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AAEC |
advanced alternative energy corporation |
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AAQS |
Ambient Air Quality Standards (environment) (US) |
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AAU |
Assigned amount units (measurement) |
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ABF |
Aquatic Base Flow (Hydropower) (electricity) |
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ABF |
Availability Based Tariff |
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ABMEE |
Agency of Brasov for the Management of Energy and Environment |
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AC |
Alternating Current |
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ACA |
Annual Charge Adjustment (electricity) |
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ACE |
Appetite Control and Energy |
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ACE |
Area Control Error (electricity) |
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ACEEE |
American Council for an Energy Efficient Environment |
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ACERT |
American Clean Energy Resources Trust |
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ACRS |
Accelerated Cost Recovery System (finance) |
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ACRS |
Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety |
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ADED |
All Day Energy Diet |
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ADITC |
Accumulated Deferred Investment Tax Credit (policy) |
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ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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ADR |
Asset Depreciation Range (finance) |
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AEA |
Association for Energy Affordability |
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AEC |
Atomic Energy Commission (superseded by ERDA) |
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aec |
Advanced Energy Consortium |
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AEC |
Alternative Energy Club |
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AECB |
Atomic Energy Control Board |
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AECB |
Afghan Energy Capacity Building |
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AECL |
Active Energy Control Ltd |
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AEDS |
Atomic Energy Detection System |
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AEE |
Advanced Energy Economy |
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AEE |
Association of Energy Engineers |
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AEE |
Alternative Energy Engineering |
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aeea |
Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance |
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AEEA |
Advancing energy efficiency in |
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AEG |
Associated Energy Group |
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AEGB |
Austin Energy Green Building |
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AEI |
Arsenal Energy Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange [TSX]) |
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AEL |
Advanced Energy Legislation |
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AEP |
American Electric Power Company, Inc. |
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aep |
American Energy Partners |
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AEPI |
American Energy Producers Inc |
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AEPS |
Alternative Energy Product Suite |
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AEPS |
Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard |
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AER |
Atomic Energy Research |
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AESC |
Alternative Energy Systems Consulting |
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AESC |
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation |
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AESC |
Avoided Energy Supply Component |
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aesi |
Alternative Energy Solutions International |
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AET |
Alternate Energy Technologies, LLC |
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aet |
Applied Energy Technologies |
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AETI |
advanced energy training institute |
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AETI |
Advanced Energy Technology Initiative |
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AETL |
Arkansas Energy Technology Loan |
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AFC |
Alkaline Fuel Cell |
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AFE |
Authorization for Expenditure |
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AFTEC |
Acoustic Fusion Technology Energy Consortium |
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AFUDC |
Allowance for Fnds Used During Construction |
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AFV |
Alternative-Fuel Vehicle |
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AFW |
Auxiliary Feedwater |
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AGA |
American Gas Association |
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AGC |
Automatic Generation Control |
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AGD |
Associated Gas Distributors (US) |
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AIMA |
Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (US) |
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AIMEE |
Achievement In Maintaining Energy Excellence |
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AIT |
Augmented Inspection Team |
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ALJ |
Administrative Law Judge |
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AMBER |
Amplitude Modulated Burst Energy Radiograph |
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AMBO |
Armenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria Oil Pipeline |
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AMI |
Advanced Metering Infrastructure |
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AMR |
Automated meter reading also known as Automatic Meter Reading |
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AMRA |
Automatic Meter Reading Association |
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ANES |
Americas Nuclear Energy Symposium |
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ANGTA |
Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1977 to build the Alaska gas pipeline |
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ANGTS |
Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation System |
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ANRE |
Agency For Natural Resources And Energy |
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anser |
Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research |
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ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
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AOEA |
Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance |
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AOS |
Authorized Overrun Service |
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APA |
Administrative Procedure Act |
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APA |
Alaska Power Administration |
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APCC |
American Power Conversion Corporation |
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APCP |
Aerojet Photoelectric Cell Program |
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APE |
Area of potential effect (electricity) |
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APEA |
American Public Energy Agency |
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APEG |
Asia-Pacific Energy Group |
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APEP |
Amadvanced Power Energy Program |
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APERC |
Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre |
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API |
American Petroleum Institute (oil) |
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APPA |
American Public Power Association (electricity) |
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APR |
Actual peak reduction (e.g. in demand response systems) (electricity) |
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APU |
Auxiliary Power Unit |
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AQCR |
Air Quality Control Region (US) (environment) |
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AREC |
Atlantic Renewable Energy Corporation |
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AREE |
Atlantic Region Energy Expo |
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AREG |
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group |
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AReM |
Alliance for Retail Energy Markets |
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ARES |
Advanced Rail Energy Storage |
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ARIES |
Alternative Renewable Innovative Energy Solutions |
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ASCC |
Alaskan System Coordination Council |
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ASE |
Alliance to Save Energy |
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ASEP |
Accident Sequence Evaluation Program |
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ASES |
American Solar Energy Societys |
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ASP |
Accident Sequence Precursor |
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ASP |
Application Service Provider |
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ASTM |
American Society for Testing and Materials (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) |
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ATC |
Available Transfer Capability |
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ATHEANA |
A Technique for Human Event Analysis |
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AVR |
Automatic Voltage Regulator (electricity) |
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B&W |
Babcock & Wilcox |
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B2B |
Business to Businesse |
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B2C |
Business to Consumer |
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B2E |
Business to Employee |
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BA |
Balancing Authority |
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BA |
Biological Assessment |
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BACT |
Best Available Control Technology |
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BAEE |
Benelux Association for Energy Economics |
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BAEE |
Bulgarian Association for Energy Efficiency |
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base |
Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy |
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BBL |
Billion Barrels |
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BBL |
Blue Barrel |
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BBL |
Barrel |
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BBL/D |
Barrel per day |
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BBL/SD |
Barrel per day, on stream days |
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BBRE |
Brazil Biomass and Renewable Energy |
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BCD |
Barrel Per Day, on Calendar Days |
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BCEW |
Big Community Energy Weekend |
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Bcf |
billion cubic feet (of natural gas) |
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BCP |
Blackstart Capability Plan |
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BDC |
Bioenergy Deployment Consortium |
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BDE |
Bond Dissociation Energy |
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BEAP |
Building Energy Assessment Professional |
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BEBC |
Biomass to Energy and Biochar Community |
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BECL |
Bhavnagar Energy Company Limited |
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BEDZED |
Beddington Zero Energy Development |
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BEEF |
Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund |
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BEER |
Building Energy Efficiency Research |
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BEF |
Baltic Energy Forum |
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BEGL |
Bayfield Energy Galeota Limited |
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BEGL |
British Energy Generation Limited |
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BEM |
Building & Energy Management |
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BEMS |
Building Energy Management System |
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BEP |
Business Energy Professional |
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BEQ |
Building Energy Quotient |
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BES |
Bulk electric system (Electricity transmission) |
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BESS |
Battery Energy Storage System |
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BEST |
Balance Energy Stamina Toxin |
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BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.) |
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BIEE |
Bronx Initiative for Energy and the Environment |
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BISE |
Better Integration for Sustainable Energy |
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BIWE |
Building Integrated Wind Energy |
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BL |
Barrel |
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BLM |
Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior |
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BLS |
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor |
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BNG |
British Nuclear Group |
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BoRAEM |
Bourgas Regional Agency for Energy Management |
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BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration (US) |
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BPL |
Broadband over power line |
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BPS |
Bulk Power System (Electricity transmission) |
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BRDP |
Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Project |
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BREE |
Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics |
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BREP |
Balkan Renewable Energy Program |
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BRET |
Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
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bses |
Building Science Energy Services |
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BSRAEM |
Black Sea Regional Agency for Energy Management |
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BSREC |
Black Sea Regional Energy Centre |
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BTEC |
Biomass Thermal Energy Council |
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BTU |
British Thermal Unit |
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BuRec |
United States Bureau of Reclamation (government) |
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BWR |
Boiling water reactor (nuclear) |
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C&I |
Commercial and industrial customers (Electricity transmission) |
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CA |
