Glossary topic · 9 terms
Energy.
How power gets made, stored and saved, and why electrification keeps coming up.
Energy
Electrification
Replacing a process powered by another energy source with one using electricity.
EnergyEnergy conservation
Reducing energy use through changes in behaviour or service demand.
EnergyEnergy efficiency
Providing a given service using less energy.
EnergyEnergy storage
Technologies or methods that hold energy for later use.
EnergyFossil fuel
A fuel formed from ancient organic matter over geological timescales.
EnergyHeat pump
A device that uses energy to move heat from one place to another.
EnergyRenewable energy
Energy from sources replenished naturally on human timescales.
EnergySolar photovoltaic
Technology that converts light directly into electricity using semiconductor materials.
EnergyWind power
Electricity generated by converting the kinetic energy of moving air.