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A01 Tieline A high voltage line used for cross border energy interconnections.
A02 Line A specific electric line within a country.
A03 Resource Object A resource that can either produce or consume energy.
A04 Generation A resource that can produce energy.
A05 Load A resource that can consume energy.
A06 Phase Shift Transformer An electrical device for controlling the power flow through specific lines in a power transmission network.
A07 Circuit Breaker An electrical switch designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by overcurrent/overload or short circuit.
A08 Busbar A specific element within a substation to connect grid elements for energy distribution purposes.
A09 Capacitor A transmission element designed to inject reactive power into the transmission network.
A10 Inductor A transmission element designed to compensate reactive power in the transmission network.
A11 Power plant connection All the network equipment that link the generating unit to the grid.
A12 FACTS Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System
A13 Production unit A production unit is a composition of one or several generation units.
B01 Biomass A resource using biomass for energy.
B02 Fossil Brown coal/Lignite A resource using Fossil Brown coal/Lignite for energy.
B03 Fossil Coal-derived gas A resource using Fossil Coal-derived gas for energy.
B04 Fossil Gas A resource using Fossil Gas for energy.
B05 Fossil Hard coal A resource using Fossil Hard coal for energy.
B06 Fossil Oil A resource using Fossil Oil for energy.
B07 Fossil Oil shale A resource using Fossil Oil shale for energy.
B08 Fossil Peat A resource using Fossil Peat for energy.
B09 Geothermal A resource using Geothermal for energy.
B10 Hydro-electric pure pumped storage head installation Unit in which moving water energy is converted to electricity using flowing water to generate electricity with a large dam and reservoirs. Pure pumped storage plants store water in an upper reservoir with no natural inflows.
B11 Hydro Run-of-river head installation Unit in which moving water energy is converted to electricity using flowing water to generate electricity in the absence of a large dam and reservoirs.
B12 Hydro-electric storage head installation Unit in which moving water energy is converted to electricity using flowing water to generate electricity with a large dam and reservoirs.
B13 Marine unspecified Unit in which marine energy is converted to electricity with equipment/devices not specified.
B14 Nuclear unspecified A unit in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor of type that is not specified in other nuclear types.
B15 Other renewable A resource using Other renewable for energy.
B16 Solar unspecified Unit in which solar energy is converted to electricity with equipment/devices not specified.
B17 Waste A resource using Waste for energy.
B18 Wind Offshore Unit in which wind energy is converted to electricity using wind farms constructed in bodies of water, usually in the ocean.
B19 Wind Onshore Unit in which wind energy is converted to electricity using wind farms constructed on land.
B20 Other unspecified Other unspecified technology.
B21 AC Link Overhead line or cable which is used to transmit electrical power via Alternative Current.
B22 DC Link Overhead line or cable which is used to transmit electrical power via Direct Current.
B23 Substation An assembly of equipment in an electric power system through which electric energy is passed for transmission, transformation, distribution or switching.
B24 Transformer Electrical device that transfers energy from one voltage level to another voltage level.
B25 Energy storage A resource that stores energy. It could be gas, electricity, etc.
B26 Demand Side Response A resource that change its electricity consumption patterns in response to a signal or incentive.
B27 Dispatchable hydro resource A resource referring to dispatchable hydro generation.
B28 Solar photovoltaic Unit in which solar energy is converted to electricity using a technology based on the photoelectric effect.
B29 Solar concentration Unit in which solar energy is converted to electricity using mirrors to concentrate the sun's energy to drive traditional steam turbines or engines.
B30 Wind unspecified Unit in which wind energy is converted to electricity with equipment/devices not specified.
B31 Hydro-electric unspecified Unit in which moving water energy is converted to electricity with equipment/devices not specified.
B32 Hydro-electric mixed pumped storage head installation Unit in which moving water energy is converted to electricity using flowing water to generate electricity with a large dam and reservoirs. Mixed pumped storage plants use a combination of pumped storage and conventional hydroelectric plants with an upper reservoir that is replenished in part by natural inflows from a stream or river.
B33 Marine tidal Unit in which marine energy from tides is converted to electricity.
B34 Marine wave Unit in which marine energy from waves is converted to electricity.
B35 Marine currents Unit in which marine energy from currents is converted to electricity.
B36 Marine pressure Unit in which marine energy from pressure is converted to electricity.
B37 Thermal unspecified Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity with equipment/devices not specified in other thermal types.
B38 Thermal combined cycle gas turbine with heat recovery Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity called Combined Cycle Gas Turbine. The power is generated by the single or multiple gas turbine(s) in combination with the steam turbine(s). The unit might be equipped with waste heat recovery (e.g. to district heating network).
B39 Thermal steam turbine with back-pressure turbine (open cycle) Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity. The power is generated with the steam that is expanded in the back-pressure steam turbine with or without heat output (e.g. to district heating network).
B40 Thermal steam turbine with condensation turbine (closed cycle) Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity. The power is generated with the steam that is expanded in the condensation steam turbine with or without heat output (e.g. to district heating network).
B41 Thermal gas turbine with heat recovery Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity called Simple Cycle Gas Turbine. The power is generated by the gas turbine and the flue gas waste heat is recovered (e.g. to district heating network).
B42 Thermal internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion chamber that is an integral part of the working fluid flow circuit (e.g. reciprocating engine). The unit might be equipped with waste heat recovery (e.g. to district heating network).
B43 Thermal micro-turbine Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity called Simple Cycle Gas Turbine. The power is generated by the gas turbine (capacity less than 500kWe). The unit might be equipped with waste heat recovery (e.g. to district heating network).
B44 Thermal Stirling engine A Stirling engine is a heat engine that is operated by the cyclic compression and expansion of air or other gas (the working fluid) at different temperatures, resulting in a net conversion of heat energy to mechanical work.
B45 Thermal fuel cell A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that converts the chemical energy of a fuel (e.g. hydrogen) and an oxidizing agent (e.g. oxygen) into electricity through a pair of redox reactions.
B46 Thermal steam engine A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder.
B47 Thermal organic Rankine cycle The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is named for its use of an organic, high molecular mass fluid with a liquid-vapor phase change, or boiling point, occurring at a lower temperature than the water-steam phase change. The fluid allows Rankine cycle heat recovery from lower temperature sources such as biomass combustion, industrial waste heat, geothermal heat, solar ponds etc. The low-temperature heat is converted into useful work, that can itself be converted into electricity.
B48 Thermal gas turbine without heat recovery Unit in which heat energy is converted to electricity called Simple Cycle Gas Turbine. The power is generated by the gas turbine and there is no flue gas waste heat recovery.
B49 Nuclear heavy water reactor A unit in which the heat source is a pressurized heavy-water reactor (PHWR) that is a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water (deuterium oxide D2O) as its coolant and neutron moderator.
B50 Nuclear light water reactor A unit in which the heat source is a light-water reactor (LWR) that is a type of thermal-neutron reactor that uses normal water, as both its coolant and neutron moderator – furthermore a solid form of fissile elements is used as fuel.
B51 Nuclear breeder A unit in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material than it consumes.
B52 Nuclear graphite reactor A unit in which the heat source is a graphite-moderated reactor that is a nuclear reactor that uses carbon as a neutron moderator, which allows natural uranium to be used as nuclear fuel.
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