Abbreviations
- AfDB
- African Development Bank
- AMP
- Africa Minigrids Program
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- AUD
- Australian dollar
- BCM
- Billion cubic metres
- CAD
- Canadian dollar
- CAPEX
- Capital expenditure
- CCA
- Community choice aggregation
- CHP
- Combined heat and power
- CNY
- Chinese yuan
- CNG
- Compressed natural gas
- CO2
- Carbon dioxides
- COP
- Conference of the Parties
- CORSIA
- Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation
- CSP
- Concentrating solar-thermal power
- DRE
- Decentralised renewable energy
- DREA
- Distributed renewables for energy access
- DRI
- Direct-reduced iron
- EaaS
- Energy-as-a-Service
- EC
- European Commission
- ECOWAS
- Economic Community of West African States
- EGS
- Enhanced geothermal systems
- EJ
- Exajoule
- EMT
- Madrid Municipal Transport Company
- EPBD
- Energy Performance in Buildings Directive
- ESCO
- Energy service company
- ESG
- Environmental, Social and Governance
- ETS
- Emission trading system
- EU
- European Union (EU-27)
- EUR
- Euro
- EV
- Electric vehicle
- FAME
- Fatty acid methyl esters
- FIT
- Feed-in tariff
- FSD
- Financing Steel Decarbonisation
- G20
- Group of Twenty
- GBP
- British pound
- GCF
- Green Climate Fund
- GDP
- Gross domestic product
- GEIPP
- Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme
- GERD
- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
- GSR
- Global Status Report
- GW/GWh
- Gigawatt/gigawatt-hour
- GWth
- Gigawatt-thermal
- HEFA
- Hydrotreated esters and fatty acids
- HJT
- Heterojunction cell technology
- HVDC
- High-voltage direct current
- HVO
- Hydrotreated vegetable oil
- ICE
- Internal combustion engine
- IEA
- International Energy Agency
- IPCEI
- Important Project of Common European Interest
- IRA
- Inflation Reduction Act
- ktoe
- Kilotonne of oil equivalent
- kW/kWh
- Kilowatt/kilowatt-hour
- Wth
- kilowatt-thermal
- LCOE
- Levelised cost of energy (or electricity)
- LDC
- Least developed country
- LPG
- Liquefied petroleum gas
- m2
- Square metre
- MJ
- Megajoule
- MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- Mt
- Megatonne
- Mtoe
- Megatonne of oil equivalent
- MW/MWh
- Megawatt/megawatt-hour
- MWth
- Megawatt-thermal
- MXN
- Mexican peso
- NAMA
- Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action
- NCAP
- National Cooling Action Plan
- NDC
- Nationally Determined Contribution
- NREL
- US National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- O&M
- Operations and maintenance
- ÖBB
- Austrian Federal Railway
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OTEC
- Ocean thermal energy conversion
- PAYGo
- Pay-as-you-go
- PJ
- Petajoule
- PM 2.5
- Particulate matter 2.5
- PPA
- Power purchase agreement
- PTC
- Production Tax Credit
- PV
- Photovoltaic
- PVT
- Photovoltaic-thermal hybrid solar collector
- R&D
- Research and development
- RED
- EU Renewable Energy Directive
- RES
- Renewable energy sources
- RPS
- Renewable portfolio standard
- SAF
- Sustainable aviation fuel
- SDG
- Sustainable Development Goal
- SHIP
- Solar heat for industrial processes
- TCFD
- Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
- TES
- Thermal energy storage
- TFEC
- Total final energy consumption
- TW/TWh
- Terawatt/Terawatt hour
- UK
- United Kingdom
- UN
- United Nations
- UNIDO
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- US
- United States
- USD
- United States dollar
- VAT
- Value-added tax
- V2G
- Vehicle-to-grid
- VIPV
- Vehicle-integrated photovoltaic
- VPP
- Virtual power plant