List of Abbreviations
- AC
- Alternating current
- AfDB
- African Development Bank
- AUD
- Australian dollar
- BNEF
- BloombergNEF
- BRICS
- Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa
- CDM
- Clean Development Mechanism
- CHP
- Combined heat and power
- CNY
- Chinese yuan
- CO2
- Carbon dioxide
- COP24
- Conference of the Parties, 24th meeting
- CSP
- Concentrating solar thermal power
- DC
- Direct current
- DFI
- Development finance institution
- DHC
- District heating and cooling
- DOE
- US Department of Energy
- DREA
- Distributed renewables for energy access
- EC
- European Commission
- EJ
- Exajoule
- EMEC
- European Marine Energy Centre
- EPA
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- ESCO
- Energy Service Company
- ETS
- Emissions Trading System
- EU
- European Union (specifically the EU-28)
- EV
- Electric vehicle
- FAME
- Fatty acid methyl ester
- FIT
- Feed-in tariff
- G20
- Group of Twenty
- GDP
- Gross domestic product
- GSR
- Global Status Report
- GW/GWh
- Gigawatt/gigawatt-hour
- GWth
- Gigawatt-thermal
- HEFA
- Hydrotreated esters and fatty acids
- HVO
- Hydrotreated vegetable oil
- ICE
- Internal combusion engine
- IEA
- International Energy Agency
- IEA PVPS
- IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme
- IEA SHC
- IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
- IFC
- International Finance Corporation
- IHA
- International Hydropower Association
- INDC
- Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
- INR
- Indian rupee
- IOU
- Investor-owned utility
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- IPP
- Independent power producer
- IRENA
- International Renewable Energy Agency
- IT
- Information technology
- ktoe
- Kilotonnes of oil equivalent
- kW/kWh
- Kilowatt/kilowatt-hour
- kWth
- Kilowatt-thermal
- LCOE
- Levelised cost of energy (or electricity)
- LPG
- Liquefied petroleum gas
- m2
- Square metre
- m3
- Cubic metre
- MJ
- Megajoule
- MSW
- Municipal solid waste
- Mtoe
- Million tonnes of oil equivalent
- MW/MWh
- Megawatt/megawatt-hour
- MWth
- Megawatt-thermal
- NDC
- Nationally Determined Contribution
- O&M
- Operations and maintenance
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- P2G
- Power-to-gas
- PAYG
- Pay-as-you-go
- PERC
- Passivated Emitter Rear Cell
- PHEV
- Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
- PJ
- Petajoule
- PPA
- Power purchase agreement
- PPP
- Purchasing power parity
- PTO
- Power take-off device
- PV
- Photovoltaic/photovoltaics
- R&D
- Research and development
- REC
- Renewable electricity certificate
- RED
- EU Renewable Energy Directive
- RFS
- US Renewable Fuel Standard
- RPS
- Renewable portfolio standard
- SDG
- Sustainable Development Goal
- SEforALL
- Sustainable Energy for All
- SHIP
- Solar heat for industrial processes
- SHS
- Solar home system
- TES
- Thermal energy storage
- TFC
- Total final consumption
- TFEC
- Total final energy consumption
- TW/TWh
- Terawatt/terawatt-hour
- UAE
- United Arab Emirates
- UN
- United Nations
- UNEP
- United Nations Environment
- UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- USD
- United States dollar
- V2G
- Vehicle-to-grid
- VAT
- Value-added tax
- VC/PE
- Venture capital and private equity
- VRE
- Variable renewable energy
- W/Wh
- Watt/watt-hour