Pure Planet
Pure Planet was a British energy supply company 24% owned by BP. The company, which was founded in 2015 and based in Bath, England, supplied electricity and gas to domestic customers in the UK. It ceased trading on 13 October 2021 following BP's withdrawal of support. On 17 October, Ofgem appointed Shell Energy (a…
Feed-in tariff
A feed-in tariff (FIT, FiT, standard offer contract, advanced renewable tariff, or renewable energy payments) is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies by offering long-term contracts to renewable energy producers. This means promising renewable energy producers an…
Ice storage air conditioning
Ice storage air conditioning is a form of thermal energy storage in which cooling capacity is stored by freezing water and recovered later by melting the ice. In building applications, the storage can be charged when cooling demand or electricity prices are lower and discharged during periods of higher cooling demand,…
Concentrated solar power
Concentrated solar power (CSP), also called concentrating solar power or concentrated solar thermal, involves systems that collect solar heat for multiple purposes like cooking, desalination, or the generation of electric solar power, by using mirrors to concentrate a large area of sunlight toward a receiver. …
Axpo Holding
Axpo Holding AG is a Swiss energy company headquartered in Baden, in the Canton of Aargau, and the parent company of the Axpo Group. Established in 2001 through the reorganisation of the former Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (NOK), it is wholly owned by the cantons of northeastern Switzerland and their cantonal…
Lawrence Weston Wind Turbine
The Lawrence Weston Wind Turbine, also known as the Ambition Community Energy Wind Turbine, is a community-owned wind turbine located in Avonmouth, Bristol, England, near the Seabank Power Station. It is situated beside the A403 road and Severn Estuary, just north of the Avonmouth Docks and Chittening industrial…
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Energy in the United States
Energy in the United States is obtained from a variety of sources, although the majority came from fossil fuels in 2025: 37% of the nation's energy originated from petroleum, 36% from natural gas, and 9% from coal. Electricity from nuclear power supplied 9% and renewable energy supplied 9%, which includes biomass,…
Energy superpower
An energy superpower is a country that supplies large amounts of energy resources (crude oil, natural gas, coal, etc.) to a significant number of other countries - and therefore has the potential to influence world markets for political or economic gains. Energy superpower status might be exercised, for example, by…
Distributed generation
Distributed generation, also distributed energy, on-site generation (OSG), or district/decentralized energy, is electrical generation and storage performed by a variety of small, grid-connected or distribution system-connected devices referred to as distributed energy resources (DER). Conventional power stations, such…