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Henry Hub, located in Erath, Louisiana, interconnects multiple natural gas pipelines, meaning that gas can be transferred from one...
In the future some residential energy consumers may become “prosumers,” who are both providers and consumers of electric grid services....
Human performance is the practice of proactively preventing unwanted outcomes triggered by human error. According to the North American...
The process of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) has been used extensively to allow gas to be produced from previously...
Hydrokinetic power is electricity derived by converting the kinetic energy of moving water into electricity. Hydrokinetic power uses the...
Hydropower is electricity derived by converting the kinetic energy of moving water using impoundment or diversion. Hydropower is the...
The Ideal Gas Law is an equation that describes the behavior of natural gas in a pipeline system; specifically, the relationship between...
Hydropower plants with large dams used to contain water in a reservoir are called impoundment facilities. The ability to store water is...
An independent system operator, or ISO, is an independent organization that handles electric grid operations, market facilitation for...
(aka Non-utility generator) Independent power producers, commonly called IPPs, are independent owners of generation that are not part of...
An insulator is a material that has such low conductivity that the flow of electricity through the material is negligible. The ability of...
A new technology currently in the demonstration phase is the integrated gas combined-cycle or IGCC generator. While none of the basic...
Intermediate demand, also called intermediate load, refers to the amount of electric demand created by a customer or a group of customers...
Use of generation is often divided into three categories — baseload, which is generation run all 24 hours of the day; intermediate, which...
In the United States, the term interstate pipeline company refers to a gas pipeline that crosses state lines. Pipelines that stay within...
An inverter, sometimes called a power inverter, is an electronic device that converts direct current (DC) power to alternating current...
A power island, often simply called an island, is an energized section of circuits separate from the larger system. For an island to...
As shown in the graphic above, the LNG delivery system comprises three sectors: liquefation, shipping, and regasification. Liquefaction...
The key safety issues for LNG relate to the consequences of an LNG spill. Most significant is the potential for ignition of an LNG pool...
The advantage of LNG is that the significant reduction in volume when natural gas is liquefied makes it practical to store. LNG is stored...
