Energy Transition in Africa

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Energy Transition in Africa xv Abbreviations and Acronyms AC alternating current ACAD African Carbon Asset Development ADF African Development Fund AEB Atomic Energy Board (South Africa) AEC Atomic Energy Corporation (South Africa) AfDB African Development Bank ANC African National Congress Armscor Armaments Corporation of South Africa AU African Union AUC African Union Commission AVLIS atomic vapour laser isotope separation b/d barrels per day bcm billion cubic metres BP British Petroleum Btu British thermal unit CANDU Canada Deuterium Uranium CAPP Central African Power Pool CAR Central African Republic CDER Centre for the Development of Renewable Energy (Morocco) CDM Clean Development Mechanism CER certified emission reduction CHET Centre for Higher Education Transformation CIA Central Intelligence Agency CO2 carbon dioxide COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CRSES Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies (South Africa) CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa) CSP concentrated solar power DC direct current DNA deoxyribonucleic acid DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo xvi Energy Transition in Africa Abbreviations and Acronyms DST Department of Science and Technology (South Africa) DTI Department of Trade and Industry (South Africa) EAPP East African Power Pool ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EIA Environmental Impact Assessment ESEMAP Energy Sector Management Assistant Program Eskom Electricity Supply Commission (South Africa) EU European Union FANR Food, Agriculture and National Resource Directorate FDI foreign direct investment FRELIMO Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique) ft3 cubic foot FTS Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis GDP gross domestic product GHG greenhouse gas GW gigawatt HEU highly enriched uranium HPS hydropower station HRD human resource development HVDC high voltage direct current IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICA Infrastructure Consortium for Africa IEA International Energy Agency IFI international finance institution IISD International Institute for Sustainable Development IMC Industrial Modernisation Centre (Egypt) IMF International Monetary Fund IP intellectual property ISES International Solar Energy Society KARADEA Karagwe Development Association KSTF Karagwe Development Association Solar Training Facility kV kilovolt kWh kilowatt hour kWp kilowatt-peak LEU lowly enriched uranium LVRT Low Voltage Ride Thru MDG millennium development goal MED-EMP Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market Integration Project Energy Transition in Africa Thokozani Simelane and Mohamed Abdel-Rahman xvii MeV million electron volts MLIS molecular laser isotope separation MPLA Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola – Partido do Trabalho (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party) Mt megatonne Mtoe million tonnes of oil equivalent MW megawatt NARUC National Association Regulatory Utility Commissioners Necsa South African Nuclear Energy Corporation NG natural gas NGL natural gas liquids NGO non-governmental organisation NP National Party NPT Nuclear Proliferation Treaty NREA New and Renewable Energy Authority (Egypt) NSTF National Science and Technology Forum (South Africa) O&M operations and maintenance OAU Organization of African Unity OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OMVG Gambia River Basin Development Organisation OMVS Senegal River Development Organization OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PBMR Pebble Bed Modular Reactor PHES pumped hydro energy storage PLO Palestinian Liberation Organization PNE peaceful nuclear explosives PPA power purchase agreement PV photovoltaic PWS pumped water storage R&D research and development RCECS river current energy conversion systems Rd&d research, development and demonstration RENAMO Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance) RET renewable energy technology RIIC Rural Industries Innovation Centre ROR rate of return SADC Southern African Development Community SADF South African Defence Force xviii Energy Transition in Africa Abbreviations and Acronyms SAPP Southern African Power Pool SCE Supreme Council of Energy (Egypt) SELF Solar Electric Light Fund SHP small hydropower system SME small and medium enterprise SSA sub-Saharan Africa T&D transmission and distribution TEPCO Tokyo Electric Power Company TNT trinitrotoluene TPES total primary energy supply TRIGA Training, Research and Isotope production and built by General Atomic TWh terawatt hour UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNEP FI United Nations Environmental Programme Finance Initiative UNITA União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) USAID United States Agency for International Development USEIA United States Energy Information Administration USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics VCUS Vestas Converter Unity System WAPP West African Power Pool WEC World Energy Council WETC Wind Energy Technology Centre (Egypt) ...