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Tuyen Quang hydroelectric plant

The Tuyen Quang hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Tuyên Quang) is a 342 MW storage-reservoir hydropower station in Tuyen Quang province, Vietnam, providing flood control and regulating water for Hanoi.

Tuymazinskoye Oil Field

Tuymazinskoye Oil Field (Туймазинское месторождение) is a large oil field in Bashkortostan and Tatarstan, Russia, discovered in 1944 and a birthplace of waterflooding, with more than 330 million tonnes produced.

Tuymazy-Omsk-Novosibirsk 2 Oil Pipeline

The Tuymazy-Omsk-Novosibirsk 2 oil pipeline (TON-2), built in 1964, is a parallel 720 mm line of the trans-Siberian trunk pipeline from Tuymazy through Omsk to Novosibirsk.

TV pickup

TV pickup is a sudden surge in electricity demand synchronized with breaks in popular TV programs, mainly in the United Kingdom, as millions of viewers boil kettles at once.

Twin Groves wind farm

Twin Groves wind farm is a 396-megawatt onshore wind farm in eastern McLean County, Illinois, with 240 turbines; when its first phase opened in 2007 it was described as the nation's second largest wind farm.

Twining Oil and Gas Field

Twining Oil and Gas Field is an operating oil and gas field in south-central Alberta, Canada, discovered in 1951 and producing from Mississippian carbonate pools.

Twistron

A twistron is a mechanical energy harvester made from twisted and coiled carbon nanotube yarn that converts stretching into electricity, first reported in 2017 by Seon Jeong Kim and Ray Baughman.

Two-phase electric power

Two-phase electric power, or two-phase power, is an AC polyphase system carrying two equal voltages 90 degrees apart, historically over four wires, displaced by three-phase for transmission.

Two-stage anaerobic digestion

Two-stage anaerobic digestion (TSAD), proposed by Pohland and Ghosh in 1971, runs acid formation and methane formation in two separately optimized reactors, typically raising methane yields by 10–30%.

Two-stroke diesel engine

A two-stroke diesel engine is a compression-ignition engine that completes its cycle in two piston strokes, one crankshaft revolution; large low-speed versions propel most commercial ships.

Two-terminal tandem

A two-terminal tandem, or 2T tandem, is a tandem solar cell with two series-connected subcells accessed through two terminals; perovskite/silicon devices have reached a certified 33.7% efficiency.

TXO Partners, L.P.

TXO Partners, L.P., formerly MorningStar Partners, is a Fort Worth, Texas master limited partnership that acquires and develops conventional oil and gas reserves, listed on the NYSE in 2023.

TXU Europe

TXU Europe was a British energy company, the European arm of the Dallas-based TXU Corp, which supplied gas and electricity to about 5.25 million UK customers before its 2002 collapse.

Type 2 connector

The Type 2 connector, also called the Mennekes connector, is the European standard plug and vehicle inlet for AC electric vehicle charging under IEC 62196-2.

Typical meteorological year

A typical meteorological year (TMY) is an artificial year of 8,760 hourly weather records, each month chosen from a different year, used in building energy simulation and solar modeling.

Tyra field

The Tyra field is a gas and condensate field in the Danish North Sea, 225 km west of Esbjerg, and is Denmark's largest natural gas deposit.

Tyra West Gas Pipeline–F3 Gas Pipeline

The Tyra West Gas Pipeline–F3 Gas Pipeline is a 100 km subsea natural gas pipeline in the North Sea connecting Danish gas production to the NOGAT system.

Tyrihans

Tyrihans is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Equinor and producing through subsea templates tied to the Kristin platform since 2009.

Tyrihans Oil and Gas Field

Tyrihans is an oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea, operated by Equinor, with production starting in 2009 via subsea templates tied to the Kristin platform.

Tyrving Oil and Gas Field

Tyrving, previously known as Trell & Trine, is an oil field in the Norwegian North Sea producing since 2024 through a subsea tie-back to the Alvheim FPSO.

Tzafit power station

Tzafit power station (תחנת הכוח צפית) is a natural-gas-fired electricity site near Kfar Menahem in southern Israel, housing an Israel Electric Corporation plant and the private Dalia power plant of about 900 MW.

U-factor

The U-factor, or thermal transmittance, is the rate of heat flow through a building assembly or glazing per unit area and temperature difference, the reciprocal of R-value.

U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam

U.P. Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam (UPRVUNL) is the wholly owned thermal power generation company of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, India, incorporated in 1980 and operating coal-fired stations at Anpara, Obra, Parichha, and Harduaganj.

U.S. Battery Manufacturing

U.S. Battery Manufacturing is an American maker of deep-cycle batteries for golf cars, marine vehicles, and energy storage, founded in 1926 and based in Corona, California.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is an independent federal agency licensing and regulating civilian nuclear materials, created by Congress in 1974 and operating since 1975.

Ubitricity

Ubitricity is a Berlin-based provider of public electric vehicle charging, best known for converting street lampposts into charge points and wholly owned by Shell since 2021.

Uch Gas Field

Uch Gas Field is a low-Btu natural gas field in Dera Bugti, Balochistan, Pakistan, discovered in 1955 and operated by OGDCL to fuel the Uch-I and Uch-II power plants.

Uchpinda power station

Uchpinda power station, also called Uchpinda TPP, is a 1,440 MW coal-fired power station in Chhattisgarh, India, with four 360 MW units commissioned between 2015 and 2019.

UCOME

UCOME (used cooking oil methyl ester) is a waste-based biodiesel grade in Europe, made by reacting used cooking oil with methanol in the presence of a catalyst.

Udupi power station

Udupi power station is a 1,200 MW imported coal-fired thermal power station at Padubidri in Udupi district, Karnataka, India, operating two 600 MW units and owned by Adani Power.