Control area (EU) – The portion of the generation and transmission system controlled by a single transmission system operator. (See also TSO). |
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CA |
Carbon Abatement- increasing carbon neutrality |
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CAA |
Clean Air Act (1970, amended in 1977, and again in 1990) |
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CAE |
Centre for Alternative Energy |
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CAEA |
Chinachina Atomic Energy Authority |
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CAEM |
Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (US) |
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CAES |
Center for Advanced Energy Systems |
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CAES |
Compressed Air Energy Storage |
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CAES |
Center for Advanced Energy Studies |
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CAFE |
Corporationrate Average Fuel Economy |
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CAISO |
California Independent System Operator Corporation, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) |
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CAJV |
Clough-AMEC Joint Venture |
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CAP |
Capacity Market Programs |
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CAPM |
Capital Asset Pricing Model |
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CARB |
California Air Resources Board |
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CARES |
Conservation And Renewable Energy Systems |
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CBL |
Customer Baseline Level |
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CBM |
Capacity Benefit Margin |
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CC |
Combined Cycle |
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CCDF |
conditional core damage frequency |
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CCDP |
Conditional Core Damage Probability |
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CCE |
Citizens for Clean Energy |
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CCIP |
Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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CCLIP |
Conditional Credit Line for Investment Projects |
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CCPG |
Colorado Coordinated Planning Group |
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CCPP |
Combined Cycle Power Plant |
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CD |
Contract Demand |
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CDD |
Cooling degree day, a qualitative index used to reflect the demand for energy to cool a business |
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CDEP |
Cooperative Developmental Energy Program |
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CDF |
Core Damage Frequency |
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CDM |
Clean Development Mechanism |
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CDP |
Core Damage Probability |
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cea |
Certified Energy Auditor |
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CEA |
Country Environmental Analysis |
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CEA |
Consumer Energy Alliance |
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CEAB |
Connecticut Energy Advisory Board |
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CEAP |
Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program |
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CEC |
Clean Energy Coalition |
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CEC |
Council of The European Communities |
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cec |
Clean Energy Center |
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CEC |
Commission for Environmental Cooperation |
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CEC |
Clean Energy Collective |
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CEC |
California Energy Commission |
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cecl |
Consolidated Energy Consultants Ltd |
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CEDS |
Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems |
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Cee |
Center for Energy and Environment |
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cee |
Consortium for Energy Efficiency's |
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CEEC |
Central and Eastern European Countries |
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CEEF |
Campus Energy Efficiency Fund |
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CEEP |
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy |
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CEEP |
Center for Energy Economics and Policy |
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CEEP |
Community Energy Efficiency Program |
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CEEP |
Central Europe Energy Partners |
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CEES |
Center for Energy and Environmental Studies |
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CEES |
Center for Energy Environment and Sustainability |
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CEG |
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. |
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CEG |
Clean Energy Group |
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CEIC |
Continuous Energy Improvement Commissioning |
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CEL |
Cool Energy Link |
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CELEBRATE |
City Employees Lowering Energy By Recycling And Tracking Efficiency |
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CELI |
Clean Energy Leadership Institute |
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CELP |
Community Energy Loan Program |
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CEM |
Clean Energy Ministerial |
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CEM |
Cylindrical Energy Module |
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CEMA |
Connecticut Energy Marketers Association |
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CEMT |
Contracting Energy Manpower and Training |
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CENEf |
Center for Energy Efficiency |
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CEP |
Country Environmental Profile |
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CEP |
Clean Energy Partnership, a joint hydrogen-project in Europe. |
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CEP |
Communications Energy And Paperworkers |
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CEP |
Certified Energy Procurement |
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CEP |
Constellation Energy Partners |
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CEP |
Clean Energy Prize |
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CEPAC |
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre |
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cepg |
Church Energy Purchasing Group |
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CEPS |
Centre for European Policy Studies |
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CEQ |
Council on Environmental Quality (U.S.) |
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CER |
Change Energy Routine |
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cer |
Cambridge Energy Resources |
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CER |
Certified Emission Reduction |
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CER |
Clean Energy Regulator |
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CER |
Commission for Energy Regulation |
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CER |
Center for Energy Research |
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CERA |
Cambridge Energy Research Associates |
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CERC |
Clean Energy Research Center |
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CERCLA |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (1980, "Superfund") |
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CERCLIS |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System |
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CERES |
Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System |
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CERG |
Collaborative Energy Research Group |
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CERN |
Conservative Energy Recycling Network |
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CERO |
Cooperative Energy Recycling Organics |
|
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CERTS |
Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions sposored by the United States Department of Energy and California Energy Commission (US) |
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CES |
Company for Energy Saving |
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CESA |
Clean Energy States Alliance |
|
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cesa |
California Energy Storage Alliance |
|
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cesac |
Center for Energy Systems and Control |
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CESI |
Catalytica Energy Systems Inc |
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CETC |
CANMET Energy Technology Centre |
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CETP |
China Energy Technology Program |
|
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CFS |
Cubic Feet per Second |
|
|
CFTC |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
|
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CH4 |
Methane, Natural Gas |
|
|
CHANGE |
Camden Homeless Action Network Generating Energy |
|
|
CHEER |
Creating Hope Energy Enthusiasm and Recreation |
|
|
CHESS |
Cornell High Energy Syncrotron Source |
|
|
CHP |
Combined heat and power |
|
|
CIE |
Cyprus Institute of Energy |
|
|
CIE |
Cobalt International Energy (New York Stock Exchange [NYSE]) |
|
|
CIP |
Critical Infrastructure Protection (US) |
|
|
CLEAN |
Clean Local Energy Accessible Now |
|
|
CLEE |
Center for Law Energy the Environment |
|
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CME |
Cultivating Muscle Energy |
|
|
CMVE |
Competitive Market Value Estimate |
|
|
CNEE |
Center for the New Energy Economy |
|
|
CNEL |
China New Energy Limited (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
|
|
CNG |
Compressed natural gas |
|
|
CO |
Carbon Monoxide |
|
|
CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
|
|
COC |
Cost Of Capital |
|
|
CODEMA |
City of Dublin Energy Management Agency |
|
|
COER |
Center for Ocean Energy Research |
|
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COSIMO |
Cognitive Model for Simulation of Operator's Behavior |
|
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CP |
Coincident Peak |
|
|
CP |
Certificate Proceeding |
|
|
CPA |
California Power Authority |
|
|
cpec |
Central Pennsylvania Energy Consortium |
|
|
CPEE |
Cleaner Production and Energy Efficiency |
|
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cpes |
Comprehensive Professional Energy Services |
|
|
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
|
|
CPP |
Critical Peak Pricing |
|
|
CPS |
Cycles Per Second (now Hertz) |
|
|
CPS |
Control Performance Standard |
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CPUC |
California Public Utilities Commission |
|
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CPV |
Common Pressure Vessel |
|
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CR |
Control Room |
|
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CREAM |
Comprehensive Reliability Analysis Method |
|
|
CRED |
Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development |
|
|
CREE |
Creative Resource Energy Efficiency |
|
|
CREF |
Caribbean Renewable Energy Facility |
|
|
CRES |
Center for Reliable Energy Systems |
|
|
CRES |
Center for Renewable Energy Sources______PIKERMI |
|
|
CRES |
Colorado Renewable Energy Society |
|
|
CREST |
Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology |
|
|
CRIEPI |
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry |
|
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crm |
Customer Relationship Management |
|
|
CRP |
Conservation Reserve Program (US) |
|
|
CRT |
capacity reservation tariff |
|
|
CSD |
Commission for Sustainable Development (UN) |
|
|
CSEDS |
Combined State Energy Data System |
|
|
CSEM |
Center for the Study of Energy Markets (US) |
|
|
CSEP |
Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership |
|
|
CSP |
Curtailment Service Provider |
|
|
CSTP |
Concentrated Solar Thermal Power |
|
|
CT |
Combustion turbine (electricity) |
|
|
CUE |
City University Energysaver |
|
|
CW |
Circulating Water |
|
|
CWCE |
China West Coal Energy, Inc. |
|
|
CWE |
Commercial Water and Energy |
|
|
CZMA |
US Coastal Zone Management Act |
|
|
DA-RTP |
RTP Day ahead real time pricing (regarding Electricity metering) |
|
|
DADRP |
Day-Ahead Demand Response Program |
|
|
DAE |
Department of Atomic Energy |
|
|
DC |
Direct Current |
|
|
DCE |
Double Colorless Energy |
|
|
DCEO |
District of Columbia Energy Office |
|
|
DCeP |
Data Center Energy Productivity |
|
|
DCEP |
Data Center Energy Practitioner |
|
|
DCEP |
District climate and energy plan |
|
|
DCLM |
Direct Control Load Management |
|
|
DCS |
Disturbance Control Standard |
|
|
DEAR |
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation |
|
|
DEAT |
Donegal Energy Action Team |
|
|
DEBS |
Discipline Energy Beauty Strength |
|
|
DEC |
Direct Energy Conversion |
|
|
DECC |
Department of Energy and Climate Change |
|
|
DECC |
Department of Energy and Congenital Cretins |
|
|
DECL |
Direct Energy Conversion Laboratory (JSC) |
|
|
DEEC |
Distributed Energy Efficient Clustering |
|
|
DEEC |
Desert Energy Enterprise Center |
|
|
DEED |
Demonstration Of Energy Efficient Develop |
|
|
deep |
Department of Energy & Environmental Protection |
|
|
DEFG |
Distributed Energy Financial Group (US) |
|
|
DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
|
|
DEN |
The Distributed Energy Network |
|
|
DEN |
Decentralised Energy Network |
|
|
DENIS |
Dance Energy Nation In Soonchunhyang |
|
|
DEPS |
Directed Energy Professional Society (est. 1999) |
|
|
DERA |
Danish Energy Regulatory Authority |
|
|
DES |
Dark Energy Survey |
|
|
DESC |
Distributed Energy Systems Corporation |
|
|
DESM |
Deemed Energy Savings Method |
|
|
DET |
Direct Energy Transfer |
|
|
DETAILS |
Dexterity Energy Tenacity Agility Intelligence Life And Strength |
|
|
DETL |
Distributed Energy Technologies Laboratory |
|
|
DEW |
Directed Energy Weapons |
|
|
DFEE |
Die For Energy And Electricity |
|
|
DG |
Distributed generation (electricity) |
|
|
DG |
Diesel Generator |
|
|
DG |
Directorate-General (EU) (government) |
|
|
DGCWP |
Diesel Generator Cooling Water Pump |
|
|
DIER |
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources |
|
|
DIIS |
Danish Institute for International Studies (Denmark) |
|
|
DIPS |
Dynamic Isotope Power System |
|
|
DLC |
Direct load control (regarding Load management) |
|
|
DME |
Disturbance Monitoring Equipment |
|
|
DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
|
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DOE |
Department of Energy's |
|
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DOE |
Development And Opportunities For Energy |
|
|
DOE/FE |
United States Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (government) |
|
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DOLAEM |
Dobrich Local Agency for Energy Management |
|
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DOWNVInD |
Distant Offshore Wind farms with No Visual Impact in Deepwater |
|
|
dpe |
Damage Per Energy |
|
|
DRB |
Demonstrated Reserve Base |
|
|
DRCC |
Demand Response Coordinating Council (coalition) |
|
|
DRR |
Demand Response resources |
|
|
DRRC |
Demand Response Research Center |
|
|
DSM |
Demand Side Management |
|
|
DSO |
Distribution System Operator |
|
|
Dth |
Dekatherm (defined as 1 million British thermal units, also written "MMBtu") (measurement) |
|
|
DTW |
dealer tank wagon (as in, "oil companies setting regional dealer tank wagon pricing") (Oil) |
