BEO energy dictionary

Peak load, intraday trading, on-site PPA, self-consumption optimization, atypical gridusage... the list of technical terms in the energy world is long. Let us clarify a few.

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Agri-PV

Atypical network usage

Balancing group management

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)

Battery Management System (BMS)

Black start ability

Capacity market

Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM)

Cell chemistry

Charging cycle

Charging strategy

CO₂ balance

Consumption Price

Demand Side Management (DSM)

Easement

Efficiency (solar)

Electricity tariff models

Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS)

Energy Community

Energy Management System (EMS)

Energy storage

Flexibility-as-a-Service (FaaS)

Full feed-in

Grid feed-in

Grid fees

Grid Parity

Grid-supportive operation

Guarantee of origin (HKN)

Hybrid storage

Individual network charges

Inverter

ISO 50001

Lithium-ion battery

Load management

Market premium (direct marketing)

Medium voltage

Net-metering

Network Compatibility Assessment

Network connection certification

Network expansion

Network services

Nominal Power

Off-grid system

Partial feed-in

Peak shaving

Performance price

Photovoltaic (PV)

Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)

Power trading

Redispatch

Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG)

Residual Load

Roof lease

Second-life battery

Self-consumption

Self-consumption optimization

Solar capacity

Solar module

Solar system

Solar system monitoring

Solar thermal

Solar trackers

Solid-state battery

Storage capacity

Storage efficiency

Storage power

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G)

Virtual Power Plant (VPP)