grön el-certifikat

English translation: green electricity label

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Swedish term or phrase:grön el-certifikat
English translation:green electricity label
Entered by: Christine Andersen

13:44 Jun 3, 2004
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Energy / Power Generation / Biogas-driven engines
Swedish term or phrase: grön el-certifikat
Teknikerna som studerats är: biogasdrivna kolvmotorer, som innefattar konverterade diesel- och bensinmotorer, gasturbiner, stirlingmotorer och bränsleceller. Den vanligaste tekniken för CHP anläggningar (Combined Heat and Power) är någon form av kolvmotor. Dual- Fuel motorn är en konverterad dieselmotor som använder diesel som tändbränsle i cylindern och är tveksam vid försäljning av gröna el-certifikat. Denna motortyp är billigare än den andra konverterade dieselmotorn som eftermonteras med tändstift.
EKM
Sweden
Local time: 09:54
green electricity label
Explanation:
Seems to be awarded in some cases.

You could also call it 'certification' - then there are plenty of hits.

There is also something called a 'power content label', but as far as I can see this only states the kind and amount of energy used, not necessarily that it is particularly green.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:54
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Thank you, Christine! :-)
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3 +1green electricity label
Christine Andersen
3 +1Bio-fuel certification or sustainable energy certification
Pia Walker
3ecological electricity certificate
Fabio Descalzi


  

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grön el-certifikat
green electricity label


Explanation:
Seems to be awarded in some cases.

You could also call it 'certification' - then there are plenty of hits.

There is also something called a 'power content label', but as far as I can see this only states the kind and amount of energy used, not necessarily that it is particularly green.


    Reference: http://www.green-e.org/what_is/dictionary/dictionary.html
    Reference: http://www.nesea.org/energy/connecticut_greene.html
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 09:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Christine! :-)

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agree  Mario Marcolin: EEA has "green certificate (electricity)"
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grön el-certifikat
Bio-fuel certification or sustainable energy certification


Explanation:
I think the buzz-words here are bio-fuel and sustainable energy. You convert natural products in to either oils, sugar and/or cellulose to make into either diesel or alcohol or matters to burn.
For example I visited a plant in Brazil, where sugar cane was turned into fuel alcohol in one part of the plant, and to sugar in another - the steam was then utilised via turbines to make electricity enough to power a town the size of Edinburgh for 200 days a year.

Pia Walker
Local time: 08:54
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo: Alt 2 - sustainable energy certification gets my vote. I don't think there is anything similar in the UK, don't know about US.
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  -> Well - the UK government is looking into it - so round about the next 20 years should see some change :>) and the US is planning several large industrial distilleries.
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grön el-certifikat
ecological electricity certificate


Explanation:
I have found no specific translation, I guess this is exclusive of Sweden.

Fabio Descalzi
Uruguay
Local time: 05:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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