|
|
DWE |
Department of Water and Energy |
|
|
E&D |
Exploration and Development |
|
|
EA |
Environmental Assessment, EIAP |
|
|
EAC |
Energy Action Coalition |
|
|
EAR |
Estimated Additional Resources |
|
|
EAS |
Energy Action Scotland |
|
|
EASE |
Enabling Access to Sustainable Energy |
|
|
EASI |
Energy Automation Systems Incorporated |
|
|
EASI |
Energy Absorption Safety and Integrity |
|
|
EASR |
Energy Aware Source Routing |
|
|
EATL |
Energy Absorbing Torque Limiter |
|
|
EBA |
Energy Bar Association |
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EBF |
Energy Business and Finance |
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ebl |
Energy Balance Laboratory |
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EC |
European Commission |
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EC |
Energy Concept |
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ECA |
Energy Cost Adjustment |
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ECAD |
Energy Conservation Audit and Disclosure |
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ecam |
Energy Charting and Metrics |
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ECAR |
East Central Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (US) |
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ECB |
Energy Centre Bratislava |
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ECCE |
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition |
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ECCE |
Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition |
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ECCS |
Emergency Core Cooling System |
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ECCS |
Energy Coalition for Contractor Safety |
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ECD |
Energy Citations Database |
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ECE |
East Central Energy |
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ECN |
Energy Research Centre |
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ECO |
Energy Correction Options |
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ECO |
Energy Company Obligation |
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ECOE |
Energy Center of Expertise |
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ECPA |
Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas |
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ECPA |
Electric Consumers Protection Act (US) |
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ECS |
Energy Communications and Services |
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ECSC |
Energy Conservation and Solar Centre |
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ECVN |
Energy Contract Volume Notification |
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ecw |
Energy Center of Wisconsin |
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ECW |
Energy Creating Workers |
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ECWPA |
Energy Conversion and Water Purchase Agreement |
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EDD |
energy dispersive diffraction |
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EDG |
Emergency Diesel Generator |
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EDGE |
Energy Dream Goals And Ethics |
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EDR |
Energy Design Resources |
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EDRP |
Emergency Demand Response Program |
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EDS |
Energy Dispersive Spectrometer |
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EDS |
Energy Dispursive Spectroscopy |
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EDS |
Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy |
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EDSS |
Energy Design Service Systems |
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EDX |
Energy Dispersive X-Ray |
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EDXA |
Energy Dispersive Xray Analysis |
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|
EE |
Energy Efficient |
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EE |
Energy Efficiency |
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EEA |
Energy Efficiency Agency |
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EEA |
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |
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EEA |
Energy Engineering Associates, Inc. |
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EEA |
Energy and Environmental Affairs |
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EEAC |
Energy Emergency Assurance Coordinators |
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EEAC |
Energy and Environmental Affairs Committee |
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eeac |
Energy Efficiency Advisory Council |
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EEBP |
Energy Efficiency Best Practice Program |
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EEBRP |
ENERGY EFFICIENCY BUILDING RETROFIT PROGRAM |
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eec |
Electron Energy Corporation |
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EEC |
Environment Energy Communications |
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EEC |
Energy Efficiency Center |
|
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eec |
Energy and Environment Cabinet |
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EEC |
Energy Efficiency Commitment |
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EEEP |
Economics of Energy Environmental Policy |
|
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EEEP |
Edina Emerald Energy Program |
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EEEP |
ECOWAS Energy Efficiency Policy |
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EEG |
Energy Economics Group |
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EEI |
Edison Electric Institute |
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EEL |
Electron Energy Loss |
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EENP |
Energy Efficiency National Partnership |
|
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EEOO |
Energy efficiency operational optimisation |
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EEP |
Energy and Environment Partnership |
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EEP |
Eco Energy Points |
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EEP |
Enbridge Energy Partners, LP |
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EEPC |
Energy Efficiency Procurement Collaborative |
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EERE |
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
|
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EERE |
Environmental Efficiency Renewable Energy |
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EERE |
Electrical Engineering Renewable Energy |
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eerf |
Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund |
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EERG |
End-Use Efficiency Research Group |
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EERI |
Estonian Energy Research Institute |
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ees |
Efficient Energy Systems |
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EES |
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability |
|
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ees |
Electrical Energy Storage |
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EESAP |
Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Architecture and Planning |
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EESC |
Electrical Energy Systems Corporation |
|
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EEW |
Energy from Waste |
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EFC |
European Fuel Cell |
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EFE |
Energy for Enterprise |
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EFEM |
Energy Finite Element Method |
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EFI |
Energy Federation Incorporated |
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efm |
Energy Friendly Microcontrollers |
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EFOG |
Elgin Franklin Oil & Gas Ltd. |
|
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efsb |
Energy Facility Siting Board |
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EFT |
Energy Financing Team |
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EFW |
Emergency Feedwater |
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EGEC |
European Geothermal Energy Council |
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EGI |
Energy and Geoscience Institute |
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EGPC |
Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation |
|
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EHC |
Electrohydraulic Control |
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EHP |
Energy Healing Professional |
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EHV |
Extra High Voltage |
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EIA |
Environmental impact assessment (international) |
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EIB |
European Investment Bank |
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EIC |
Energy Industries Council |
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EIE |
Energy Installations and Environment |
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EIfER |
European Institute for Energy Research |
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EIHP |
Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar |
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EIP |
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE PARTNERS |
|
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EIPP |
Eastern Interconnection Phasor Project |
|
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EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
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ELCIDIS |
ELectric CIty Distribution System |
|
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ELCON |
Electricity Consumers Resources Council |
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ELEPHANT |
Experimental Low Energy Plasma for Hemispherical Analyzer Nominal Testing |
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EM |
Energy And Materials |
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EMCEF |
European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation |
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EMCS |
Energy Motion Colliding and Spacing |
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EMF |
Electro Magnetic Field |
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EMIC |
Energy Management and Innovation Center |
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EMIT |
Energy Manager in Training |
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EMP |
Environmental Management Plan |
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EMP |
Energy Master Plan |
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EMPS |
Electric Machines and Power Systems |
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EMR |
Energy Mines And Resources |
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EMRV |
Electro-mechanical Relief Valve |
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EMU |
Energy Matter Unit |
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END |
Energy Never Dies |
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|
ENE |
Entertainment New Energy |
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ENE |
endless networks of energy |
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ENE |
environment and energy |
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ENI |
Energy Needs Ireland |
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ENS |
Energy Not Supplied |
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ENS |
Emergency Notification System |
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EnS |
Energy Sources |
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EnTA |
Environmental Technology Assessment |
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EOIZ |
Energy Open Innovation Zone |
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EOP |
Emergency Operating Procedures |
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EOR |
Enhanced Oil Recovery |
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EOS |
Energy Operating System |
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EP |
Energy Points |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
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EPAct |
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (US) |
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EPAct |
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (US) |
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EPC |
Energy Performance Contracting |
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EPCIP |
European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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EPD |
Energy Products Division |
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EPE |
Electric Potential Energy |
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EPL |
Energy Partners, Ltd |
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EPPO |
Energy Policy and Planning Office |
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EPR |
Energy Points Ratio |
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EPRI |
Electric Power Research Institute (US) |
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EPS |
Energy and Power Solutions (Costa Mesa, AZ) |
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eps |
Energy Performance Score |
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EPTF |
Energy Policy Task Force |
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EQ |
energy quotient |
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EQR |
Electric Quarterly Report |
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ER |
Energy Release |
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ERA |
Economic Regulatory Administration (part of United States Department of Energy |
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ERA |
Energy Righteousness Accountability |
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ERAT |
emergency reserve auxiliary transformer |
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ERB |
Energy Regulation Board |
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ERBM |
Energy Rating Bench Mark |
|
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ERC |
Energy Regulatory Commission |
|
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ERC |
Energy Resources Center |
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ERCOT |
Energy Reliability Council Of Texas |
|
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ERCOT |
Electric Reliability Council Of Texas |
|
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ERDA |
Energy and Research Development Authority |
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ERE |
Energy Resources and Environment |
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|
ERE |
Energy Reuse Effectiveness |
|
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ERE |
Energy Resources Engineering |
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EREF |
ECOWAS Renewable Energy Facility |
|
|
ERF |
Energy Recovery Facility |
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|
ERG |
Efficiency Research Group |
|
|
ERG |
Energy Research Group |
|
|
ERG |
Energy and Resources Group |
|
|
ERGEG |
European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas |
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|
ERI |
Energy Recovery Inc |
|
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ERI |
Energy Research Initiative |
|
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ERO |
Electric Reliability Organization. The US designated NERC as its ERO. |
|
|
EROI |
Energy Recovery Operations Inc. |
|
|
ERP |
Energy Recovery Products |
|
|
erp |
Energy Risk Professional |
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|
ERP |
