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barge

Energy; Energy trade

A vessel carrying oil, usually on rivers, containing between 8,000 and 50,000 bbl, or weighing 1,000 to 10,000 tonnes. In the US, barges can be up to, and occasionally over, 100,000 bbl in capacity.

net capability

Energy; Energy trade

The maximum load-carrying ability of a power plant under specified conditions for a given time interval. Capability is determined by design characteristics, physical conditions, energy supply and ...

toluene disproportionation (TDP)

Energy; Energy trade

Another process to produce benzene (and xylenes) from toluene.

marginal cost pricing

Energy; Energy trade

A system of pricing designed to ignore all costs except those associated with producing the next increment of power generation. Sometimes referred to as incremental cost pricing.

price cap

Energy; Energy trade

A method of setting a utility distribution company's rates where a maximum allowable price level is established by regulators, flexibility in individual pricing is allowed, and where efficiency gains ...

demurrage

Energy; Energy trade

The detention or delay of a vessel in loading or unloading beyond the time agreed upon. Demurrage charges are usually incurred for any delay.

clean development mechanism

Energy; Energy trade

A UN scheme set up under the Kyoto Protocol to allow industrialized countries to invest in greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects in developing countries in return for tradable offset credits ...

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