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 **Clean energies:** Clean describes any energy source the exploitation of which does not generate significant amounts of pollution, and therefore negatively impact the health of human populations and the biosphere as a whole.  **Clean energies:** Clean describes any energy source the exploitation of which does not generate significant amounts of pollution, and therefore negatively impact the health of human populations and the biosphere as a whole. 
  
-**Current:** flow. In a river, the current is usually strongest near the center where the river is deepest. In electrical terms, current means the electrons flowing through a conductor, and is measured in amperes, one amp meaning 6.02x1023 electrons. +**Current:** flow. In a river, the current is usually strongest near the center where the river is deepest. In electrical terms, current means the electrons flowing through a conductor, and is measured in amperes, one amp meaning 6.02x10^23 electrons. 
  
 **Distributed energies:** Distributed describes any energy source that can be deployed – often rapidly - on small, medium or large scales close to the point of consumption.  **Distributed energies:** Distributed describes any energy source that can be deployed – often rapidly - on small, medium or large scales close to the point of consumption. 
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 **Inverter:** a device that converts DC electricity, as produced by PVs and stored in batteries, into AC house current, the kind used by most familiar household devices.  **Inverter:** a device that converts DC electricity, as produced by PVs and stored in batteries, into AC house current, the kind used by most familiar household devices. 
  
-**KW:** kiloWatt.  1 kiloWatt=  1000 Watt – Unit of power. 1000 kW= 1 megaWatt (mW), 1000 megaWatt = 1 gigaWatt, 1000 gigaWatt = 1 teraWatt.+**KW:** kiloWatt.  1 kiloWatt =  1000 Watt (Unit of power). 1000 kW= 1 megaWatt (mW), 1000 megaWatt = 1 gigaWatt, 1000 gigaWatt = 1 teraWatt.
  
 **kWh – kiloWatt hour:** labor done by letting work 1000 Watt during 1 hour.  **kWh – kiloWatt hour:** labor done by letting work 1000 Watt during 1 hour. 
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