Enterprise Resource Planning |
|
|
ERRA |
Energy Regulators Regional Association |
|
|
ERSS |
Energy Research Social Science |
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ERT |
Energy Resources and Technologies |
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ERTG |
Economic Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator |
|
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ERU |
Energy Research Unit |
|
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ERU |
Energy Recovery Unit |
|
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ERV |
Energy Recovery ventilation |
|
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erw |
Energy Return Wheel |
|
|
ES |
Energy Sources |
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ESA |
Energy Economics and System Analysis |
|
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ESAP |
Energy Savings Assistance Program |
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ESAP |
Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Program |
|
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ESAP |
Energy Sector Assistance Program |
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ESBL |
Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory |
|
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ESC |
Energy Solutions Center |
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ESC |
Energy Savings Certificates |
|
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ESCO |
Efficiency Service Company |
|
|
ESCO |
Energy Service Company |
|
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ESCO |
Energy Service Company Outsourcing |
|
|
ESCO |
Energy Service Company Overview |
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|
ESD |
Energy System Development |
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ESFAS |
Engineered Safety Features Actuation System |
|
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ESG |
Energy Systems Group |
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ESI |
Energy Security Initiative |
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ESI |
Environmental Sustainability Index |
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ESIS |
Energy Standards Information System |
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ESL |
Energy Systems Laboratory |
|
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ESLC |
Energy Security Leadership Council |
|
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ESLI |
Energy Science Laboratories, Inc. |
|
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ESM |
Energy Storage Module |
|
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ESMAP |
Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme |
|
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esn |
Energy Systems Network |
|
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ESOS |
Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme |
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ESP |
Energy Savings Plus |
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ESPC |
European Space Power Conference |
|
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ESPC |
Energy Saving Performance Contract |
|
|
ESS |
Energy Storage System, as in grid energy storage (electricity) |
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ESS |
Energy Storage Subsystem |
|
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ESSES |
Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety |
|
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EST |
Energy Saving Trust |
|
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ESTIF |
European Solar Thermal Industry Federation |
|
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ESTP |
Energy Science Technology and Policy |
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ESTTP |
European Solar Thermal Technology Platform |
|
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ESWS |
Essential Service Water System |
|
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ET |
Energy Transfer |
|
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ETAP |
Energy Technology Assistance Program |
|
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ETBA |
Energy Trace Barrier Analysis |
|
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ETBE |
Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
|
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ETDL |
Energy Transfer Dye Laser |
|
|
ETE |
Energy, Technology and the Environment |
|
|
ETE |
Energy, Transport and Environment |
|
|
ETE |
Electronic Transition Energy |
|
|
ETE |
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS |
|
|
ETF |
Energy Time And Frequency |
|
|
ETI |
Energy Technology Initiative |
|
|
ETP |
Energy Technology Perspectives |
|
|
ETP |
Energy Transfer Products |
|
|
ETP |
Energy Transfer Partners (New York Stock Exchange [NYSE]) |
|
|
ETS |
Energy Thought Summit |
|
|
ETS |
Energy Transfer System |
|
|
ETS |
Energy Technology Savings |
|
|
ETSI |
Energy Transfer Solutions Inc |
|
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ETSO |
European Transmission System Operators association |
|
|
ETSR |
Energy Technologies Status Report |
|
|
EU |
Energy Usage |
|
|
EU |
European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC) |
|
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EUA |
Energy and Utilities Alliance |
|
|
EUE |
Expected Unserved Energy |
|
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EUEF |
European Union Energy Facility |
|
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EUEI |
European Union Energy Initiative |
|
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EuroACE |
European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings |
|
|
EVE |
Energy Vitality Everlasting |
|
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EVI-GTI |
European Virtual Institutetute for Gas Turbine Instituteumentation |
|
|
EVI-GTI |
European Virtual Institute for Gas Turbine Instrumentation |
|
|
EVO |
Energy Vision and Opportunity |
|
|
EVO |
Energy Vector Optimization |
|
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EWC |
Energy Water Company |
|
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EWG |
Energy Working Group |
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EYA |
Energy Yield Assessment |
|
|
FAC |
Fuel Adjustment Clause |
|
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FACTS |
Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System |
|
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FAKE |
Fast Accurate Kinetic Energy |
|
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FASB |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
|
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FATE |
Free Access to Energy |
|
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FBR |
Fast Breeder Reactor |
|
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FCITC |
First Contingency Incremental Transfer Capability |
|
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FDED |
Flux Density Energy Distribution |
|
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FEE |
Fair Energy Exchange |
|
|
FEE |
Fabric Energy Efficiency |
|
|
FEEL |
Fusion Energy Engineering Laboratory (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; Barcelona, Spain) |
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FEIS |
Final Environmental impact statement (US) |
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FELCC |
Firm Energy Load Carrying Capability |
|
|
FEMP |
Federal Energy Management Program |
|
|
FEP |
free energy perturbation |
|
|
FEPE |
Full Energy Peak Efficiency |
|
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FER |
Fossil Energy Ratios |
|
|
FERB |
Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh |
|
|
FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
|
|
FERC |
Fercfederal Energy Regulatory Commission |
|
|
FESS |
Flywheel Energy Storage System |
|
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fet |
Forum Energy Technologies |
|
|
FGD |
Flue Gas Desulfurization |
|
|
fge |
FACTS Global Energy |
|
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FHE |
Full Heal Energy |
|
|
FINESSE |
Financing Energy Services for Small Scale Users |
|
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Fishway |
Fish ladder |
|
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FITCO |
Fuel International Trading Corporation |
|
|
FLARE |
Future Leaders for Advancing Renewable Energy |
|
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FLEET |
Forever Leadout Existing Energy Transformer |
|
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FORGE |
Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy |
|
|
FPE |
Fluid Power Energy |
|
|
FPE |
Foot-Pounds of Energy |
|
|
GAEP |
General Atomics Energy Products |
|
|
GEA |
Global Energy Assessment |
|
|
GEA |
Geothermal Energy Association |
|
|
GEC |
Global Energy Capital |
|
|
GEDO |
Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer |
|
|
GEED |
Global Evolutionary Energy Design |
|
|
geed |
Great Energy Efficiency Day |
|
|
GEEF |
Green Energy Efficiency Fund |
|
|
GEL |
Genesis Energy L P |
|
|
GEM |
Gibbs Energy Minimizer |
|
|
GENE |
General Electric Nuclear Energy |
|
|
GENI |
Global Energy Network International |
|
|
GEO |
Green Energy Ohio |
|
|
GESI |
Green Energy Solutions Industries |
|
|
GEt |
Glocal Energy Transfer |
|
|
GFEA |
Grand Forks Energy Alliance |
|
|
GGEL |
Godawari Green Energy Limited |
|
|
GPEH |
Green Power Energy Holdings |
|
|
GREC |
Gainesville Renewable Energy Center |
|
|
gsea |
Georgia Solar Energy Association |
|
|
GTE |
Gran Tierra Energy |
|
|
GWE |
Green Waste Energy |
|
|
gwe |
Global Wind Energy |
|
|
HAEC |
Halifax American Energy Company |
|
|
HAZEL |
Homogeneous Assembly Zero Energy Laboratory |
|
|
HEA |
Home Energy Analytics |
|
|
HEALTH |
Healing Energy And Life Through Holism |
|
|
HEAT |
House of Energy and Training |
|
|
HEAT |
Heat Energy Available Today |
|
|
HECM |
Hydraulic Energy Control Module |
|
|
HEDS |
High Energy Density Science |
|
|
HEF |
High Energy Focus |
|
|
HEF |
Human Energy Field |
|
|
HEF |
High-Energy Fuel |
|
|
HEFT |
High-Energy Focusing Telescope |
|
|
HEI |
High Energy Induction |
|
|
HEI |
High Energy Igntion |
|
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HEIST |
High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope |
|
|
HELP |
Home Energy Loan Program |
|
|
HEME |
High Efficiency Marine Energy |
|
|
HEMI |
High Energy Metals, Inc. |
|
|
HEP |
Hydro energy production |
|
|
HEP |
High Energy Particle |
|
|
HEPP |
High Energy Particle Physics |
|
|
HER |
High Energy Ring |
|
|
HERF |
High Energy Radio Frequency |
|
|
HERO |
Home Energy Renovation Opportunity |
|
|
HERT |
high energy reagent technology |
|
|
HESIE |
Home Energy Solutions Income Eligible |
|
|
HESS |
High Energy Stereoscopic System |
|
|
HESS |
High Energy Seismic Survey |
|
|
HETE |
High Energy Transient Experiment |
|
|
HETE |
High Energy Transient Explorer |
|
|
HHE |
Hungarian Horizon Energy |
|
|
HIE |
High Intensity and Energy |
|
|
HOEP |
Hourly Ontario Energy Price |
|
|
HOMEWORK |
Half of My Energy Wasted on Random Knowledge |
|
|
HOPE |
Help Offer Positive Energy |
|
|
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
|
|
IAES |
Institute for Advanced Energy Solutions |
|
|
ICORE |
International Congress on Renewable Energy |
|
|
ICSE |
Institute for Clean and Secure Energy |
|
|
IDEA |
International District Energy Association |
|
|
IE |
Independent Energy |
|
|
IEC |
Institute of Energy Conversion |
|
|
IECC |
International Energy Conservation Code |
|
|
IEEC |
Inland Empire Energy Center |
|
|
IEEC |
Interagency Energy Efficiency Committee |
|
|
IEG |
International Energy Group |
|
|
IEIC |
International Energy Information Community |
|
|
IEO |
International Energy Outlook |
|
|
IESA |
India Energy Storage Alliance |
|
|
IET |
Institute for Energy and Transport |
|
|
IHER |
Irish Home Energy Rating |
|
|
IIEC |
International Institute for Energy Conservation |
|
|
IOE |
Internet of Energy |
|
|
IOS |
Interconnected Operations Services (electricity) |
|
|
IOU |
Investor owned utility (electricity) |
|
|
IPAA |
Independent Petroleum Association of America (oil) |
|
|
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP) |
|
|
IPE |
Individual Plant Examination |
|
|
IPE-LAS |
Institute of Physical Energetics - Latvian Academy of Sciences |
|
|
IPP |
Independent Power Producer (electricity) |
|
|
IPS/UPS |
Integrated Power System/United Power System, consisting of Independent Power Systems of 12 countries bordering Russia and the Unified Power System of Russia |
|
|
IREC |
Interstate Renewable Energy Council |
|
|
IREC |
International Renewable Energy Congress |
|
|
IROL |
Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (electricity) |
|
|
IRR |
Internal Rate of Return |
|
|
ISEO |
International Sustainable Energy Organisation |
|
|
ISES |
International Solar Energy Society |
|
|
ISO |
Independent System Operator (US) (see also TSO) Responsible for grid management, but does not own assets. (electricity) |
|
|
ISO-NE |
Independent System Operator of New England, a Regional Transmission Organization. (US) (electricity) |
|
|
ISS |
Interruptible Sales Service |
|
|
ISUSI |
Institute for Sustainable Solutions and Innovations |
|
|
IT |
Interruptible Transportation is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas) |
|
|
ITC |
Investment tax credit (policy) |
|
|
ITER |
International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor |
|
|
ITS |
"Interruptible Transportation Service" is gas shipment via pipeline whose delivery may be interrupted in favor of "firm shipment" contracts if there is lack of capacity. (natural gas) |
|
|
JAEA |
Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
|
|
JAEIC |
Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee |
|
|
JAERI |
Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute |
|
|
JEC |
Jefferson Energy Cooperative |
|
|
JEC |
Jefferson Energy Center |
|
|
JEDI |
Joint Energy Development Interests |
|
|
JRC |
Joint Research Centre |
|
|
JREC |
Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition |
|
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kce |
King Country Energy |
|
|
KER |
kinetic energy released |
|
|
KERP |
Kamloops Energy Recovery Project |
|
|
KERR |
Kinetic Energy Recovery Rope |
|
|
KERS |
kinetic energy retrieval system |
|
|
KERS |
Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems |
|
|
KEW |
Kinetic Energy Weapon |
|
|
KIC |
InnoEnergy Challenge |
|
|
koe |
One kilogram oil equivalent (EU) (measurement) |
|
|
KOEF |
Korea Energy Forum |
|
|
KREA |
Kaunas Regional Energy Agency |
|
|
KTOE |
kilo tan of energy |
|
|
kV |
Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement) |
|
|
KVA |
Kilovolt-Ampere |
|
|
kvar |
Kilovolt Amperes Reactive |
|
|
Kw |
Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement) |
|
|
KWE |
kilowatt electric (measurement) |
|
|
KWE |
Konin Wind Energy |
|
|
kWh |
Kilowatt hour (one thousand watt hours) (measurement) |
|
|
LaaR |
Load acting as a resource (ERCOT category) (electricity) |
|
|
LAEC |
Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission |
|
|
LAKE |
Left Atrial Kinetic Energy |
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LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US) |
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LCEP |
Lanarkshire Community Energy Partnership |
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LCEP |
Latino Community Energy Partnership |
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LCES |
life cycle energy saving |
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LCO |
Limiting Conditions for Operations |
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LDC |
Local distribution company (electricity) |
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LDST |
Letdown Storage Tank |
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LEAP |
Love Energy Audacity and Proof |
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LEAR |
Low Energy Antiproton Ring |
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LED |
A Light Energy Deductor |
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LEE |
Latent Energy Environments |
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LEED |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, standard for Green Building design |
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LEED |
Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design |
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LEED |
