ANNEX
I
Acronyms, Abbreviations
and Chemical Symbols
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
Annex I
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
1P
2P
3P
ABC
ABNT
ABS
AC
ACCESS
ACEEE
ACP
ADB
AEFP
AER
AEU
AfDB
AFR
AGC-21
AGECC
AGR
AGU
AIA
AIRE
Al2O3
ALRI
AME
AMI
AMM
AMR
ANL
ANME
ANSI
AOT40
API
APINA
APS
AQG
AREED
1806
proven reserves
proved plus probable reserves
proved plus probable plus possible reserves
atmospheric brown cloud
Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
(Brazilian National Standards Organization)
advanced biomass stoves
alternating current
Australian Community Climate and Earth-System
Simulator
American Council for an Energy-Efficient
Economy
African, Caribbean, and Pacific states
Asian Development Bank
America’s Energy Future Panel
all electric range
annual energy use
African Development Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa region
Advanced Gas Conversion for the
21st Century
United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory
Group on Energy and Climate Change
advanced gas reactor
Arabian Gulf University (Bahrain)
American Institute of Architects
Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce
Emissions
alumina
acute lower respiratory infection
Africaine de Maintenance et d’Équipement (solar
water heating equipment and maintenance
company based in Dakar)
advanced metering infrastructure
automatic meter management
automated meter reading
Argonne National Laboratory (United States)
National Agency for Energy Management
(Tunisia)
American National Standards Institute
accumulated O3 exposure over a threshold of 40
parts per billion
American Petroleum Institute
Air Pollution Information Network for Africa
(IEA World Energy Outlook) Alternative Policy
Scenario
air quality guidelines
African Rural Energy Enterprise Development
ARGeo
ARI
ARMZ
ASHRAE
ASME
ASN
ASP
ASPIRE
ASU
ATR
AVR
BAPS
BAT
BAU
BC
BCIRA
BCL
BDCPM
BEDP
BEE
BEFS
BEOP
BEV
BGR
BIGCC
BII
BioCCS
BiPV
BMTC
BOS
BP
BPL
BRIC
BRICS
BRIMCS
BRT
BTG
BTG-RC-CCS
African Rift Geothermal Energy Development
Facility
acute respiratory infections
Atomredmetzoloto JSC (Russia)
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and
Air Conditioning Engineers
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Nuclear Safety Authority (France)
average selling price
Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions
acid separation unit
autothermal reformer/reforming
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Versuchsreaktor
(a prototype pebble bed reactor in West
Germany)
(IEA) Beyond Alternative Policy Scenario
best available technology
business-as-usual
black carbon
British Cast Iron Research Association
brown coal liquefaction
brushless direct-current permanent magnet
motors
Bagasse Energy Development Programme
(Mauritius)
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (India)
Bioenergy and Food Security
breakeven oil price
battery-powered electric vehicle
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und
Rohstoffe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and
Natural Resources – Germany)
biomass integrated gasification combined cycle
biomass input index
bioenergy carbon capture and storage
building-integrated photovoltaic
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
balance-of-systems
British Petroleum
below-the-poverty line
Brazil, Russia, India, and China
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, China, and South
Africa
bus(-based) rapid transit (system)
biomass to gasoline via methanol intermediate
BTG plant with recycle synthesis design and CO2
capture and storage
Annex I
BTG-RC-V
BTL
BTL-RC-CCS
BTL-RC-V
BUENAS
BWR
C
C2F6
CAEP
CAES
CAFE
CAGR
CANDU
CAP
CARNFCHT
CARTA
CASBEE
CBIGCC-CCS
CBIGCC-V
CBM
CBTG
CBTG1
CBTG1-PB-CCS
CBTG-PB-CCS
CBTG-RC-CCS
CBTL
CBTL1
CBTL1-OTA-CCS
CBTL1-OT-CCS
CBTL2
CBTL2-OTA-CCS
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
BTG plant with recycle synthesis design and CO2
venting
Biomass-to-Liquids, where liquids refers to
Fischer-Tropsch fuels
