| BERR | Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
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| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage
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| CERT | Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
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| CHP | Combined Heat and Power
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| CO2 | Carbon dioxide
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| ECU | European Currency Unit
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| EDF | Électricité de France
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| ETI | Energy Technologies Institute
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| ETS | Emissions Trading Scheme
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| EU | European Union |
| EWI | Energiewirtschaftliches Institut (Institute of Energy Economics), University of Cologne
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| GW | Gigawatt |
| GWh | Gigawatt Hour |
| IEA | International Energy Agency
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| IET | Institution of Engineering and Technology
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| IPC | Infrastructure Planning Commission
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| kg | Kilogram |
| kW | Kilowatt |
| kWh | Kilowatt hour |
| MMO | Marine Management Organisation
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| MW | Megawatt |
| Ofgem | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
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| p/kWh | Pence per kilowatt hour
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| R&D | Research and Development
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| R, D&D | Research, Development and Demonstration
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| RO | Renewables Obligation |
| ROCs | Renewables Obligation Certificates
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| SKM | Sinclair Knight Merz |
| SSE | Scottish and Southern Energy
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| UKERC | UK Energy Research Centre
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