CHP Combined Heat and Power
CSP Concentrated Solar Power
EEA European Environment Agency
EED Energy Efficiency Directive
EJ Exajoule (one quintillion joules)
ENTSO-E European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity
EPBD Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
ETC/ACM European Topic Centre for Air Pollution and Climate Change Mitigation
ETS Emissions Trading System
EPC European Pellet Council
EU European Union
EU-28 Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GFEC Gross Final Energy Consumption
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GIEC Gross Inland Energy Consumption
GW Gigawatt
GWe Gigawatt electrical (referring to capacity)
IBTC International Biomass Torrefaction Council
IEA International Energy Agency
ILUC Indirect Land Use Change
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
ktoe Kilotonnes of oil equivalent
kWe Kilowatt electrical (capacity)
LULUCF Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
Mt Million tonnes (megatonnes)
MtCO2 Million tonnes of carbon dioxide
Mtoe Million tonnes of oil equivalent
MW Megawatt
NREAP National Renewable Energy Action Plan
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PV Solar photovoltaic energy
RED Renewable Energy Directive
RED II Renewable Energy Directive revised (expected to be officially adopted by the end of 2018)
RES Renewable Energy Sources
RES-E Renewable Electricity
RES-H&C Renewable Heating and Cooling
RES-T Renewable Energy consumed in Transport
RES Waste The biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste
SBP Sustainable Biomass Program
SET Strategic Energy Technology (plan)
SHARES Short Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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