Liquid fuel from vegetable or animal origin that can be used as fuels in cogeneration projects.

Biofuel produced by the biological breakdown of organic matter such as biomass, in the absence of oxygen.

Biological material, plant or animal matter, or biodegradable waste used as a fuel or energy source.

Combined Heat and Power

Certificates issued by local, regional or national authorities for the primary energy savings achieved by CHP facilities.

A production of electricity and useful thermal energy simultaneously from a common fuel source (also combined heat and power, CHP).

The original name of Thenergo when it was founded in March 2002 in the form of a limited liability company.

German biomass-to-energy group in which Thenergo gained a controlling stake end of 2007.

Material that can be converted into another type of fuel or energy source.

Commodity in trading schemes proving that electricity was generated using renewable energy sources.

Energy derived from natural sources that replenish themselves over short periods of time including sun, wind, water and organic plant and waste material.

Gases that trap the energy of the sun, thereby contributing to a rise in the earth’s surface temperature. Main exemples are carbon dioxide (fossil fuels burning by-product), methane and nitrous oxide.

Electric utility’s system to distribute power.

A non-edible vegetable oil produced from the processed seeds of the Asian Jatropha curcas plant and used as a fuel for energy generation in cogeneration units.

An independent waste management and waste treatment business acquired by Thenergo Group in September 2007.

Organic matter used as fertiliser in agriculture. Animal manure is mostly made up of the feces of plant-eating mammals and poultry. Green manure is made up of crops grown for the express purpose of fertilising land.

Principle component of natural gas and the simplest possible alkane. It is formed by the decomposition of organic landfill waste or by the fermentation of organic matter such as manure, wastewater sludge or any other biodegradable feedstock, under anaerobic conditions.

Waste from residential, commercial and institutional sources.

A fossil fuel in the gaseous state and consisting primarily of methane.

Combustion engine with a power cycle characterised by four strokes (intake/induction, compression, power and exhaust).

A Benelux based developer and operator of CHP plants in the industrial greenhouse sector acquired by Thenergo in November 2007.

Steam engine based on a continuous thermodynamic cycle of liquid vaporisation and condensation to convert heat into energy.

Sources which may be naturally replenished such as hydro power, biomass (solids, biofuels, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas, biodegradable waste, biogas) wind, solar power (photovoltaics/electric, thermal), geothermal, wave and tidal energy.

Fuel prepared from non-hazardous waste which can be used for co-combustion in traditional coal-fired power plants or in other incineration processes.

Thenergo's system for central monitoring and controlling of its different decentralised CHP projects as if it were one centralised ‘virtual’ plant.

The European Union’s proposal for a new directive on the promotion of Renewable Energy Sources, requiring its member states to achieve 20% renewable energy consumption by the year 2020.

Base unit of power in the metric system. 1 Watt is 1 Joule/second or the power developed in a circuit by a current of 1 ampere flowing through a potential difference of 1 Volt. 1 Megawatt (MW) = 1 million Watts or 1000 KW.

A high volume renewable energy source (wood, wood residue and by-products, and dedicated fast growing trees, bushes and shrubs) mainly used for local cogeneration.