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Petroterminal de Panama

Petroterminal de Panama, also called PTP, is a Panamanian oil logistics company that owns and operates the 130-kilometer Trans-Panama Pipeline linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

PetroVietnam Power Corporation

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power) is a Vietnamese power generation company, part of Petrovietnam, operating plants including Nhon Trach, Ca Mau, Vung Ang 1, and Hua Na.

PF-1000

PF-1000 is a large Mather-type dense plasma focus device at the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion in Warsaw, Poland, described as the world's largest plasma-focus device.

PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna

PGE Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna (PGE GiEK) is a Polish power company owned by PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, based in Bełchatów, that generates about 31% of Poland's electricity.

Pha Lai Power Complex

The Pha Lai Power Complex (Vietnamese: Nhiệt điện Phả Lại) is a coal-fired power station in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam, 65 km northeast of Hanoi, with 1,040 MW of capacity.

Pha Lai Thermal Power

Pha Lai Thermal Power (Vietnamese: Nhiệt điện Phả Lại) is a coal-fired power station in Chí Linh, Hải Phòng, Vietnam, with six units totaling 1,040 MW.

Phaedrus (tokamak)

Phaedrus-T is a moderate-sized research tokamak at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, operational around 1991, best known for the first experimental evidence of low-frequency current drive in a tokamak.

Phase change material storage

Phase change material storage, one of three main classes of thermal energy storage, stores heat as latent heat while a medium melts or solidifies near its melting point.

Phase-change material slurry

A phase-change material slurry (PCS) is a pumpable fluid with phase-change particles dispersed in a carrying liquid, storing latent heat and holding more energy than water.

Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs

The phase-out of incandescent light bulbs refers to government policies, starting with Australia in 2007 and followed by the EU, US, and Canada, that set efficiency standards.

Phase-shifting transformer

A phase-shifting transformer (PST) is a specialized transformer that controls active power flow in three-phase transmission networks by regulating the voltage angle, letting operators direct power along chosen paths instead of physics-decided ones.

Phasor data concentrator

A phasor data concentrator (PDC) is a device or software function in a power system that time-aligns synchrophasor data from multiple PMUs for control centers, defined by IEEE C37.247-2019.

Phasor estimation

Phasor estimation is a signal-processing method that computes the magnitude and phase angle of fundamental-frequency voltage or current waveforms, used in power system monitoring, control, and protection.

Phasor measurement unit

A phasor measurement unit, also called a synchrophasor device, is a precision instrument that measures voltage and current phasors and frequency in power grids with GPS time-stamping.

Phénix

Phénix was a French demonstration sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor at the Marcoule nuclear site in southern France, operated by the CEA and EDF, which produced power from 1973 to 2010.

Philip R. Clark

Philip R. Clark was an American nuclear power engineer who directed the Three Mile Island Unit 2 cleanup as president and CEO of GPU Nuclear Corporation.

Philip Sporn Power Plant

The Philip Sporn Power Plant was a coal-fired station on the Ohio River at New Haven, West Virginia, operated by American Electric Power from 1950 to 2015.

Philippine National Oil Company

The Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) is the Philippines' wholly government-owned energy corporation, created by presidential decree in 1973 during the first oil crisis to secure the nation's oil supply.

Philippines LNG Terminal

The Philippines LNG terminals at Batangas City made the Philippines an LNG importer for the first time in 2023, supplying gas-fired power plants on Luzon.

Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant

The Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant (Kernkraftwerk Philippsburg) was a two-unit nuclear plant on the Rhine in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; its reactors ran from 1979 and 1984 until 2011 and 2019.

Phillips 66

Phillips 66 is an American integrated downstream energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas, spun off from ConocoPhillips as an independent company in 2012, with refining, midstream, and chemicals operations.

Phillips Petroleum

Phillips Petroleum was an American integrated oil and gas company incorporated at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in 1917, which made the first economic oil discovery off Norway before merging with Conoco in 2002.

Phosphoric acid fuel cell

A phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) uses concentrated phosphoric acid as its electrolyte and runs at 150 to 200 °C; it was the first fuel cell type commercialized.

Phosphorus anode

A phosphorus anode is a battery negative electrode of red or black phosphorus that stores lithium or sodium ions by alloying, offering 2,596 mAh g⁻¹ theoretical capacity.

Photoanode

A photoanode is the illuminated electrode of a photoelectrochemical cell where oxidation reactions occur, typically an n-type semiconductor such as TiO2, hematite, or BiVO4, often used for solar water splitting.

Photobiological hydrogen production

Photobiological hydrogen production is the generation of hydrogen gas by photosynthetic microorganisms, chiefly green algae and cyanobacteria, using sunlight to split water, an early-stage technology limited by oxygen sensitivity.

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution

Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution is the production of hydrogen from water using light-activated semiconductor particles or electrodes, a field begun with Fujishima and Honda's 1972 TiO₂ work.

Photocatalytic overall water splitting by Al-doped SrTiO3

Al-doped SrTiO3 (SrTiO3:Al, also written Al:STO) is a benchmark photocatalyst powder that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen under ultraviolet light without any applied bias.

Photocatalytic water oxidation

Photocatalytic water oxidation is the light-driven conversion of water to oxygen by a photocatalyst, the oxidative half-reaction of artificial photosynthesis and the rate-determining step of overall water splitting.

Photoelectrochemical water splitting

Photoelectrochemical water splitting is a method of producing hydrogen from water using sunlight and semiconductor photoelectrodes in a single device, first demonstrated in 1972 and still uncommercialized.