BTL plant with recycle synthesis design and CO2
capture and storage
BTL plant with recycle synthesis design and CO2
venting
Bottom-up Energy Analysis System
boiling water reactor
carbon
Hexafluoroethane – CFC-116
Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection
compressed-air energy system
corporate average fuel economy
compound annual growth rate
Canada Deuterium Uranium reactor
climate-active pollutant
Committee on Assessment of Resource Needs for
Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies
(United States)
Consortium for Advanced Research Training in
Africa
Comprehensive Assessment System for Built
Environment Efficiency
coal/biomass integrated gasification combined
cycle with CO2 capture and storage
coal/biomass integrated gasification combined
cycle with CO2 venting
coal-bed methane
coal + biomass to gasoline
coal + biomass to gasoline, with reduced
biomass/coal input ratio (relative to CBTG)
CBTG1 plant with partial bypass of syngas and
with CO2 capture and storage
CBTG plant with partial bypass of syngas and
with CO2 capture and storage
CBTG plant with recycle synthesis design and
with CO2 capture and storage
coal + biomass to liquids, where liquids refers to
Fischer-Tropsch fuels
coal + biomass to FTL, with reduced biomass/
coal input ratio (relative to CBTL)
CBTL1 plant with OT synthesis design and with
aggressive CO2 capture and storage
CBTL1 plant with OT synthesis design and with
CO2 capture and storage
coal + biomass to FTL, with reduced biomass/
coal input ratio (relative to CBTL1)
CBTL plant with OT synthesis design and with
aggressive CO2 capture and storage
CBTL2-OT-CCS
CBTL-OT-CCS
CBTL-OT-V
CBTL-RC-CCS
CBWP
CC
CCGT
CCLP
CCP
CCS
CDM
CEMAC
CEN
CENBIO
CENELEC
CEPCI
CER
CERBIO
CERM
CERN
CERTS
CF
CF4
CFB
CFC
CFC-14
CFC-116
CFL
CGNPC
(CH2)4(COOH)2
CH3OH
CH4
CHP
CIGCC
CIGCC-CCS
CIGCC-V
CIGI
CLE
CBTL1 plant with OT synthesis design and with
CO2 capture and storage
CBTL plant with once-through synthesis design
and with CO2 capture and storage
CBTL plant with once-through synthesis design
and with CO2 venting
CBTL plant with RC synthesis design and with
CO2 capture and storage
community-based woodfuel
chilled ceiling
combined cycle gas turbine
Chevron coal liquefaction
CO2 capture project
carbon (dioxide) capture and storage
clean development mechanism
Communauté Economique et Monétaire de
l’Afrique Centrale (Economic and Monetary
Community of Central Africa)
European Committee for Standardization
Centre Brasileiro de Referência em Biomass
(Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass)
The European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization
Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index
certified emissions reduction (in the CDM)
Centro Brasileiro de Referência em
Biocombustíveis (Brazilian Reference Center on
Biofuels)
coordinated emergency response mechanism
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Consortium for Electricity Reliability Solutions
capacity factor
Tetrafluoromethane – CFC-14
circulating fluidized bed
Chlorofluorocarbon
Tetrafluoromethane – CF4
Hexafluoroethylene – C2F6
compact fluorescent lamps/light bulbs
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding
Company
adipic acid
methanol
methane
combined heat and power
coal integrated gasification combined cycle
coal integrated gasification combined cycle with
CO2 capture and storage
coal integrated gasification combined cycle with
CO2 venting
Centre for International Governance Innovation
current and planned legislation
1807
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
CLEEN
ClO2
CMH
CNG
CNNC
CO
CO2
CO2-eq
CO2CRC
CODP
COGEN
Combi-Plant
COP
COPD
COPD
COS
CPA
CPRs
CPWD
CRA
CREED
CSE
CSF
CSI
CSIR
CSLF
CSM
CSP
CSS
CTF
CTG
CTG-PB-CCS
CTG-PB-V
CTG-RC-CCS
CTL
CTL-OT-CCS
CTL-OT-V
CTL-RC-CCS
1808
Consortium for Continuous Low Energy,
Emissions, and Noise (United States)
Chlorine dioxide
ceramic and metal halide
compressed natural gas
China National Nuclear Corporation
carbon monoxide
carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide equivalent
Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse
Gas Technologies
crude oil derived products
cogeneration
Combined Power Plant (for renewable energy)
coefficient of performance
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
crude oil products displaced
carbonyl sulfide
Centrally Planned Asia and China region
common pool resources
Central Public Works Department (India)
Comparative Risk Assessment
China Rural Energy Enterprise Development
coast of saved energy
consol synthetic fuel
Cement Sustainability Initiative
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
(South Africa)
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
Centre de Stockage de la Manche
(a radioactive waste depository in France)
concentrating/ed solar power
cyclic steam stimulation
Clean Technology Fund
coal-to-gasoline via methanol intermediate
coal-to-gasoline with partial bypass of syngas
past methanol synthesis and with CO2 capture
and storage
coal-to-gasoline with partial bypass of
syngas past methanol synthesis and with CO2
venting
coal-to-gasoline plant with recycle design for
methanol synthesis and with CO2 capture and
storage
coal-to-liquids, where liquids refers to FischerTropsch fuels
CTL plant with OT synthesis island design and
with CO2 capture and storage
CTL plant with OT synthesis island design and
with CO2 venting
CTL plant with OT synthesis island design and
with CO2 capture and storage
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CTL-RC-V
CTSL
DAC
DAE
DALY
DBC
DC
DCAP
DCAP-1
DCAP-2
DCAP-3
DCC
DCV
DECC
DER
DFID
DG
DLR
DME
DME
DNI
DOAS
DRI
DSM
DV
E&P
EAF
EBRD
EC
ECBI
ECBM
ECOWAS
ÉDF
EDGAR
EDI
EEA
EEB
EEDSM
EES
EESL
EEU
EGS
EI
CTL plant with RC synthesis island design and
with CO2 venting
catalytic two-stage liquefaction
Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
Department of Atomic Energy (India)
disability-adjusted life year
divided blast cupola
direct current
downstream plus upstream CO2 capture
downstream plus upstream CO2 capture (with
reference to DME production from coal)
more aggressive downstream plus upstream CO2
capture (with DME production from coal)
most aggressive downstream plus upstream CO2
capture (with DME production from coal)
development cost charge
demand-controlled ventilation
Department of Energy and Climate Change
(United Kingdom)
distributed energy resources
Department for International Development
(United Kingdom)
distributed generation
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
(German Aerospace Center)
Department of Minerals and Energy
dimethyl ether
direct normal irradiation
dedicated outdoor air supply
direct reduced iron
demand-side management
displacement ventilation
exploration and production
electric arc furnace
European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
European Commission
European Capacity Building Initiative
enhanced coal bed methane
Economic Community of West African States
Électricité de France
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric
Research
Energy Development Index
European Environment Agency
energy efficiency in buildings
Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management
electric energy storage
Energy Efficiency Services Limited
Central and Eastern Europe region
enhanced geothermal systems
energy intensity
Annex I
EIB
EIFS
EITI
EMBRAPA
EMF
ENDA-TM
EOR
EPA
EPBD
EPC
EPFL
EPI
EPR
EPRI
ESAP
ESCO
ESDP
ESP
ESPRIT
ETC
ETI
ETIS
EtOH
ETS
EU
EUR
EURODIF
EV
EWEA
EWG
EWM
FAO
FBE
FC
FCC
FCV
FDI
FE
FEED
FERC
FGD
FIREX
FIT
FLE
FQD
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
European Investment Bank
External Insulation and Finishing System
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
Energy Modeling Forum
Environment and Development Action in the
Third World (Senegal)
enhanced oil recovery
Environment Protection Agency
Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
(European Union)
energy performance contracting
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne)
Energy Performance Indicator
European Pressurized Reactor
Electric Power Research Institute
