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The period of time during which a plant or part of a plant is not in running order due to planned maintenance
A small scale test or trial operation / plant that is used to assess the suitability of a method for commercial application
Refers to energy transactions made involving acquisition of energy at one point and delivery to another party at a second point. May also be referred to as wholesale wheeling. Point-to-point transactions can occur between two utilities, between a marketer and a utility, or in cases where a customer has direct access to the transmission system, between a marketer or utility and an end-use customer
Pi-Gliloth was established in 1959 and is engaged in the distribution of various types of fuel. The company was jointly owned by three fuel-sector companies, Paz, Delek, and Sonol (which hold 50% of the company’s shares), and the State of Israel, that holds the remaining 50% after having received shares in the company from the state-owned firm, Petroleum and Energy Infrastructures Ltd. (PEI), in accordance with an agreed upon termination of PEI’s concession. In 2005 the Government decided to privatize Pi-Gliloth and thus Pi-Gliloth’s facilities have been sold to Delek in August 2007
Electric cars that can be recharged by plugging-in to the grid and will eventually be able to be even recharged from any 220 v home socket.
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