Please activate JavaScript!
Please install Adobe Flash Player, click here for download
ePaper created 2014-06-03, 15:03:20 | version 1.30.01
214 NOTES LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BIPV Building-integrated solar photovoltaics BNEF Bloomberg New Energy Finance BOS Balance of system BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa CDM Clean Development Mechanism CHP Combined heat and power CO2 Carbon dioxide CPV Concentrating solar photovoltaic CSP Concentrating solar (thermal) power DRE Distributed renewable energy DSM Demand-side management ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ECREEE ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EEG German Renewable Energy Law – “Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz“ EMEC European Marine Energy Centre EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ESCO Energy service company EU European Union (specifically the EU-28) EV Electric vehicle FIP Feed-in premium FIT Feed-in tariff FPIC Free, Prior and Informed Consent FUNAE Energy Fund of Mozambique – “Fundo de Energia“ GACC Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves GEF Global Environment Facility GFR Global Futures Report GHG Greenhouse gas GHP Ground-source heat pump GSR Renewables Global Status Report GW / GWh Gigawatt / gigawatt-hour GWth Gigawatt-thermal COPYRIGHT & IMPRINT Renewable Energy Policy Network REN21 Secretariat for the 21st Century c/o UNEP 15 rue de Milan 75441 Paris, France Page 18 Ethanol fuel plant at the countryside shutterstock Page 18 Green mountain / shutterstock Page 18 Tidal power generation / shutterstock Page 19 Photovoltaic cells / shutterstock Page 19 Wind power, Netherlands / shutterstock Page 27 Galizia, Spain / shutterstock Page 29 City Train in Frankfurt, Germany / Art Konovalov Page 29 Electric car to rent, Brussels / Artens Page 37 shutterstock Page 37 Biofuel factory / Aigars Reinholds Page 40 Geothermal power station in northern Iceland / shutterstock Page 44 Dam, Vietnam / Duc Den Thui Page 49 Solar power station / shutterstock Page 52 Solar thermal electric generating plant shutterstock Page 55 Vacuum solar water heating system / shutterstock Page 57 Aerial view of a wind farm / B. Brown Page 58 Offshore Windfarm, Denmark / V. Schlichting Page 61 Aragon, Spain / Pedrosala, shutterstock Page 62 Workers install solar panels, California, USA / Spirit of America Page 71 Kartell small hydro power plant in St. Anton, Austria / VOITH Page 72 Construction of aerogenerator, Czech Republic / shutterstock Page 73 New family homes with solar panels on the roof / shutterstock Page 76 Wind Turbine on Lantau Island / shutterstock Page 82 Residential photovoltaic solar system / Mana Photo Page 83 SWH / Alexander Tihonov Page 85 Free Recharging Station / shutterstock Page 87 Solar panels on the roof of administrative building / Mik Lav Page 88 New London Routemaster, April 5, 2014, London / Ron Ellis Page 93 Offgrid Solar India/ UNWTO Page 94 Bar Zimbabwe / Phaesun Page 95 Cookstove / Himalayanstove Page 96 Mini grid, Kenya/ Practical Action Page 97 Man with solar cooker, Zanskar, Ladakh, India / Falk Page 98 Lighting / EnDev Page 99 DRE Solar-Wind / Phaesun Page 101 Wind power plants at Thar desert, India / shutterstock Page 102 Solar paneled covered parking, Arizona / Tim Roberts Page 103 High voltage electricity pillars in desert / Protasov AN Page 104 Wind turbine with clouds / shutterstock HSAP Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol HVO Hydrotreated vegetable oil IEA International Energy Agency IFC International Finance Corporation IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency kW / kWh Kilowatt / kilowatt-hour LED Light-emitting diode LCOE Levelised cost of energy m2 Square metre MENA Middle East and North Africa MFI Microfinance institution MSW Municipal solid waste Mtoe Million tonnes of oil equivalent MW / MWh Megawatt / megawatt-hour NGO Non-governmental organisation NREAP National Renewable Energy Action Plan OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PPP Public-private partnership PTC Production tax credit PV Solar photovoltaics RPS Renewable portfolio standard SE4ALL UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative SHS Solar home system SPS Solar pico system (pico PV) SWH Solar water heater / solar water heating TW / TWh Terawatt/terawatt-hour UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization USD United States dollar VAT Value-added tax Wp Watt-peak (nominal power) WTO World Trade Organization PHOTO CREDITS