Energy Sector Assistance Programme
energy service company
Energy Service Delivery Project
electrostatic precipitator
European Strategic Programme for
Research and Development on Information
Technologies
Enrichment Technology Company
energy technology innovation
Energy Technology Innovation System
ethanol
emission trading scheme
European Union
estimated ultimate recoverable oil
European Gaseous Diffusion Uranium Enrichment
Consortium
electric vehicle
European Wind Energy Association
Energy Watch Group
excess winter mortality
Food and Agriculture Organization (of the
United Nations)
Free Basic Electricity (South Africa)
fuel cell
fluid catalytic cracker
fuel cell vehicles
foreign direct investment
fuel efficiency
Front End Engineering Design
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
flue gas desulphurization
fast ignition experiment (Japan)
feed-in tariffs
frozen legislation
Fuel Quality Directive
FSR
FSU
F-T
FTL
G20
G7
G8
GAEZ
GAINS
GBTL
GBTL-OT-CCS
GBTL-OT-V
GCC
GCCSI
GCV
GDF
GDP
GEA
GECF
GEE
GEF
genset
GEO
GFAAF
GHG
GHGI
GIS
GLASOD
GM
GMT
GNEP
GNESD
GPT
GPU
GRP
GTAP
GTI
gTKP
GTL
GWEC
fast-spectrum reactor
Former Soviet Union region
Fischer-Tropsch
Fischer-Tropsch Liquids
Group of Twenty (international group of finance
ministers and central bank governors from
20 major economies)
Group of Seven (international finance group
consisting of the finance ministers from seven
industrialized nations)
Group of Eight (forum for the governments of
eight of the world’s largest economies)
Global Agro-Ecological Zoning
Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions
and Synergies
natural gas + biomass-to-liquids, where liquids
refers to Fischer-Tropsch fuels
GBTL plant with once-through synthesis design
and with CO2 capture and storage
GBTL plant with once-through synthesis design
and with CO2 venting
Gulf Cooperation Council
Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
gross calorific value
Gaz de France
Gross Domestic Product
Global Energy Assessment
Gas Exporting Countries Forum
global exposure equivalent
Global Environment Facility
engine-generator
Global Environment Outlook
Global Framework for Aviation Alternative Fuels
greenhouse gas
greenhouse gas emission index
geographic information system
Global Assessment of Human-induced Soil
Degradation
General Motors
global mean surface temperature
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable
Development
general purpose technologies
ground power unit
gross regional product
Global Trade Analysis Project
Gas Technology Institute
Global Transport Knowledge Partnership
(natural) gas-to-liquids, where liquids refers to
Fischer-Tropsch fuels
Global Wind Energy Council
1809
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
GWP
H
H2
H2O
H2S
ha
HCFC
HCO3HDD
HDI
HDR
HEU
HEV
HFC
HFC-134a
HFCV
HFO
HG
hh
HHSFU
HHV
HIR
HIV/AIDS
HLW
HNO3
HRJ
HRSG
HV
HVAC
HVDC
HWR
HyRaMP
IAASTD
IAEA
IAI
IARC
IC
ICAO
ICE
ICEF
ICRISAT
ICS
ICT
IDCOL
1810
global warming potential
atomic hydrogen
molecular hydrogen
water
hydrogen sulfide
hectare
hydrochlorofluorocarbons (hydrogenated
fluorocarbons)
bicarbonate ion
heating degree day
Human Development Index
Human Development Report (UNDP)
highly (energy) enriched uranium (containing
20% or more 235U)
hybrid electric vehicle
hydrogen fuel cell
CH2FCF3
hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
heavy fuel oil
mercury
household
household solid fuel use
higher heating value
halogen infrared-reflecting
Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome
high-level waste
nitric acid
hydro-treated renewable jet
heat recovery steam generator
hybrid vehicles
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
high voltage direct current
heavy-water reactor
European Regions and Municipalities Partnership
for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
International Assessment of Agricultural
Knowledge, Science and Technology for
Development
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Aluminium Institute
International Agency for Research on Cancer
internal combustion
