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ABBREVIATIONS

a-Si Amorphous Silicon
AFASE Association for Applied Solar Energy
ANZSES Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
ARE Alliance for Rural Electrification
ASES American Solar Energy Society
ASU Arizona State University
BC Before Christ
BCA Building Code of Australia
BIPV Building Integrated Photovoltaics
BPSI BP Solar International
CdS Cadmium Sulfide
CNES National Centre for Space Studies
CIS Copper, Indium and Selenium
CO Carbon Dioxide
2
CRE Council for Renewable Energy
CSP Concentrating Solar Power
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
d.c Direct Current
DOE Department of Energy
ECD Energy Conversion Devices
EEG Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz
EFG Edge-defined Film-fed Growth
ENE Energies Nouvelles et Environnement
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPIA European PV Industry Association
ESMAP The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
EU The European Union
EWEA European Wind Energy Association
FIT Feed-In Tariff
FSEC The Florida Solar Energy Center
FSP Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific
GEF Global Environment Fund
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GOGLA Global Off Grid Lighting Association
GTZ German Technical Cooperation Agency
GTZ Global Tracking Framework
GW Giga Watt
GW Giga Watts Thermal
th
HQ Head Quarters
IASEE International Association for Solar Energy Education
IEA International Energy Agency
IEA-PVPS International Energy Agency - Photovoltaic Power Systems
IEC Institute of Energy Conversion
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFC International Finance Corporation
IPCC International Panel on Climate Change
IPE The Institute of Physical Electronics
IPMVP International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency
ISCI International Solar Cities Initiative
ISES International Solar Energy Society
ISREE International Symposium on Renewable Energy Education
km/h Kilometre Per Hour

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