Introduction to the Energy Business

INTRODUCTIONTOTHEENERGYBUSINESS RODUCTIONTOTHEENERGYBUSINESS

FromGeneratortosupplierto customer    c  customer Electricity is generated by po er stations and is fed into the high voltage tra smissionnetwork.Via transmission tower an and overh ad lines it is transported to the local supplier, an organizat ion which is owned by the municipality or  he he region subsidiary of a larger power compan . This local supplier is normally the first point  of contact for the customer. Connections are organize by this company, and powerisdeliveredtothecusto mer. Cus Cu Cus sto sttom to omerrc rch c choic oiceand and the thero role of the regulator eoftheregulator In some countries, the suppli r can be chosen by the customer as some ma kets are liberalized. In order to ensure that there is fair compet it ion, some states have set up regulato s. Their main task is to ensure that there is non-discri inatory third party access. The grid fees that t e operators change for using the networks are also controlled. When prices are increased by th supplier, this is also monitoredbytheregulator.

Find a word or expression in the text above which means the same as the followi g. 1.

Pylon

2.

Aco Acomp mpan any yow owne ned dby bya ap par arent company

3.

Country

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Towatchandcheckcontin ously

5.

Tomakecertain

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Grid

7.

To demand an amount of

oney neyfo for rgo goo odso dsor rse serv rviices ces

Work with a partner. Sort the f els and energy sources below into correct cat gory. Can you add any moretothelist? moretothelist?

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Fossilfuel(s) Fossilfuel(s)

Renewable Renewable

Nuclearfuel(s) Nuclear fuel(s) Nuclearfuel(s)

Matchthesedifferentpowerplantstotheirdescriptions. Matchthesedifferentpowerplantsto theirdescriptions. theirdescriptions. 1.

Hydro power plant 

a.

2.

Solar power plant

b.

3.

Nuclear power plant

c.

4.

Wind power plant

d.

5. 6.

Gas firedpowerplant Run of river power plant

e. f.

7. 8.

Coalfiredpowerplant Lignitefiredpowerplant

g. h.

9.

Pumpstoragepowerplant

i.

A tradit ional t ype of power plant which bur ns a solid, black fossil fuel A power p lant which pumps w ater back uphill into a  reservoir duringperiodsoflowdemand A plant which uses the flow of water from a reservoir to generateelectricity A power station utilizing the natural f low of water in a r iver for generatingpower Typeofpowerplantthatusesuraniumasitsprimaryfuel A power plant that uses the nat ural f low of  air to gener ate electricity Afossilfuelpowerplantwhichburnsasoliddarkbrownfuel Apowerplantthatgenerateselectricityutilizingenergyfromthe sun Apowerstationwhichburnsgasasitsprimaryfuel

Listening1 Listening1 Listentoaphonecallbetweenajournalist,ColinMaitland,andthepublicrelationsofficerofthecompany Listentoaphonecallbetweenajournalist,ColinMaitland,andthepublicrelationsofficer ofthecompany ELEC,MariaBerger.Completethejournalist’snotes. ELEC,MariaBerger.Completethejournalist’snotes.

ELEC’Sfossilsfueluse ELEC’Sfossilsfueluse 1

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_____________________________________ and_________________________ Powerplantsandloads Powerplantsandloads 3

Lignitefiredplantsfor________________________ load 4

Gasfiredplantsfor_________________________ andpeakloadranges Gasplantsalsousedtosupply___________________________________

5

Technologytoprotectenvironment Technologytoprotectenvironment 6

ELECsaytheyhave______________________________ equipmentinstalledintheirplants. Altrathplant,nearBerlin Altrathplant,nearBerlin 7

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Commisonedin_______________________ buthasbeen________________ sincethen. Windgenerator Windgenerator 9

Companybuildingmorepowerstationsbutdifficulttoget_______________________________ in 10 some countries. ELEC views criticism that these ______________________ the countryside as ‘exaggerated’. �

Match the two parts to make phrases from the dialog. Then listen again to check our answers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Base Company Electricity Energy Fossil Power District State of the art

a. b. c. d. e.  f. g. h.

Equipment Fuels Heat ing Mix Policy Production Station load

Match the expression you havejust formed to the following definitions. 1.

___________________

__________________

thegenerationofelectrical power

2.

___________________

__________________

energy sources such s gas, oil, and coal but notwaterandwind

3.

___________________

__________________

The power level at which basic demand and consumptioniscovere

4.

___________________

__________________

Apparatusofthelatesttechnological level

5.

___________________

__________________

The different primary fuels and sources used forenergyproduction

6.

___________________

__________________

Aplanofactionchose by a business or firm

7.

___________________

__________________

Aplantinwhichelectri ity is produced

8.

___________________

__________________

Asystem ofdistributin heat in one centralized location, often linked to a power plant

Studythefollowingphrasesofte lephoning for information lephoningforinformation ingforinformation

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Workwithapartner.ThejournalistColinMaitlandneedsfurtherinformationaboutELEC’spowerplant, butthepublicrelationofficerisaway.UsetheinformationinthePartnerF butthepublicrelationofficerisaw ay.UsetheinformationinthePartnerFilestoprepareinformationfor ay.UsetheinformationinthePartnerF ilestoprepareinformationfor his call.Usephrasesfromthebox. sephrasesfromthebox. hiscall.U sephrasesfromthebox.

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Listening2 Listening2 Ata At a followup meetingto thephone Maria explains ELEC’sstructureto follow upmeeting tothe phone call call inpreviousactivity, inpreviousactivity,MariaexplainsELEC’s structureto Colin. ListentoherexplanationandcompletethischartfromELEC’smanualreport.Thensaywhichdivisionthe ListentoherexplanationandcompletethischartfromELEC’smanualreport.Thensayw hichdivisionthe statementsunderthechartreferto. statementsunderthechartreferto.

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ELEC Transmission andDistribution

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ELEC Regional Supply

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1.

IthasnetworksinmanyEuropeancountries._____________________________________________

2.

Itisabuyingoperation,procuringenergyfortheEuropeansupplycompany. _________________________________________________________________________________

3.

ItprocuresgasfrompartnersinRussia._________________________________________________

4.

Itisacompanyinitsownright.________________________________________________________

5.

Itrunsopencastminesproducingligniteandcoal._________________________________________

6.

Thisdivisionhasalotofsubsidiarieseachresponsibleforaspecificgeographicalarea. _________________________________________________________________________________

7.

Thisdivisionisintheprocessofbeingconsolidatedunderonemanagementstructure. _________________________________________________________________________________

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