A Latent Energy Efficiency Dividend |
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LEED |
A Latent Energy Efficiency Determination |
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LEED |
Leedlow Energy Electron Diffraction |
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LEEDS |
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards |
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LEEN |
Learning Energy Efficiency Network |
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LEH |
low energy house |
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LEI |
Lithuanian Energy Institute |
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LEI |
Lucas Energy Incorporated |
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LEMAO |
Least Energy Minimal Atomic Orbital |
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LEMP |
Lesotho Energy Master Plan |
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LEMS |
low energy mass spectrometry |
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lens |
Large Energy National Shock |
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LENS |
Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy, at Heidelberg. |
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LEPTS |
Low Energy Particle Track Simulation |
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LER |
Licensee Event Report |
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LER |
Low Energy Ring |
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LETIT |
Local Energy Technology Implementation |
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LETS |
Local Energy Trading System |
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LETS |
Local Energy Transfer System |
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LEVP |
Low Emissions Vehicle Program |
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LGE |
Laser Guided Energy |
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LGE |
Leveraged Green Energy |
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LHV |
lower heating value |
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LIER |
Liaoning Institute of Energy Resources |
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LIHEAP |
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program |
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LIHEAP |
Low-Income High Energy Assistance Program |
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LIOS |
Linz Institute for Organic Solarcells |
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LLOCA |
Large Loss of Coolant Accident |
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LMP |
Locational Marginal Price |
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LNG |
Liquefied Natural Gas |
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LOCA |
Loss of Coolant Accident |
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LODF |
Line Outage Distribution Factor (electricity) |
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LOLE |
Loss of Load Expectation (electricity) |
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LOOP |
Loss Of Offsite Power |
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LOVE |
Loss of Valuable Energy |
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LOVE |
Living One Vibrational Energy |
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LPN |
Lender Participation Notes |
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LRG |
Liquefied Refinery Gases |
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LSE |
Load Serving Entity |
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LSF |
Load Shift Factor |
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lsfo |
Low-Sulfur Fuel Oil |
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LTOP |
Low Temperature Over-pressure |
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LWR |
Light Water Reactor |
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MAAC |
Mid Atlantic Area Council (US- geographically within PJM) |
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MADRI |
Mid Atlantic Distributed Resources Initiative (US) |
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MAIN |
Mid America Interconnected Network (US) |
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MAOP |
Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure |
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MAPP |
Mid Continent Area Power Pool (US) |
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MBD |
Million Barrels per Day |
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MBR |
Market based Rates |
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MCC |
Motor Control Center (JSC) |
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mce |
Marin Clean Energy |
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MCEP |
Meadville Community Energy Project |
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MDD |
Maximum Daily Delivery Obligations |
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MDDQ |
Maximum Daily Delivery Quantity |
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MDER |
Minimum Dietary Energy Requirement |
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MDM |
Meter Data Management |
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MDQ |
Maximum Daily Quantities |
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MEA |
Midwest Energy Association |
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MEAF |
Matching Energy Assistance Fund |
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MEAN |
Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska |
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Mec |
Mack Energy Corporation |
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MECC |
Modular Energy Carrier concept |
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MECO |
Maximum–binding Energy Circular Orbit |
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MECO |
Mekong Energy Company Limited |
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MECO |
Material Energy Chemicals and Other |
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MECS |
Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (DOE) |
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MEDREP |
Mediterranean Renewables Energy Partnership |
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MEEI |
Mechanical Engineering Energy Institute |
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MEEP |
Maine Energy Education Program |
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MEET |
Münster Electrochemical Energy Technology |
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MEF |
Modified Energy Factor |
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MEFR |
Ministry of Energy and Fuel Resources |
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MEI |
Missouri Energy Initiative |
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MEMA |
Massachusetts Energy Marketers Association |
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MEMA |
Meath Energy Management Agency |
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MEMA |
Maine Energy Marketers Association |
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MEMH |
Ministry Of Energy Mines And Hydraulics |
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MENAI |
Medium-Energy Neutral Atom Imager |
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MEPS |
Maine Energy Performance Solutions |
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MEPS |
Minimum Energy Performance Standards |
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MER |
Maximum Efficient Rate |
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MERC |
Mobile Emission Reduction Credit (MERC) (US) |
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MESL |
Micro Energy System Laboratory |
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MESP |
My Energy Start Page |
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MESP |
Maryland Energy Sector Partnership |
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MEST |
Matter Energy Space And Time |
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MET |
Material Energy And Toxicity |
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MFB |
main feed breakers |
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MFE |
Minimum Free Energy |
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MFV |
Modified Fixed Variable |
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MFW |
Main Feedwater |
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MG |
Motor Generator |
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MGEA |
Manitoba Geothermal Energy Alliance |
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MGEA |
Michigan Geothermal Energy Association |
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MHEA |
Manufactured Home Energy Audit |
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MIE |
Minimum Ignition Energy |
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MLOCA |
Medium Loss Of Coolant Accident |
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MLP |
Maximum Lawful Price |
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MLRA |
Major Land Resource Area |
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MMC |
Market Monitoring Center |
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MMCF |
one million cubic feet (measurement of natural gas) |
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MMCFD |
One Million Cubic Feet Per Day |
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MMGAL |
one million gallons |
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MMGAL/D |
one million gallons per day |
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MMKE |
mean molecular kinetic energy |
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MMS |
Mineral Management Service |
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MMST |
One Million Short Tons |
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MNES |
Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems |
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MNRE |
Ministry for New and Renewable Energy |
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MODFLOW |
model of groundwater flow |
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MOEE |
Ministry of Electricity and Energy |
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MOEE |
Ministry of Energy and Environment |
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MOEE |
Ministry of the Environment and Energy |
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MOIE |
Ministry of Industry and Energy |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections) |
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MOV |
Motor Operated Valve |
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MOX |
mixed oxide fuel (nuclear) |
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MPG |
Miles Per Gallon |
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MREA |
Maine Renewable Energy Association |
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MREA |
Midwest Renewable Energy Association |
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MREA |
Montana Renewable Energy Association |
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MRES |
Missouri River Energy Services |
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MRET |
Mandatory Renewable Energy Target |
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MRO |
Midwest Reliability Organization (US) |
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MSEA |
Mountain States Energy Alliance |
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MSHA |
Mine Safety and Health Administration (US) |
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MSIV |
Main Steam Isolation Valve |
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MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
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MSSV |
Main Steam Safety Valve |
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MSW |
Municipal Solid Waste |
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MT |
Metric Ton |
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MTBE |
Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether |
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Mtoe |
One million tons of oil equivalent(EU) |
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MUNEE |
Municipal Networks for Energy Efficiency |
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MVA |
Megavolt Amperes |
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MW |
Megawatt (one million watts) |
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MWe |
Megawatt Electric |
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MWh |
Megawatt hour (one million watt hours) |
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N2O |
nitrous oxide (anesthetic) |
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NAAQS |
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (US) |
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NAESB |
North American Energy Standards Board (formerly GISB) |
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NAFTA |
North American Free Trade Agreement |
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NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
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NARUC |
National Association of Regulatory Commissioners |
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NAS |
United States National Academy of Sciences |
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NASPI |
North American Synchrophasor Initiative |
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NASUCA |
National Association of Utility Consumer Advocates(US) |
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NATC |
Non-recallable Available Transfer Capability |
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NBS |
National Bureau of Standards (US) |
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NCD |
Non Coincidental Demand |
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NCE |
normalized collision energy |
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NCEP |
National Commission on Energy Policy |
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NCERD |
National Centre for Energy Research and Development |
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NE |
Net Energy |
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NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD) |
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NEAS |
Energy AS |
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NEB |
Natural Energy Board |
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NEB |
National Energy Board (Canada) |
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NECSC |
National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities |
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NEDO |
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization |
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NEDRI |
New England Distributed Resources Initiative (US) |
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NEE |
National Energy Equipment, Inc. |
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NEED |
Network of Energy Excellence for Development |
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NEEDS |
New Energy Externalities Development for Sustainability |
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NEEP |
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Inc. |
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NEEP |
National Energy Efficiency Program |
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NEF |
National Energy Foundation |
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NEG |
Net Energy For Gain |
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NEI |
Nuclear Energy Institute |
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NEI |
Nuclear Energy Installations |
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NEL |
Net Energy For Lactation |
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NELC |
National Energy Leadership Corps |
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NEM |
Net Energy Metering |
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NEP |
Nationwide Energy Partners |
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NEPA |
National Energy Policy Act of 1992 |