International Civil Aviation Organization
internal combustion engine
India-Canada Environment Facility
International Crop Research Institute for the
Semi-Arid Tropics
improved cook stove
information and communication
technology
Infrastructure Development Company Limited
Annex I
IDP
IDRC
IEA
IEA-OES-IA
IEA-PVPS
IEEE
IEF
IEP
IFA
IFES
IFPRI
IGCC
IHD
IIASA
IIDP
IIE
IISD
ILO
ILUC
IMAGE
IMO
IMP
INMM
INPO
INPRO
INSAG
I-O
IOC
IOI
IP
IPAM
IPCC
IPE
IPFM
IPR
IRENA
IRRE
integrated design process
International Development Research Centre
(Canada)
International Energy Agency
IEA Ocean Energy Systems Implementing
Agreement
International Energy Agency-Photovoltaic Power
Systems Programme
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
International Energy Forum
International Energy Program
International Fertilizer Industry Association
Integrated food energy systems
International Food Policy Research Institute
integrated (coal) gasification combined cycle
ischemic heart disease
International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis
Institute for Infectious Diseases of Poverty
(Ghana)
Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (Electric
Research Institute – Mexico)
International Institute for Sustainable
Development
International Labour Organization
indirect land-use charge
Integrated Model to Assess the Global
Environment
International Maritime Organization
Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo (Mexican
Institute of Petroleum)
Institute for Nuclear Materials Management
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (United
States)
International Project on Innovative Nuclear
Reactors and Fuel Cycles (IAEA)
International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group
(IAEA)
input-output
international oil company
Initiative for Open Innovation
intellectual property
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da
Amazônia (Amazon Environmental Research
Institute)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Interdepartmental Project directorate Energy
transition
International Panel on Fissile Materials
intellectual property right
International Renewable Energy Agency
internal rate of return on equity
Annex I
IRSN
ISEW
ISG
ISL
ISO
ISO
ISP
ITER
IUEC
IWMI
JI
JNFL
JODI
KAERI
KBS
KCJ
KiKK
LAC
LbD
LBNL
LbU
LCA
LCIA
LCFS
LCOE
LCOF
LCOH
LDC
LDCF
LDV
LED
LEED
LEU
LHV
LIC
LNG
LPG
LRT
LRTAP
LSE
LUI
LVPCC
LWR
LZC
MAGICC
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
(Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear
Safety – France)
Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare
integrated starter/generator
in situ leaching
Independent System Operators
International Organization for Standardization
Integrated service provider
international thermonuclear experimental reactor
International Uranium Enrichment Center
International Water Management Institute
Joint Implementation
Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited
Joined Oil Data Initiative
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Kenya Bureau of Standards
Kenya Ceramic Jiko
Kinderkrebs in der Umgebung von
Kernkraftwerken (Childhood Cancer in the
Vicinity of Nuclear Power Plants – Germany)
Latin America and the Caribbean region
learning by doing
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
learning by using
life cycle assessment
life-cycle impact assessment
low-carbon fuel standard
levelized cost of electricity/energy
levelized cost of fuel
levelized cost of heat
least-developed country
Least Developed Country Fund (UNFCCC/GEF)
light-duty vehicle
light-emitting diode
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
low-enriched uranium (containing less than
20% 235U)
lower heating value
low-income country
liquefied natural gas
liquefied petroleum gas (propane/butane
mixture)
light rapid transit
long range transboundary air pollution
liquid solvent extraction
land-use intensity
Latrobe Valley Post Combustion Capture Project
light-water reactor
low- and zero-carbon technologies
Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse-gas
