Glossary
Glossary A-Z
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W
Age Concern
UK charity catering for the needs of older people
ATB
Ash treatment basin
AVL
Automatic Vehicle Location
Real-time vehicle tracking system, which uses a Geographical Positioning System (GPS) to locate the exact position of a vehicle and depicts it in digitised maps. AVL is used by East Midlands Electricity (UK)
BAPEDAL
Indonesia Environmental Impact Management Agency
BAP
Biodiversity Action Plan
BCF
Billion cubic feet
Biodiversity
The entire variety of life on Earth, from mammals to micro-organisms, such as bacteria and viruses
BITC
Business in the Community (UK)
Black Achievers
A Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) programme that helps young African Americans to develop a 'positive sense of self' and to set high education and career goals (US)
Brt
Below the reporting threshold
Btu
British thermal unit
Cancer Research UK
UK charity, voted Powergen charity of the year for 2002
CCBP
Coal combustion by-products
CCGT
Combined cycle gas turbine
CDC
Cottam Development Centre (UK)
CEM
Continuous emission monitor
CH4
Methane, a major constituent of natural gas as well as a greenhouse gas
CHP
Combined Heat and Power (sometimes also called co-generation)
CO2
Carbon dioxide
CO
Carbon monoxide
COE
US Army Corps of Engineers
DEFRA
UK Government Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Desulphurisation
Process of removing sulphur from hydrocarbons
DTI
UK Government Department of Trade and Industry
DTLR
Previous UK Government Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. Now the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
Duty of Care
A duty to prevent the escape of waste (under Section 6 of the UK Environmental Protection Act 1990) placed on persons holding (i.e. importing, treating or disposing) controlled waste in a commercial capacity. Persons to whom the waste is transferred must be authorised and the consignment accompanied by proper documentation
EA
Environment Agency for England and Wales
EAQA
Electricity Association Quality Assurance Ltd. (UK)
Now AFQ-EAQA Ltd.
Powergen's third-party ISO 14001 certification body
EAZ
Education Action Zone (UK)
EC
European Commission
EEAC
Energy Efficiency Advisory Centre (UK)
EEC
Energy Efficiency Commitment
UK Government programme which commences in 2002 and runs until 2005. It replaces EESoP (Energy Efficiency Standards of Performance) (UK)
EEI
Edison Electric Institute (US)
EEIBA
Electrical and Electronics Industries Benevolent Association (UK)
EESoP
Energy Efficiency Standards of Performance (UK)
EMF
Electric and magnetic field or electro-magnetic field
EMS
Environmental management system
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency. US environmental regulator
ESBI
Electricity Supply Board of Ireland
ESP
Electrostatic precipitator
EU
European Union
EW
European Works Council
FERC
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (US)
FGD
Flue gas desulphurisation
FPA
Federal Power Authority (US)
GHG
Greenhouse gas
GIS
Geographical information system
GPS
Global positioning system
GRC
Generator registered capacity (UK)
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative
GWh
Gigawatt hour - the production or consumption of a thousand million watts for one hour
Ha
Hectare
HCl
Hydrogen chloride, hydrochloric acid
HECA
Home Energy Conservation Act (UK)
HF
Hydrogen fluoride, hydrofluoric acid
HFO
Heavy fuel oil (also called residual fuel oil, RFO)
HR
Human Resources
ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
IDP
Individual development plan
IFR
Injury Frequency Rate
IPC
Integrated Pollution Control (UK)
ISO 14001
The International Standards Organisation’s environmental management standard
JEP
Joint Environmental Programme (UK)
KDFWR
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (US)
KPDES
Kentucky Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (US)
kt/kte
Kilotonnes (one thousand tonnes)
kV
Kilovolt (one thousand volts)
kW
Kilowatt (one thousand watts)
kWe
Kilowatts of electrical capacity
kWh
Kilowatt hour - the production or consumption of a thousand watts for one hour
LCC
LG&E Capital Corporation
LEC
Levy exemption certificate (UK)
LEM
LG&E Marketing Inc.
Louisville Urban League
Charity that helps minorities and other disadvantaged people in Louisville (US)
LPI
LG&E Power Inc.
LPS
LG&E Power Services
LRTAP
Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
Minority Expo
Annual event held in Louisville, principally for the African American community (US)
MISO
Midwest Independent Systems Operations (US)
Mm3
Million cubic metres
Mtce
Million tonnes of coal equivalent - used in comparing different fuels. One Mtce of any other fuel gives the same heat when burnt as a million tonnes of coal
MW
Megawatt (one million watts)
MWe
Megawatts of electrical capacity
MWth
Megawatts of thermal capacity
MWh
Megawatt hour - the production or consumption of one million watts for one hour
NAAQS
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (UK)
NETA
New Electricity Trading Arrangements (UK)
NHER
National Home Energy Rating (UK)
NO
Nitric oxide
NO2
Nitrogen dioxide
NOx
Oxides of nitrogen
NRF
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (UK)
NSC
National Safety Council (US)
NSPCC
National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (UK)
NTS
National transmission system for gas (UK)
OCGT
Open cycle gas turbine
Ofgem
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (UK)
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (US)
PAH
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PDP
Personal development plan
PEP
Performance excellence process
PFA
Pulverised fuel ash
PIR sensor
Passive infrared sensor
PM10
Particles with a diameter less than ten micrometers (ten microns)
Ramsar Convention
International convention on wetlands of international importance
Rfo
Reclaimed fuel oil
ROC
Renewable Obligation Certificate (UK)
RIDDOR
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations 1995 (UK)
RIIR
Recordable Incident and Injury Rate
RoSPA
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (UK)
RSNC
Royal Society for Nature Conservation (UK)
SAP
Standard Assessment Procedure (UK)
SCR
Selective catalytic reduction
SF6
Sulphur hexafluoride
SME
Small or medium sized enterprise
SO2
Sulphur dioxide
SO3
Sulphur trioxide
SPA
Special Protection Area (UK)
SPCC
Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (US)
SRB
Single Regeneration Budget (UK)
SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
TRIR
Total Recordable Injury Rate
TWh
Terawatt hour - the production or consumption of a million million watts for one hour.
UNECE
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change (Climate Change Treaty)
WBCSD
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