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NEPO |
Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization |
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NEPOOL |
New England Power Pool |
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NER |
Nordic Energy Research |
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NERC |
North American Electric Reliability Council |
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NETL |
National Energy Technology Laboratory |
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New |
New Energy Ways |
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NGA |
Natural Gas Act (US) |
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NGAA |
Natural Gasoline Association of America (US) |
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NGL |
Natural Gas Liquid (usually Ethane Or Propane) |
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NGPA |
Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (US) |
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NGPL |
Natural Gas Plant Liquids |
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NGPSA |
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (US) |
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NGSA |
Natural Gas Supply Association (US) |
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NGV |
Natural Gas Vehicle |
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NHPA |
National Historic Preservation Act (US) |
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NIETC |
National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (US) |
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NIFES |
National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service |
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NIPER |
The National Institute For Petroleum Energy Research |
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NITC |
Normal Incremental Transfer Capability |
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NMRE |
Novera Macquarie Renewable Energy |
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NNE |
Non-Nuclear Energy |
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NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) |
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|
NOI |
Notice of Inquiry |
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NOI |
Notice of Intent |
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NOI |
Notice of Investigation |
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NOPR |
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (US) |
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NOUE |
Notification of Unusual Event |
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NOx |
Nitrogen Oxide |
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NPCC |
Northeast Power Coordinating Council (US) |
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NPP |
Nuclear Power Plant |
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NPV |
Net Present Value {economics} |
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NRC |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US) |
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NRCS |
National Resource Conservation Service (US) |
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NREPA |
National Resource and Environmental Protection Act (US) |
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NRI |
National Rivers Inventory (US) |
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NSA |
Noise Sensitive Area |
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NSS |
nuclear shift supervisor |
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NTAC |
Northwest Transmission Assessment Committee (US) |
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NUG |
Non-Utility Generator |
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NURE |
national uranium resource evaluation (US) |
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NUREG |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report |
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NYDER |
New York Department of Environmental Resources |
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NYISO |
New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (US) |
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NYMEX |
New York Mercantile Exchange |
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NYNE |
New You New Energy |
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NYPSC |
New York Public Service Commission |
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NYSERDA |
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
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NZE |
Net Zero Energy |
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O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
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O3 |
Ozone |
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OATT |
Open Access Transmission Tariff (US) |
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|
OC |
Optional Certificate |
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|
OCEAN |
Ohio Community Energy Assistance Network |
|
|
OCES |
OAK CREEK ENERGY SYSTEMS |
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|
OCES |
Office of Campus Energy and Sustainability |
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|
OCOE |
Optimisation for Cost Of Energy |
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|
OCS |
Outer Continental Shelf (oil) |
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|
OCSLA |
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (oil) |
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|
OEC |
Ocean Energy Council |
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|
OEC |
Optional Expedited Certificate |
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|
OED |
Office of Energy Development |
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|
OED |
Office of Energy and Defense |
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|
OEIC |
Our Energy Independence Community |
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|
OEP |
Office of Energy and Planning |
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|
OEPC |
Oregon Energy Planning Council |
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|
OERB |
Oklahoma Energy Resource Board |
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|
OFO |
Operational Flow Order |
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OHEP |
Office of Home Energy Programs |
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OIEE |
Office of Infrastructure Engineering and Energy |
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|
OMP |
Operation and Maintenance Plan |
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|
OPDES |
Olympic Park District Energy Scheme |
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|
OPE |
Other People Energy |
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|
opEc |
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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ORE |
operator reliability experiments |
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|
OREC |
Oregon Renewable Energy Center |
|
|
OREC |
Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition |
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|
OREC |
Oklahoma Renewable Energy Council |
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|
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's |
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|
OSEA |
Ontario Sustainable Energy Association |
|
|
OTAG |
Ozone Transport Assessment Group |
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|
OTDF |
Outage Transfer Distribution Factor |
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|
OTEC |
Ocean Thermal Energy Coversion |
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|
OTEC |
ocean thermal energy conversion (electricity) |
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|
OTEC |
Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation |
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|
OTEC |
Over There Energy Conservers |
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|
OTEC |
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation |
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|
OWEN |
Offshore Wind Energy Network |
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|
P/E |
Price to Earnings |
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|
P/E Ratio |
Price To Earnings Ratio |
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|
P3S |
Power Systems Supports and Services |
|
|
PA |
Programmatic Agreement (USACE) |
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|
PACE |
Processor Acceleration For Conserving Energy |
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|
PACE |
Property Assessed Clean Energy |
|
|
PACE |
Paper Allied Chemical Energy |
|
|
PACE |
Process Alignment Courage Energy |
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|
PADD |
Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (US) |
|
|
PBR |
performance based rates (electricity) |
|
|
PBR |
Performance-Based Regulation |
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|
PBR |
pebble bed reactor (nuclear) |
|
|
PCB |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
|
|
PCIS |
Primary Containment Isolation System |
|
|
PCIV |
Primary Containment Isolation Valve |
|
|
PCM |
Project Cycle Management |
|
|
PCM |
Photoelectric Cell Module |
|
|
PCS |
Power Conversion System |
|
|
PCS |
Primary Coolant System |
|
|
PCT |
Programmable Communicating Thermostat (electricity) |
|
|
PCU |
Power Condition Unit |
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|
PCU |
Power Conversion Unit |
|
|
PCU |
Power Control Unit |
|
|
PD |
Preliminary Determination |
|
|
PDB |
Power Distribution Box |
|
|
PDC |
Phasor Data Concentrator |
|
|
PDCI |
Pacific Direct Current Intertie (US) (electricity) |
|
|
PDCS |
Power Distribution and Control Subsystem |
|
|
PDCU |
power distribution and control unit |
|
|
PDS |
Power Distribution System (Subsystem) |
|
|
PDU |
Power Drive Unit |
|
|
PE |
Proto Energy |
|
|
PEACE |
Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation |
|
|
PEAK |
Public Energy Art Kit |
|
|
PEAT |
Psycho Energy Auro Technique |
|
|
PEAT |
Primary Energy Activation and Transcendence |
|
|
PEC |
Pacific Energy Center |
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|
PEDA |
Punjab Energy Development Agency |
|
|
PEDA |
Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority |
|
|
PEDAP |
Personal Energy Descent Action Plan |
|
|
PEDAP |
Pacific Energy Development Acceleration Program |
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|
PEM |
Proton Exchange Membrane |
|
|
PEMFC |
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell |
|
|
PENELOPE |
Promoting ENergy Efficiency to Local Organisations through dissemination Partnerships in Europe |
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|
PEP |
Pure Energy Person |
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|
PEP |
Polish Energy Power |
|
|
PERD |
Program of Energy Research and Development |
|
|
PES |
Power and Energy Society |
|
|
PES |
Power and Energy Solutions |
|
|
PES |
The Potential Energy Surface |
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|
PESTD |
Power Energy Society Transmission Distribution |
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|
PG |
power generation |
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|
PG&E |
Pacific Gas & Electric |
|
|
PGA |
Purchased Gas Adjustment |
|
|
PGA |
Power Generating Assembly |
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|
PGD&CS |
power generation, distribution, and control subsystem |
|
|
PGs |
Power Generation System |
|
|
PHA |
Production Handling Agreement |
|
|
PHEW |
Personal Healing Energy Work |
|
|
PHFFU |
Plant Held for Future Use |
|
|
PHP |
Program on Human Performance |
|
|
PIDX |
Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (oil) |
|
|
PIET |
Program for International Energy Technologies |
|
|
PIFUA |
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 |
|
|
PILES |
Portable Impact Labview Energy Sensor |
|
|
PIREP |
Pacific Islands Renewable Energy Project |
|
|
PIU |
Power Interface Unit |
|
|
PL |
Power Level |
|
|
PLC |
Power line communication (electricity) |
|
|
PLEA |
Passive And Low Energy Architecture |
|
|
PLMA |
Peak Load Management Association (US) (electricity) |
|
|
PM |
Particulate Matter |
|
|
PM&E |
Protection, mitigation and enhancement |
|
|
PMA |
Power Marketing Agency |
|
|
PMA |
Power Marketing Administration |
|
|
PMAD |
Power Management And Distribution (system) (of Space Station) |
|
|
PMC |
Plutonia-Molybdenum Cermet |
|
|
PMd |
Power Management and Distribution |
|
|
PMS |
Power Management System |
|
|
PMU |
Phasor measurement unit (electricity) |
|
|
PNNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (DOE) (US) |
|
|
POD |
Point of Delivery |
|
|
POLES |
Prospective on Long Term Energy Systems |
|
|
POLR |
Provider of last resort (electricity) |
|
|
POMEC |
Property Operations Maintenance Energy Consultants |
|
|
POMEC |
Property Operation Maintenance And Energy Costs |
|
|
PORV |
Power-Operated Relief Valve |
|
|
PP |
Power Plant |
|
|
PPA |
Power Purchase Agreement (electricity) |
|
|
PPMV |
Parts Per Million by Volume |
|
|
PPP |
Purchasing Power Parities |
|
|
PPR |
Potential Peak Reduction |
|
|
PRA |
Probabilistic Risk Assessment |
|
|
PREBS |
Progress in Renewable Energy and Biofuels Sustainability |
|
|
PREP |
Pacific Regional Energy Programme |
|
|
PRESSEA |
Promotion of Renewable Energy Sources In South East Asia |
|
|
PRIDE |
Pagans Reveling In Diversified Energy |
|
|
PSA |
Probabilistic Safety Analysis |
|
|
PSC |
Public Service Commission |
|
|
PSCU |
Power Supply Control Unit |
|
|
PSD |
Power Systems Division |
|
|
PSD |
Prevention of Significant Deterioration |
|
|
PSDU |
Power and Signal Distribution Unit |
|
|
PSE |
Puget Sound Energy (US) (electricity) |
|
|
PSF |
Performance Shaping Factor |
|
|
PSG |
Power Subsystem Group |
|
|
PSI |
Power Static Inverter |
|
|
PSIU |
Power and Signal Interface Unit |
|
|
PSM |
Power Storage Module |
|
|
PSU |
power switching unit |
|
|
PT |
Power Transfer |
|
|
PTDF |
Power Transfer Distribution Factor (electricity) |
|
|
PTO |
Power Test Operation |
|
|
PTP |
Point To point Protocol |
|
|
PTP |
Point to Point Transmission Service (electricity) |
|
|
PU |
Power Unit |
|
|
PUC |
Public Utility Commission (electricity) |
|
|
PUD |
Public Utility District (electricity) |
|
|
PUHCA |
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (US) (electricity) |
|
|
PURE |
Power Up Renewable Energy |
|
|
PURPA |
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (US) (electricity) |
|
|
PV |
photovoltaic (solar) |
|
|
PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
|
|
PVC |
Photovoltaic Cell |
|
|
PVTCS |
Photovoltaic Thermal Control System |
|
|
PWEC |
Pan Western Energy Corp. |
|
|
PWEC |
pendulum wave energy converter |
|
|
PWR |
pressurized water reactor (nuclear) |
|
|
PX |
Power Exchange |
|
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Qa |
Center for Quality Assurance in International Education |
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Qe2 |
Quantock Energy & Environment |
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QEC |
Questerre Energy Corporation |
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QET |
Questar Energy Trading |
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QF |
Qualifying Facility |
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QSE |
Qualifying Scheduling Entity |
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R/P |
Reserve on Production |
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RAB |
Regional Advisory Body (US) |
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RAC |
Refiners' acquisition cost |
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RAP |
Regulatory Assistance Project |
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RAR |
Reasonable Assured Resources |
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RAS |
Remedial Action Scheme |
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RATC |
Recallable Available Transmission Capability |
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RBU |
Reaktor-Brennelement-Union |
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RC |
Reliability Coordinator |
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RCES |
