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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS<br />

BIPV<br />

BNEF<br />

BOS<br />

BRICS<br />

CDM<br />

CHP<br />

CO 2<br />

CPV<br />

CSP<br />

DSM<br />

ECOWAS<br />

ECREEE<br />

Building-integrated solar photovoltaics<br />

Bloomberg New Energy Finance<br />

Balance of system<br />

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa<br />

Clean Development Mechanism<br />

Combined heat and power<br />

Carbon dioxide<br />

Concentrating solar photovoltaic<br />

Concentrating solar (thermal) power<br />

Demand-side management<br />

Economic Community of West African States<br />

Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency<br />

EEG German Renewable Energy Sources Act –<br />

“Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz“<br />

EMEC European Marine Energy Centre<br />

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br />

ESCO Energy service company<br />

EU European Union (specifically the EU-27)<br />

EV Electric vehicle<br />

FIT Feed-in tariff<br />

FUNAE Mozambican Energy Fund – “Fundo de Energia“<br />

GACC Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves<br />

GEF Global Environment Facility<br />

GFR Global Futures Report<br />

GHG Greenhouse gas<br />

GHP Ground-source heat pump<br />

GSR Renewables Global Status Report<br />

GW/GWh Gigawatt/gigawatt-hour<br />

GW th Gigawatt-thermal<br />

IEA<br />

IFC<br />

IPCC<br />

IRENA<br />

kW/kWh<br />

LED<br />

LCOE<br />

m 2<br />

MENA<br />

MFI<br />

MSW<br />

mtoe<br />

MW/MWh<br />

MW th<br />

NGO<br />

NREAP<br />

OECD<br />

PPP<br />

PTC<br />

PV<br />

RPS<br />

SHS<br />

SPS<br />

SWH<br />

TW/TWh<br />

UNIDO<br />

Wp<br />

WTO<br />

International Energy Agency<br />

International Finance Corporation<br />

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<br />

International Renewable Energy Agency<br />

Kilowatt/kilowatt-hour<br />

Light-emitting diode<br />

Levelised Cost of Energy<br />

Square metre<br />

Middle East and North Africa<br />

Microfinance institution<br />

Municipal solid waste<br />

Million tonnes of oil equivalent<br />

Megawatt/megawatt-hour<br />

Megawatt-thermal<br />

Non-governmental organisation<br />

National Renewable Energy Action Plan<br />

Organisation for Economic Co-operation<br />

and Development<br />

Public-private partnership<br />

Production Tax Credit<br />

Photovoltaics<br />

Renewable portfolio standard<br />

Solar home system (PV)<br />

Solar pico system (PV)<br />

Solar water heater/heating<br />

Terawatt/terawatt-hour<br />

United Nations Industrial Development Organization<br />

Watt-peak (nominal power)<br />

World Trade Organization<br />

PHOTO CREDITS<br />

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Europe at night. World map and cloud textures<br />

courtesy of NASA. istockphoto<br />

CSP plant. Courtesy of BrightSource Energy<br />

CSP plant. © Geoeye / SPL / Cosmos<br />

Cornfields in Kansas, United States. Courtesy of NASA<br />

Advanced gasifier heat and power plant.<br />

Courtesy of Ralph Sims<br />

Palinpinon Geothermal Production Field.<br />

© Energy Development Corporation<br />

Hydropower dam. Shutterstock<br />

Alstom’s 1MW tidal stream device at EMEC site,<br />

Orkney, Scotland. © Alstom<br />

Rooftop solar PV. Courtesy of Emergent Energy<br />

Solar PV system, Shutterstock<br />

CSP Plant. Courtesy of Dii<br />

Offshore wind turbines. Courtesy of Vestas Wind Systems A/S<br />

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Wind turbines. Courtesy of NASA<br />

Solar PV Plant. Courtesy of SMA Solar Technology AG<br />

Wind turbines. Courtesy of Vestas Wind Systems A/S<br />

Rapeseed fields with electrical pylons. fotoalia<br />

Solar PV plant. © Geoeye / SPL / Cosmos<br />

Pylon and power lines. Shutterstock<br />

Electric vehicle at charging point.<br />

Courtesy of Fraunhofer IFF<br />

Copenhagen, Denmark. fotoVoyager, istockphoto<br />

Rooftop solar water heaters. istockphoto<br />

Solar district heating system. Courtesy of Ramboll<br />

One of the three atolls of Tokelau. Courtesy of NASA<br />

Off-grid solar PV. Courtesy of Sandra Chavez<br />

Improved cookstove. Courtesy of Sandra Chavez<br />

Hydropower reservoir. Courtesy of NASA<br />

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COPYRIGHT & IMPRINT<br />

Renewable Energy Policy Network<br />

for the 21st Century<br />

<strong>REN21</strong> Secretariat<br />

c/o UNEP<br />

15 rue de Milan<br />

75441 Paris, France<br />

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