Powering Europe - European Wind Energy Association
Powering Europe - European Wind Energy Association
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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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