel. Cetane ignites very easily under compression; for this reason, it is assigned a cetane number of 100, and serves as a reference for other fuel mixtures.
Reductions of greenhouse gases achieved by a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project. A CER can be sold or counted toward Annex I countries’ emissions commitments. Reductions must be additional to any that would otherwise occur. CERs are verified and authenticated units of greenhouse gas reductions from abatement or sequestration projects which are certified by the Clean Development Mechanism.