Induced Climate Change
MALT
MDC
MDG
MDO
MEA
MEA
MEA
MEE
MEM
MEPS
MEPS
MER
MESSAGE
MeOH
MFP
MFR
MH
MHD
MHP
MIC
MNRE
MOE
MOX
MPI
MS
MSA
MSW
MTBE
MTG
MURE
MVA
MVA
MVR
N
N2
N2O
NAAQOs
NAAQS
NAM
NATCARB
NDRC
NEA
NEDO
NEF
NELFA
NEPAD
NER
NES
mise à la terre
minimum dispatch cost
Millennium Development Goal
marine diesel oil
Middle East and North Africa region
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
monoethanolamine
Middle East
Microgrid energy management
minimum efficiency performance standards
minimal energy performance standards
market exchange rates
Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives
and their General Environmental Impact
methanol
multifunctional energy platform
maximum feasible reduction
microhydropower
magnetohydrodynamics
micro-hydro plants
middle-income country
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Ministry of the Environment
mixed oxide
multidimensional poverty index
modal shift
methane sulfonic acid
municipal solid waste
methyl tert-butyl ether
methanol to gasoline
Mesures d’Utilisation Rationelle de l’Énergie
(Rational Use of Energy Measures)
manufacturing value added
monitoring, verification, and accounting
mechanical vapor recompression
atomic nitrogen
molecular nitrogen
nitrous oxide
National Ambient Air Quality Objectives
National Ambient Air Quality Standards
North America region
National Carbon Explorer
National Development and Reform
Commission
Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization
new energy finance
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
net energy ratio
National Electrification Scheme
1811
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
NESRP
NETL
NFCRs
NFPA
NG
NGCC
NGCC-CCS
NGCC-V
NGL
NGO
NH3
NIF
NiMH
NMEEE
NMT
NMV
NMVOC
NO
NOx
NOC
NPC
NPP
NPP
NPT
Nr
NPV
NRC
NRES
NS
NSG
O2
O3
O&M
OC
ODA
ODS
ODI
OECD
Ofgem
OLADE
OLED
OPEC
OSA
OSART
1812
Northern Electrification and System
Reinforcement Project
National Energy Technology Laboratory (United
States)
naturally fractured carbonate reservoirs
National Fire Protection Association
natural gas
natural gas combined cycle
natural gas combined cycle with CO2 capture and
storage
natural gas combined cycle with CO2 vented
natural gas liquids
non-governmental organization
ammonia
National Ignition Facility
nickel-metal hydride (batteries)
National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency
non-motorized transport/transportation
non-motorized vehicles
non-methane volatile organic carbon
nitric oxide
nitrogen oxides (the sum of NO and NO2) atomic
oxygen
national oil company
National Petroleum Council
net primary production
nuclear power plant
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons (Non-Proliferation Treaty)
reactive nitrogen
net present value
National Research Council
new renewable energy sources
new stock
Nuclear Suppliers Group
molecular oxygen
ozone
operating and maintenance
organic carbon
official development assistance
ozone-depleting substances
Overseas Development Institute
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
Organizacion Latinoamericana de Energia (Latin
America Energy Organization)
organic light-emitting diode
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries
Other South Asia region
Operation Safety Review Team (IAEA)
Annex I
-OT-OTA-
OTEC
PACE
PAF
PAH
PAO
PAS
-PBPBS
PC
PC
PCBs
PC-CCS
PCM
PC-V
PDF
PDVSA
PE
PEA
PEI
PEM
PERMER
Petrobas
PFC
PFCHEV
PFM
PHEV
PIC
PISI
PM
PM2.5
PM10
PMU
PNG
POP
POX
ppm
ppbv
PPP
PR
once-through (referring to design of synthesis
island)
once-through (referring to design
of synthesis island) with aggressive CO2 capture
design
ocean thermal energy conversion
property-assessed clean energy
population attributable fraction
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
Pacific OECD region
Other Pacific Asia region
partial bypass (referring to design of methanol
synthesis island)
Palli Biddut Samities (rural electricity
cooperatives in Bangladesh)
personal computer
pulverized coal
polychlorinated biphenyls
pulverized coal plant with CO2 capture and
