Home›Categories›ConceptsCategoriesConceptsCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextEnergy Atlas. "Concepts." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/concepts.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextEnergy Atlas. (n.d.). Concepts. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/conceptsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{energyatlas-concepts, author = {Energy Atlas}, title = {Concepts}, year = {2026}, url = {https://energy.interactiveatlas.org/categories/concepts}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe working ideas of energy systems that recur across this atlas: the measures, limits and policy concepts by which sources, plants and transitions are compared and judged.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsContainsBaseload Power, Concepts Well-attested Capacity Factor, Concepts Well-attested Carbon Intensity, Concepts Well-attested Source WikipediaCarnot Efficiency, Concepts Well-attested Curtailment, Concepts Well-attested Demand Response, Concepts Well-attested Duck Curve, Concepts Well-attested Electrical Grid, Concepts Well-attested Energy Access, Concepts Well-attested Source WikipediaEnergy Carrier, Concepts Well-attested Energy Conservation, Concepts Well-attested Energy Density, Concepts Well-attested Energy Efficiency, Concepts Well-attested Energy Return on Investment, Concepts Well-attested Energy Security, Concepts Well-attested Energy Transition, Concepts Well-attested Feed-in Tariff, Concepts Well-attested Source WikipediaGrid Parity, Concepts Well-attested Just Transition, Concepts Well-attested Kilowatthour, Concepts Well-attested Levelized Cost of Electricity, Concepts Well-attested Merit Order, Concepts Well-attested Nameplate Capacity, Concepts Well-attested Net Metering, Concepts Well-attested Peak Demand, Concepts Well-attested Power Purchase Agreement, Concepts Well-attested Source WikipediaPrimary Energy, Concepts Well-attested Renewable Energy Certificate, Concepts Well-attested Renewable Portfolio Standard, Concepts Well-attested Stranded Assets, Concepts Well-attested SourcesUnited States Energy Information Administration Official SiteUS Energy Information AdministrationView the SourceWikipediaWikimedia FoundationContains: Feed-in Tariff, DescriptionQuote, Contains: Feed-in Tariff, DescriptionA feed-in tariff is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies by offering long-term contracts to renewable energy producers.View the SourceWikipediaWikimedia FoundationContains: Power Purchase Agreement, IntroductionQuote, Contains: Power Purchase Agreement, IntroductionA power purchase agreement (PPA), or electricity power agreement, is a long-term contract between an electricity generator and a customer, usually a utility, government or company.View the SourceWikipediaWikimedia FoundationContains: Carbon Intensity, IntroductionQuote, Contains: Carbon Intensity, IntroductionAn emission intensity (also carbon intensity or C.I.) is the emission rate of a given pollutant relative to the intensity of a specific activityView the SourceWikipediaWikimedia FoundationContains: Energy Access, Description sectionQuote, Contains: Energy Access, Description sectionlack of access to modern energy services in the homeView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year