For the next nine months, Connecticut will work to expand its definition of renewable power, changing the focus to cleaner, cheaper and more reliable energy. The move specifically would benefit ...

DEFINITION: The energy available for work (economic growth) once the energy used to obtain a given energy has been taken into account, expressed as a ratio. For example, fracking has a net energy of 5 ...

DEFINITION: Energy that is generated close to where it will be used, rather than at an industrial plant and sent through the national grid. Decentralised systems typically use renewable energy sources ...