storage
phase change material
pulverized coal plant with CO2 venting
probability density functions
Petróleos de Venezuela Sociedad Anonima (Oils
of Venezuela, the Venezuelan state-owned
petroleum company)
private equity
Provincial Electricity Authority
Princeton Environmental Institute
polymer electrolyte membrane
Proyecto de Energías Renovables en Mercados
Rurales (Renewable Energy Project for the Rural
Market – Argentina)
Petroleo Brasileiro S. A. (Brazilian energy
corporation)
Perfluorocarbon
plug-in fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle
public finance mechanism
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
products of incomplete combustion
gasoline port injection spark ignition engine
particulate matter
particles with an aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 μm
particles with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm
phasor measurement unit
piped natural gas
persistent organic pollutant
partial oxidation reforming
parts per million
parts per billion by volume
purchasing power parities
performance ratio
Annex I
PRGF
PROALCOOL
PROCEL
PRSP
PSA
PV
PWR
PYE
R&C
R&D
R/P
RAR
-RCRCSP
RD&D
RDD&D
REA
REC
RED
REED
REEEP
REREDP
RES
RF
RF
RFS
RGGVY
RISI
ROK
RPR
RPS
RR
RTE
RTO
RVE
S
S&L
SADC
SAGD
SAGSI
SAPIERR
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
Partial Risk Guarantee Fund
National Alcohol Program (Brazil’s first ethanol
program)
Programa Nacional de Conservação de Energia
Elétrica (National Electrical Energy Conservation
Program – Brazil)
poverty-reduction strategy papers
pressure swing absorption/absorbers
photovoltaic
pressurized (light) water reactor
person year equivalents
residential and commercial
research and development
reserves-to-production ratio
reasonably assured resources
recycle (referring to design of synthesis island)
Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships
research, development, and deployment/
demonstration
research, development, demonstration, and
deployment
Rural Electrification Agency
Rural Electrification Corporation
Renewable Energy Directive
Rural Energy Enterprise Development
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Partnership
Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy
Development Project (Bangladesh)
renewable energy sources
radiative forcing
recoverable fraction
renewable fuel standard
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidhyutikaran Yojana
(program for rural electricity infrastructure and
household electrification in India)
Resource Information Systems Incorporated
Republic of Korea
residue to product ratio
Renewable Portfolio Standards
risk rate
repowering through experiment
Regional Transmission Organizations
remote village electrification
atomic sulfur
standard and labeling
Southern African Development Community
steam-assisted gravity drainage
Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards
Implementation (IAEA)
Support Action Pilot Initiative for European
Regional Repositories (European Union)
SAS
SBS
SCCF
SCO
SCR
SD
SEFI
SEGS
SESAR
SEU
SF6
SFC
SGE
SHEP
SHP
SHS
SI
SloCAT
SLE
SME
SME
SME(S)
SMP
SMR
SNBI
SNG
SO2
SOx
SOC
SODIS
SOE
SOFC
Sofidif
SRES
SRMC
SSAC
SSTR
STE
STEG
sub PC
sup PC
sup PC-V
SUTP
SUV
SWDI
SWH
SWU
South Asia region
Sick Building Syndrome
Special Climate Change Fund
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
selective catalytic reduction
standard deviation
Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative
solar energy generating system
Single European Sky ATM Research
specific energy use
sulfur hexafluoride
synthetic fuels corporation
supercritical gas extraction
Self-Help Electrification Project
small hydropower
solar home system
Système international d’unités (International
System of Units)
Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport
stringent air pollution, stringent climate, and
universal energy access policies
small- and medium-sized enterprise
small and microenterprise
superconducting magnetic energy storage
Sustainable Mobility Project (of the WBCSD)
