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eferences,glossaryandabbreviations<br />

• AC Alternating Current<br />

• ACER Agency for Coordination of <strong>Energy</strong> Regulation<br />

• CAES Compressed Air <strong>Energy</strong> Storage<br />

• CHP Combined Heat and Power<br />

• DFIG Doubly Fed Induction Generator<br />

• DG Distributed Generation<br />

• DSM Demand Side Management<br />

• DSO Distribution System Operator<br />

• EEX <strong>Europe</strong>an <strong>Energy</strong> Exchange<br />

• EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone (offshore)<br />

• ENTSO-E <strong>Europe</strong>an Network for Transmission System<br />

Operators for Electricity<br />

• ERGEG <strong>Europe</strong>an Regulators for <strong>Energy</strong> and Gas<br />

• EU <strong>Europe</strong>an Union<br />

• EUA <strong>Europe</strong>an Union Allowances<br />

• EU ETS <strong>Europe</strong>an Emission Trading Scheme<br />

• EUR Euro<br />

• EWIS <strong>Europe</strong>an <strong>Wind</strong> Integration Study<br />

• FACT Flexible AC Transmission System Device<br />

• FRT Fault Ride Through<br />

• GGCF Generic Grid Code Format<br />

• GHG Greenhouse Gases<br />

• GW Gigawatt<br />

• GWh Gigawatt hour<br />

• HVAC High voltage AC<br />

• HVDC High voltage DC<br />

• HVDC CSC High voltage DC with Current Source<br />

Converters<br />

• HVDC LCC High voltage DC with Line Commutated<br />

Converters<br />

• HVDC VSC High voltage DC with Voltage Source<br />

Converters<br />

• ICT information and communication technology<br />

• IEC International Electrotechnical Committee<br />

• IGBT Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor<br />

• ISO Independent System Operator<br />

• IPP Independent Power Producer<br />

• KWh Kilo Watt Hour<br />

• LCC Line Commutated Converter<br />

• MIBEL Mercado Ibérico de Electricidade (Iberian<br />

Electricity Market)<br />

• MOE Merit Order Effect<br />

• MVAR Mega Volt Ampere Reactive<br />

• MW Megawatt<br />

• MWh Megawatt hour<br />

• RE Renewable <strong>Energy</strong><br />

• RES Renewable <strong>Energy</strong> Sources<br />

• NRMSE Normalised Root Mean Square Error<br />

• NTC Net Transfer Capacity<br />

• NWP Numerical Weather Prediction<br />

• OTC Over-The-Counter Markets<br />

• PAC Pumped Hydro Accumulation Storage<br />

• PMSG Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator<br />

• RMSE Root Mean Square Error<br />

• SAF System Adequacy Forecast<br />

• SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition<br />

• SCIG Squirrel Cage Induction Generator<br />

• SVC Static Var Compensator<br />

• TEN-E Trans-<strong>Europe</strong>an Networks <strong>Energy</strong><br />

• TSO Transmission System Operator<br />

• TW Terawatt<br />

• TWh Terawatt hour<br />

• TYNDP Ten Year Network Development Plan<br />

• UCTE (previous) Union for the Coordination of<br />

Transmission of Electricity (presently dissolved into<br />

ENTSO-E)<br />

• VPP Virtual Power Plant<br />

• VSC Voltage Source Converter<br />

• WAMS Wide Area Monitoring System<br />

• WEPP <strong>Wind</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> Power Plant<br />

• WRIG Wound Rotor Induction Generator<br />

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