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Energy efficiency

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Energy efficiency

Kinetic energy

Energy; Energy efficiency

Energy available as a result of motion that varies directly in proportion to an object's mass and the square of its velocity.

Potential energy

Energy; Energy efficiency

Energy available due to position.

Wind energy

Energy; Energy efficiency

Energy available from the movement of the wind across a landscape caused by the heating of the atmosphere, earth, and oceans by the sun.

Stirling engine

Energy; Energy efficiency

A heat engine of the reciprocating (piston) where the working gas and a heat source are independent. The working gas is compressed in one region of the engine and transferred to another region where ...

Endothermic

Energy; Energy efficiency

A heat absorbing reaction or a reaction that requires heat.

Anthracite

Energy; Energy efficiency

A hard, dense type of coal, that is hard to break, clean to handle, difficult to ignite, and that burns with an intense flame and with the virtual absence of smoke because it contains a high ...

Wind power plant

Energy; Energy efficiency

A group of wind turbines interconnected to a common power provider system through a system of transformers, distribution lines, and (usually) one substation. Operation, control, and maintenance ...

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