steam methane reforming
Sustainable Net Benefit Index
synthetic natural gas
sulfur dioxide
sulfur oxides
soil-organic carbon
solar water disinfection
state-owned enterprises
solid oxide fuel cell
Société franco-iranienne pour l’enrichissement de
l’uranium par diffusion gazeuse (French-Iranian
Society for the Enrichment of Uranium by Gas
Diffusion)
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (IPCC)
short run marginal cost of electricity
state system accounting and control
Steady State Tokamak Reactor
solar thermal electricity
Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company
subcritical pulverized coal
supercritical pulverized coal
supercritical coal power plant that vents CO2
Sustainable Urban Transport Project
sports utility vehicles
Shannon-Wiener Diversity Index
solar water heaters/heating
separative work unit
1813
Acronyms, Abbreviations and Chemical Symbols
T&D
tce
TDM
TECPAR
TEGs
TEPCO
TERI
TEU
TIA
TM5
TPC
TPES
TRC
TSP
TTO
TTW
U
U3O8
UAE
UCAP
UCG
UF6
UGS
UIC
UITP
UK
UN
UNCTAD
UNDESA
UNDP
UNECE
UNEP
UNESCO
UNFCCC
UNIDO
UNU-GTP
UNU-MERIT
URENCO
US DOE
US EIA
US EPA
US NAS
US NRC
1814
transport and distribution
tonne of coal equivalent
transportation demand management
Paraná Technology Institute
thermal-electric generators
Tokyo Electric Power Company
The Energy Research Institute
twenty-foot equivalent units
Technology Innovation Agency
Global Chemistry-Transport Index
total plant cost
total primary energy supply
Total Recordable Case Rate
total suspended particle/particulate matter
technology transfer office
tank-to-wheel
uranium metal
uranium oxide
United Arab Emirates
upstream CO2 capture (with reference to plant
designs for DME production from coal)
underground coal gasification
uranium hexafluoride
underground (gas) storage
underground injection control
International Association of Public Transport
United Kingdom
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development
United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization
United Framework Convention on Climate
Change
United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
United Nations University Geothermal Training
Programme
United Nations University – Maastricht Economic
Research Institute on Innovation and Technology
Uranium Enrichment Consortium
United States Department of Energy
United States Energy Information Administration
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States National Academy of Sciences
United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Annex I
US
USGBC
USGS
UV
UV-B
V2G
VAT
VAV
VC
VCFEE
VESP
VMT
VOC
VPSA
VVER
WANO
WBCSD
WBGU
WCD
WEA
WEC
WENRA
WEO
WEU
WGS
WHO
WINS
WISE
WMD
WNA
WO PC-V
WRI
WSSD
WTA
WTO
WTP
WTT
WTW
WUP
XTL-CCS
YOLL
ZEFI
United States
United States Green Building Council
United States Geological Survey
Ultraviolet
ultraviolet-B radiation
vehicle-to-grid
value added tax
variable air volume
venture capital
Venture Capital Fund for Energy Efficiency
Village Energy Security Programme
vehicle-miles traveled
volatile organic compound
vacuum pressure swing absorbers
Vodo-Vodyanoi Energetichesky Reactor (Russian
pressurized water reactor)
World Association of Nuclear Operators
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung
Globale Umweltveränderungen (German
Advisory Council for Global Environmental
Change)
World Commission on Dams
World Energy Assessment
World Energy Council
Western European Nuclear Regulators
World Energy Outlook
Western Europe region
water gas shift
World Health Organization
World Institute of Nuclear Security
World Information Service on Nuclear Energy
weapon of mass destruction
World Nuclear Association
written-off pulverized coal plants and CO2
venting
World Resources Institute
World Summit on Sustainable Development
willingness to accept
World Trade Organization
willingness to pay
well-to-tank
well-to-wheel
World Urbanization Prospects
plants that co-produce electricity and
Fischer-Tropsch liquids transportation fuels
from X, where X is coal, biomass, or
coal+biomass
years of life lost
zero-emission fuels index