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Verenium

Verenium Corporation was an American industrial biotechnology company, formed in 2007 by the merger of Diversa and Celunol, that developed enzymes and cellulosic ethanol technology.

Verkhnechonskoye Oil and Gas Field

The Verkhnechonskoye oil and gas field (Верхнечонское месторождение) in the Katangsky District of Irkutsk Region, Eastern Siberia, was discovered in 1978 and entered commercial production in 2008.

Verkhnekolik-Yeganskoye Oil and Gas Field

Verkhnekolik-Yeganskoye (Верхнеколик-Еганское) is a large oil, gas and condensate field in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Western Siberia, Russia, about 225 km northeast of Nizhnevartovsk and operated by Rosneft's Varyeganneftegaz since 1990.

Verkhnetagilskaya GRES power plant

Verkhnetagilskaya GRES (Верхнетагильская ГРЭС) is a thermal power plant in Verkhny Tagil, Russia, commissioned in 1956 and re-equipped with a combined cycle unit in 2017, with a capacity of 1,062.2 MW.

Verkor

Verkor is a French manufacturer of low-carbon lithium-ion battery cells and modules for electric vehicles, founded in Grenoble in July 2020, with a gigafactory near Dunkirk that supplies Renault.

Vermelho Oil Field

The Vermelho Oil Field is an offshore oil field in the Campos Basin off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, discovered in 1982, with recoverable oil estimated at 121.55 million barrels.

Vermilion Energy

Vermilion Energy is a Calgary-based oil and gas exploration and production company, founded in 1994, producing natural gas in Canada, Europe, and Australia under the ticker VET.

Vermont Transco LLC

Vermont Transco LLC is a Vermont limited liability company, formed in 2006 and based in Rutland, that owns Vermont's high-voltage electric transmission system on behalf of VELCO and 17 utilities.

Vermont Yankee

Vermont Yankee was a boiling water reactor nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont, that generated electricity from 1972 until its permanent shutdown on December 29, 2014.

Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant

Vermont Yankee was a boiling water reactor nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vermont, that operated from 1972 to 2014 and is undergoing expedited decommissioning by NorthStar.

Vertical stabilization

Vertical stabilization is the active magnetic feedback control holding a tokamak's elongated plasma centered vertically, an instability inherent to elongated cross sections and controlled since the 1980s.

Vertical-axis wind turbine

A vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) is a wind turbine whose axis of rotation is vertical, unlike horizontal-axis turbines, with drag-based Savonius and lift-based Darrieus designs.

Very high gravity fermentation

Very high gravity fermentation is a process-intensification strategy in industrial ethanol production that ferments mashes above 250 g/L sugar to exceed 15% ethanol, raising plant output while cutting water use and distillation energy costs.

Very low sulfur fuel oil

Very low sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) is a blended marine fuel containing no more than 0.50% sulfur, created for the IMO's 2020 global sulfur cap.

Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil

Very Low Sulphur Fuel Oil (VLSFO) is a marine fuel with sulfur content at or below 0.50%, produced for ships complying with the IMO's 2020 sulfur cap.

Very low-level waste

Very low-level waste (VLLW) is radioactive waste, mostly rubble, soil, concrete, and metal from nuclear decommissioning, that needs only landfill-type disposal, making up most waste volume but little radioactivity.

Very-high-temperature reactor

The very-high-temperature reactor (VHTR) is a Generation IV nuclear reactor design that is graphite-moderated and helium-cooled, delivering outlet temperatures of 700 to 950 °C for electricity and industrial heat.

VEST (tokamak)

VEST (Versatile Experiment Spherical Torus) is a spherical tokamak at Seoul National University, South Korea, the country's first and only spherical torus device, operating since 2012.

Vestas

Vestas (Vestas Wind Systems A/S) is a Danish wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. In December 2025 it became the first company to install 200 GW of turbines.

Vestas V110-2.0

The Vestas V110-2.0 MW is an onshore wind turbine by Vestas with a 110 m rotor and 2 MW rating, designed for low-wind sites and released in April 2013.

Vestas V120-2.2

The Vestas V120-2.2 is an onshore wind turbine built by Danish manufacturer Vestas on its 2 MW platform, pairing a 120-meter rotor with a 2,200 kW rating for low- and medium-wind sites.

Vestas V136-3.6

The Vestas V136-3.6 is an onshore wind turbine configuration in which Power Optimised Modes raise the Vestas V136-3.45 MW's rated output to 3.6 MW where site conditions allow.

Vestas V150-4.2

The Vestas V150-4.2 is an onshore wind turbine made by Danish manufacturer Vestas, launched in 2017 with a 150-meter rotor, a 4.2 MW rating, and a design for low-wind sites.

Vestas V150-4.3

Vestas V150-4.3 is a 4.3 MW operating configuration of the Vestas V150-4.2 MW onshore wind turbine, a pitch-regulated, variable-speed machine with a 150-meter rotor built for low-wind sites.

Vestas V150-4.5

The Vestas V150-4.5 MW is an onshore wind turbine made by Denmark's Vestas, rated at 4,500 kW with a 150 m rotor diameter, and configured for low-wind sites.

Vestas V236-15.0 MW

The Vestas V236-15.0 MW is an offshore wind turbine made by Denmark's Vestas, with a 236-meter rotor and 15 MW rating, first installed commercially in the German North Sea in 2025.

Vestas V82-1.65

The Vestas V82-1.65 MW is an onshore wind turbine made by Denmark's Vestas Wind Systems, rated at 1,650 kW with an 82-meter rotor, widely deployed in the United States, Brazil, and India.

Vestas V90-3.0

The Vestas V90-3.0 MW is a 3 MW wind turbine with a 90 m rotor, built by Denmark's Vestas and launched in 2003 for onshore and offshore use.

Vesterled Gas Pipeline

Vesterled is a natural gas pipeline in the North Sea running from Norway's Heimdal field to the St Fergus terminal in Scotland, operating since 2001.

Vianden hydroelectric plant

The Vianden pumped-storage plant (Pumpspeicherkraftwerk Vianden) is a hydroelectric station in the Our valley in northern Luxembourg, opened in 1964 with about 1,300 MW and among Europe's largest.