Reedy Creek Energy Services |
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RCIC |
Reactor Core Isolation Cooling |
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RCIS |
Reliability Coordinator Information System |
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RCP |
Reactor Coolant Pump |
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RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984) |
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RCS |
Reactor Coolant System |
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RDF |
Combustion of Refuse Derived Fuels |
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REA |
Rural Electrification Administration (US) |
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REACM |
Regional Energy Agency of Central Macedonia |
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REAP |
Rural Energy for America Program |
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REAP |
Resource And Energy Analysis Programme |
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REAT |
Renewable Energy Action Team |
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REC |
Regional Electricity Company |
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REC |
Renewable Energy Corporation |
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REC |
Renewable Energy Certificate |
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RECA |
Responsible Energy Codes Alliance |
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RECA |
Renewable Energy for Central America |
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RECC |
Renewable Energy Case Competition |
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RECO |
Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance |
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REDA |
Resource and Energy Demand Analysis |
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REDI |
Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative |
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REDP |
Rural Energy Development Project |
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REDP |
Renewable Energy Development Programme |
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REDP |
Rural Energy Development Programme |
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REE |
intake/resting energy expenditure |
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REEBA |
Renewable Energy and Efficiency Business Association |
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REED |
The Rural Energy Enterprise Development |
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REEEP |
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership |
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REG |
Renewable Energy Group |
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REGBIE |
Regional Bioenergy Initiatives around Europe |
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REH |
Renewable Energy Holdings Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
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REI |
Ring Energy Inc (American Stock Exchange [AMEX]) |
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REID |
Renewable Energy Industry Development |
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REIL |
Renewable Energy and International Law Project |
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REIN |
Renewable Energy Information Network |
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REIO |
Renewable Energy Information Office |
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REM |
Rapid Energy Motion |
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REMA |
Renewable Energy Markets Association |
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REMIT |
Regulation of Energy Market Integrity and Transparency |
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RENAISSANCE |
Renewable ENergy Acting in SuStainable And Novel Community Enterprises |
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RENEW |
Renewable Energy Network for Environmental Welfare |
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RENEW |
Renewable Energy Net Ecosystem Weimar |
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RER |
Retractable Energy Resistant |
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RER |
Resting Energy Requirement |
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RERC |
Renewable Energy Resource Center |
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RERC |
Renewable Energy Research Center |
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RERC |
Rpages Energy Research Centre |
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RES |
Renewable Energy Source |
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RES |
Renewable Energy Systems |
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RES |
Renewable Energy Sources |
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RESTART |
Renewable Energy Strategies and Technology Applications for Regenerating Towns |
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RESULT |
Renewable Energy Station Utilising Landfill And Technology |
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RET |
Renewable Energy Trust |
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RET |
Renewable Energy Target |
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RET/EE |
Renewable Energy Technology/Energy Efficiency |
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RETC |
Renewable Energy Training Center |
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RETF |
Renewable Energy Task Force |
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RETI |
Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative |
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REUS |
Rational Energy Use & Solutions |
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RF |
Radio Frequency |
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RFA |
Regulatory Flexibility Act (US) |
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RFC |
ReliabilityFirst Corporation (US) (electricity) |
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RFEP |
REQUEST FOR ENERGY PROPOSALS |
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RFG |
reformulated gasoline (oil) |
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RFI |
Request for Interchange |
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RFI |
Risk Factor Increase |
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RHR |
Residual Heat Removal |
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RIOER |
Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources |
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RM |
Rulemaking |
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RMATS |
Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study (US) (electricity) |
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RME |
Resolute Marine Energy |
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RMEE |
Relative Mass Energy Economic |
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RMR |
Reliability Must Run (electricity) |
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RMU |
Removal Units |
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RO |
Reactor Operator |
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ROA |
Return of Assets (finance) |
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ROE |
Return on Energy |
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ROE |
Return of Equity (finance) |
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ROFR |
Right of First Refusal (finance) |
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ROI |
Return on Investment |
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ROIC |
Return on Invested Capital |
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ROSE |
Recycled Oil Saves Energy |
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ROTE |
Related Organized Thought Energy |
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ROW |
Right-Of-Way |
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RPM |
Reliability Pricing Model.(electricity) |
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RPS |
Reactor Protection System |
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RREA |
Richmond Region Energy Alliance |
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RREA |
Rural and Renewable Energy Agency |
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RRED |
Responsible Retailing of Energy Drinks |
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RRO |
Regional reliability organization (US) |
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RSE |
Revenue Stream Estimate (finance) |
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RT |
Radiographic Testing |
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RTEA |
Rio Tinto Energy America |
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RTEP |
Regional Transmission Expansion Plan |
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RTG |
Radioisotope Thermal Generator |
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RTG |
Regional Transmission Group (US) |
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RTO |
Regional transmission organization (US) |
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RTP |
Real-Time Pricing |
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RTU |
Remote Terminal Unit |
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RUDE |
riding upon defaming energy |
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RUS |
Rural Utilities Service |
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RVLIS |
Reactor Vessel Level Indication System |
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RVP |
Reid Vapor Pressure (used For Gasoline Volatility) |
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RWST |
Reactor Water Storage Tank |
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RWT |
REFUELING WATER TANK |
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SACRED |
Sound Aroma Cranial Reiki Energy Dynamics |
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SADPT |
Solar Array Drive and Power Transfer |
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SAPHIRE |
Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluations |
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SAS |
Solar-Array Simulator |
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SAS |
Solar Array System |
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SAT |
Station Auxiliary Transformer |
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SAVE |
Simulation And Analyses Of Virtual Energy |
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SAWIE |
South Asia Women in Energy |
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sbo |
Station Blackout |
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SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition |
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SCAPE |
Screaming Creative And Positive Energy |
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SCARF |
Save Cash and Reduce Fuel |
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SCE |
Southern California Edison Company |
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SCER |
Standing Council on Energy and Resources |
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SCF |
Standard Cubic Foot |
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SCO |
Stranded Cost Obligation (finance) |
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SCR |
Special Case Resources (US- NYISO category) |
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scram |
Safety Critical Reactor Axe Man |
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SCSS |
Sequence Coding and Search System |
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SDG&E |
San Diego Gas & Electric (US) |
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SEA |
Samsø Energy Agency |
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SEAF |
Sustainable Energy Advisory Facility |
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SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission (US) |
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SECA |
State Energy Conversion Alliance |
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SECAB |
Student Energy Conservation And Appraisal Board |
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SECS |
Sensual Energy Of Club Salsa |
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SED |
Sustainable Energy Developments |
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SED |
Spectral Energy Distribution |
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SEDA |
Sustainable Energy Development Authority |
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SEDC |
Smart Energy Demand Coalition |
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sedc |
Solar Energy Development Center |
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SEEA |
Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency |
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SEEC |
Scottish Energy and Environment Conference |
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SEED |
Sustainable Energy Environment and Development |
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SEED |
Sustainable Energy and Economic Development |
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SEEDS |
Society Environment and Energy Development Studies |
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SEEL |
Solutions for Energy Efficient Logistics |
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SEER |
Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio |
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SEF |
Sustainable Energy Fund |
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SEFI |
Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative |
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SEG |
Smart Energy Groups |
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SEGS |
Solar Energy Generating System |
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SEI |
Strategic Energy Innovations |
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SEI |
Solar Energy International |
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SEI |
Sustainable Energy Institute |
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SEIA |
Sustainable Energy Industry Association |
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SEIA |
Solar Energy Industries Association |
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SEL |
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory |
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Sel |
Solar Energy Laboratory |
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SEP |
Superior Energy Performance |
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SEP |
State Energy Program |
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SEP |
Spectra Energy Partners |
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SEP |
Solar Electric Propulsion |
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SER |
School of Energy Resources |
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SERC |
Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (US) |
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SERC |
Solar Energy Research Center |
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SERI |
Smarter Energy Research Institute |
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SERI |
Solar Energy Research Institute |
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SERI |
Scalene Energy Research Institute |
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SERI |
Seri Energy Research Institute |
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SERL |
Sustainable Energy and Resources Law |
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SERR |
Strain Energy Release Rate |
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SESI |
Solar Energy Society of India |
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SESSA |
Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa |
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SET |
Solar Energy Thermionic |
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SET |
Strategic Energy Technology |
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SEZ |
Solar Energy Zone |
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SF6 |
Sulfur Hexafluoride |
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SFC |
