electric energy
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4.1
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈɛnərdʒi/
- Specialized
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energía eléctrica
- The reason that dispatchability matters is that the electric grid requires a constant and instantaneous match between the electric energy being generated and that being consumed.
- cost of electric energy
- electric energy services
Examples
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Instead, electric energy is supplied to the system at one time, and the system stores that electric energy in electrochemical form until it is needed later.
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However, for heating during the winter, the home relies entirely on grid-supplied electric energy.
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Some focus on the price of electricity, while others focus on the cost of electric energy services.
Academic text (1992) -
Man has studied the storage of electric energy for over a century.
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Annual electric energy production depends on the available water supply.
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But for electric energy consumption, 20% is from nuclear.
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But we also have an issue where there's no good way to store electric energy in the grid.
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NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE), through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in the United States and Canada.
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People concerned about minimizing the total cost of electric-energy services favor the total-resource-cost test (TRC), while those concerned about minimizing electricity prices favor the rate-impact measure (RIM); see Table 1.
Academic text (1992) -
Hydrogen can efficiently be converted into electric energy and used to power vehicles.
Synonyms
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1.0
A form of energy that powers machines, lights, and appliances
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3.7
Energy used to run devices like lights or phones that comes from power in wires
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'electric' (relating to electricity) with 'energy' (usable power); the phrase simply specifies the type of energy. This compositional noun phrase follows standard adjectival modification patterns and is cross-linguistically consistent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Electric energy may come from an old discovery: rubbing 'amber' made small sparks, so people first called that strange power electric, and energy simply meant 'power'. So electric energy now means the power produced by electric charges or by an electric current.