The natural gas that is consumed by any consumer is measured by on-site meters, which essentially keep track of the volume of natural gas consumed at that location. Traditionally, in order to bill customers correctly, meter-reading personnel had to be dispatched to record these volumes. However, new electronic meter-reading systems are capable of transmitting this …
Preparing the economy – including all its energy related entities – to react and operate during times of emergency
The maximum amount of a pollutant legally permitted to be discharged from a single source
A firm or individual that purchases products for its own consumption and not for resale (namely, an ultimate consumer. An end-consumer in the electricity sector is the entity that purchases power for his own consumption and not for further trading purposes. An end-user in the gas sector is a person or company who actually consumes …
Energtek is a commercial distributor of natural gas to emerging markets using proprietary Adsorbed Natural Gas (ANG) technology. In March 2009, the company received a license from the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures for the exploration, production and sale of natural gas in the northern Negev. The license enables Energtek Products to produce natural gas …
Energy is also regarded as a commodity that entities trade in especially as a hedge against the falling dollar and inflation and is one of the contributors for rising oil and gas prices. Natural gas is sold as a commodity, much like pork bellies, corn, copper, and oil. The basic characteristic of a commodity is …
Energy conservation contributes significantly to a reduction of the economic burden and decreased dependency on imported energy, to a reduction of energy expenses and reduces pollution. A policy of energy conservation is a policy embodying the actions to be taken to ensure the most efficacious use of finite energy resources. Examples of such actions are …
Section of the US Department of Energy (DOE) providing statistics, data, analysis on resources, supply, production, consumption for all energy sources
The quantity of energy (direct and/or indirect) that has been consumed in the manufacture of a product measured at the production point or in the provision of a service measured at the point at which the service is provided. The energy intensity of a country’s economy refers to the energy and fuel consumed per unit …
Embedded costs represent the total costs of all assets and ongoing charges incurred in providing and maintaining a supply of energy. So named because these costs are “embedded” in the system and cannot be changed or separated from the actual costs of producing and generating energy. Embedded costs most commonly refer to costs incurred in …