Solid oxide fuel cell (transportation) |
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SFEIS |
Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
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SFOE |
Swiss Federal Office of Energy |
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SFV |
Straight-Fixed-Variable |
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SG |
Steam Generator |
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sge |
Super Growth Energy |
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SGR |
State game refuge (US) |
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SGTR |
Steam Generator Tube Rupture |
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SHARES |
The Statewide Heating Assistance And Referral For Energy Services |
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SHARP |
Systematic Human Action Reliability Procedure |
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SHEC |
Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation |
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SHPO |
State Historic Preservation Office (US) |
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SI |
Safety Injection |
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SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (Code) |
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SIER |
Stimulated Isomer Energy Release |
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SIREN |
Southern Indiana Renewable Energy Network |
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SISE |
Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy |
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sle |
San Leon Energy |
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SLIM |
Success Likelihood Index Method |
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SLOCA |
Small Loss-of-coolant Accident |
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SMES |
superconducting magnetic energy storage |
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smp |
Special Marketing Program |
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smps |
Special Marketing Programs |
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SNEC |
Sustainable Nuclear Energy Centre |
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SNG |
Substitute Natural Gas |
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SNG |
Synthetic Natural Gas |
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SNORE |
Support Network on Renewable Energy |
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SNSS |
Senior Nuclear Shift Supervisor |
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SO2 |
Sulfur Dioxide |
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SOARE |
Students Organized to Advance Renewable Energy |
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SOFENA |
Sofia Energy Agency |
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SOL |
System Operating Limit |
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spar |
Standardized Plant Analysis Risk |
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spca |
Secondary Power Control Assembly |
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SPCC |
Spill Prevention, Containment and Countermeasure Plan |
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SPDB |
Subsystem Power Distribution Box |
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SPDS |
Safety Parameter Display System |
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SPIDERS |
Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security |
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SPM |
Synchronized phasor measurement- a WAMS network with synchrophasor sensors (PMUs). (electricity) |
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SPP |
Statewide Pricing Pilot (US-California) |
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SPP |
Small power producer (electricity) |
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SpPow |
Space Power |
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SPR |
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US) |
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SPRMD |
Space Power Resources and Manufacturing Development |
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SPRU |
Standard Power Regulator Unit |
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SPS |
Special Protection System |
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SPS |
Satellite Power System |
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SR |
Speculative resources For example, regarding uranium deposits. (nuclear) |
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SRE |
Smart Renewable Energy |
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SRO |
Senior Reactor Operator |
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SRV |
Safety Relief Valve |
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ss |
System Safety |
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SSCE |
Southern Staffordshire Community Energy |
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SSCEN |
Southeast Student Climate Energy Network |
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SSE |
Southern Solar Energy |
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SSE |
Scottish and Southern Energy |
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SSEB |
Southern State Energy Board |
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SSG WI PWG |
Seams Steering Group of Western Interconnection Planningwork Group |
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SSM |
Synchronized system measurement-a WAMS with synchronous sensors in addition to PMUs. See Phasor networks. |
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ssps |
Solar Satellite Power Station |
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SSRV |
Solar-Sail Race Vehicle |
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STA |
Shift Technical Advisor |
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STEAM |
Save Time, Energy And Money |
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STEEP |
Structural Thermal Energy Efficient Panels |
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STEP |
Southwest Transmission Expansion Plan |
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STEP |
Sustainable Transport Energy Project |
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steps |
Sustainable Technologies for Energy Production Systems |
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STES |
Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage |
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SVC |
Static VAR compensator (electricity) |
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SWAT |
Southwest Area Transmission (US) (electricity) |
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SWEA |
Severn Wye Energy Agency |
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swep |
Solar and Wind Energy Project |
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SWET |
Solar Wind Energy Tower Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board [OTCBB]) |
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SWU |
Separative Work Unit |
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SYSTEM |
Save Your Self Time Energy Money |
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TAEM |
Terminal Area Energy Management |
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TALENT |
Training in Advanced Low Energy Nuclear Theory |
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tave |
Temperature Average |
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TBA |
Tertiary Butyl Alcohol |
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TBL |
Transmission business line (electricity) |
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tbs |
Town border station |
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Tcf |
Trillion cubic feet (measurement) |
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TCR |
Transition Cost Recovery (Mechanism) |
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TDAFW |
Turbine driven auxiliary feedwater |
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TDEE |
Total Daily Energy Expenditure |
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TDU |
Transmission Dependent Utility (electricity) |
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TEA |
Tipperary Energy Agency |
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TEAM |
Time, Energy, And Money |
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TEB |
Town Energy Balance |
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TECS |
Total Energy Control System |
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TED |
The Energy Detective |
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TEDDY |
TERI Energy Data Directory Yearbook |
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TEE |
Total Energy Expenditure |
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teep |
The Energy Experimenting People |
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teep |
Tourism Energy Efficiency Programme |
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TEF |
Time-Energy-Frequency |
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TEFA |
Transitional Energy Facility Assessment |
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TEFRA |
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1985 |
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tega |
Technical, Energy and Government Activities |
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TEGI |
Tractebel Electricity & Gas International |
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TEMA |
Texas Energy Managers Association |
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TEN |
Trans-European Networks (electricity) |
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TEP |
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP (New York Stock Exchange [NYSE]) |
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TERI |
The Energy Research Institute |
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TES |
Thermal Energy System |
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TES |
Tractebel Energy Services |
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tes |
Terasen Energy Services |
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TES |
Thermal Energy Storage |
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TESLA |
TeV-Energy Superconducting Linear Accelerator |
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TFED |
Time Frequency Energy Distribution |
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TGE |
Tawau Green Energy |
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THERP |
Technique For Human Error Rate Prediction |
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THRIVE |
tal Health Rich In Vitality and Energy |
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TIGER |
Technology In Gas Energy Refrigeration |
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TIRE |
Terminal Island Renewable Energy |
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TKE |
turbulence kinetic energy |
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TKE |
Total Kinetic Energy |
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TMS |
Thermal Management Solutions |
|
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TO |
Transmission owner (electricity) |
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TOP |
Transmission Operator (electricity) |
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TOU |
Time of use (rate) (electricity) |
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TPEE |
Theoretical Process Energy Efficiency |
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TRANS |
Transient Aircraft Summary Product |
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trans |
Transient |
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Transco |
Transcontinental Pipeline |
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Transco |
Transmission Company (US) (electricity) |
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treat |
Targeted Retrofit Energy Analysis Tool |
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TrGRC |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
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|
TRM |
Transmission Reliability Margin (electricity) |
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TRSE |
The Realm of Sailor Energy |
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|
TS |
Technical Specification |
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|
TSEC |
The Solar Energy Consortium |
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|
TSO |
Transmission System Operator) (electricity) |
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TTC |
Total Transfer Capability (electricity) |
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TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity) |
|
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TW |
terawatt (one trillion watts) (measurement) |
|
|
twea |
Turkish Wind Energy Association |
|
|
twh |
Terawatthour |
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U.S.C. |
United States Code |
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UAE |
United Arab Emirates |
|
|
UAT |
Unit Auxiliary Transformer |
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|
UCTE |
Union for the Coordination of the Transport of Electricity, the power transmission system of continental Europe |
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|
UEA |
Unified Energy Alliance |
|
|
UEA |
United Energy Associates |
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|
UEC |
United Energy Corporation |
|
|
uec |
Uranium Energy Corporation |
|
|
uec |
Ultimate Energy Cleanse |
|
|
UEF |
Uniform Energy Field |
|
|
uem |
Universal Energy Manager |
|
|
uep |
United Energy Products |
|
|
UES |
Unified Energy System |
|
|
UES |
UniSource Energy Services |
|
|
UF6 |
uranium hexaflouride (nuclear) |
|
|
UFE |
Unaccounted for Energy |
|
|
UFLS |
Under frequency load shedding (electricity) |
|
|
uge |
Urban Green Energy's |
|
|
UGE |
Urban Group Energy |
|
|
UHE |
Ultra High Energy |
|
|
UHVAC |
Ultra High Voltage Alternating Current (electricity) |
|
|
UHVDC |
Ultra High Voltage Direct Current (electricity) |
|
|
UKAEA |
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority |
|
|
UKAEA |
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency |
|
|
ULCC |
Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil) |
|
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UMTRA |
Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (US) |
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UNCCD |
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
|
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UNDESA |
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
|
|
UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
|
|
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
|
|
UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
|
|
UO2 |
uranium dioxide (nuclear) |
|
|
UO3 |
uranium trioxide (nuclear) |
|
|
UO4 |
uranyl peroxide (nuclear) |
|
|
UOX |
uranium oxide (nuclear) |
|
|
UPS |
Uninterruptible Power Supply |
|
|
UREZ |
Utah Renewable Energy Zone |
|
|
urr |
Ultimate Recoverable Resources |
|
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US DOE |
United States Department of Energy |
|
|
USBR |
United States Bureau of Reclamation (USDI) |
|
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USCE |
United States Army Corporation of Engineers |
|
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USGS |
United States Geological Survey (DOI) |
|
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ust |
Unit Service Transformer |
|
|
UT |
Ultrasonic Testing |
|
|
UVLS |
Under voltage load shedding (electricity) |
|
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V |
Volt (measurement) |
|
|
VA |
Volt-ampere (measurement) |
|
|
var |
Volt-ampere reactive (measurement) |
|
|
VAWT |
vertical axis wind turbine (wind) |
|
|
VEC |
Volunteer Energy Cooperative |
|
|
VEPT |
Virginia Energy Patterns and Trends |
|
|
VES |
Vision Energy and Structure |
|
|
VIBE |
Visionary Individual Behind Energy |
|
|
VICTER |
Vertically Integrated Center for Transformative Energy Research |
|
|
VIN |
vehicle identification number (US) (transportation) |
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