Bagasse A waste product from sugar cane processing that can be used to generate energy. |
Biomass Biological material such as wood, sugar cane and municipal waste that can be converted to energy, heat or gas. |
Gentailer An integrated energy generator and retailer. |
Gigawatt A unit equal to 1,000 megawatts. |
Gigawatt Hour The energy that is required to power 10 million 100-watt units, such as light globes, for an hour. |
Megawatt A unit equivalent to one million watts. |
Renewable Energy Certificates (Recs) RECs allow particular entities to meet their renewable energy responsibilities and create a second market for industry participants. |
Renewable Energy Target (Ret) Regulation designed to increase the share of renewable generation in Australia. The current target is 33,000 gigawatt hours by 2020. |
Roaring Forties Stormy ocean tracts between latitudes 40 and 50 degrees south. |
Watt The most basic unit of power, equal to one joule of work per second. |