Glossary Terms

Electricity infrastructure that transmits high-voltage electricity (typically above 69-kV) from the generation source to electric customers.  

A system of interconnected generating facilities, substations and transmission lines that provide energy from its sources to its end users.  

A component of a transmission grid used to step up voltage from generators to high voltage transmission lines and then step down voltage to the local distribution system.

Related to Solar. A ground-mounted solar module support structure that is electronically programmed to move the panel in accordance with the line of the sun to maximize exposure and electricity [...]

A utility rate structure in which the price of electricity fluctuates in accordance with demand at different times of day and seasons.

Solar modules made from amorphous silicon (a-Si) or Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) cells. These modules are thin, flexible and lightweight. Their cost-effectiveness and ease of manufacturing make them [...]

A significant fire hazard associated with lithium-ion batteries, characterized by the lithium-ion cell undergoing an uncontrolled, self-heating state, typically a chemical reaction, and resulting [...]

A concept that involves directing excess wind or solar power to a heating element, elevating the temperature of a liquid metal bath or graphite block to several thousand degrees. [...]

A unit of energy that includes one trillion watts acting over a period of one hour. Terawatt hours are commonly used to assess energy usage by country.

A unit of power measurement equal to one thousand gigawatts.