Capacity Factor - The ratio of electrical energy produced by a generating unit for a given period of time to the electrical energy that could have been produced at continuous full-power operation during the same period.

Cullet - crushed glass used as a raw material in the production of recycled glass products.

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United States.

Fossil Fuel - Any naturally occurring organic fuel formed in the Earth's crust, such as petroleum, coal, and natural gas.

Gene Pool - the collection of genes in an interbreeding population.

Global Warming - the rise in the Earth's average surface temperature caused by the increasing levels of Greenhouse Gasses.

Greenhouse Effect - the effect whereby the Greenhouse Gasses act as an effective insulation layer to retain the Earth's re-radiating infra-red radiation, thus causing the Planet's surface temperature to be higher than it otherwise would be.

Greenhouse Gasses - the gasses present in our atmosphere which are responsible for the Greenhouse Effect. These are water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, methane and nitrous oxide.

MDG - Millennium Development Goals for reducing poverty, set out at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000.

OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Website

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Watt (W) - The electrical unit of power. The rate of energy transfer equivalent to 1 ampere flowing under a pressure of 1 volt of unity power factor.

Watthour (Wh) - An electric energy unit of measure equal to 1 watt of power supplied to, or taken from, an electric circuit steadily for 1 hour.