Abbreviations and acronyms

AC	alternating current
BAU	business as usual
BOS	balance of system
CdTe	cadmium telluride
CENAL	Executive Secretariat of the National Alcohol Commission
CIS	copper iridium diselenide
CO2	carbon dioxide
DC	direct current
DM	deutsche made
DOE	Department of Energy
EC	European Community
ECU	European Currency Unit
EPRI TAG	Electric Power Research Institute Technical Assessment Guide
ESMAP	Energy Sector Management Assistance electron volts Programme eV
GaAs	gallium arsenide
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GJ	gigajoules or 1,000,000,000 joules
GWh	gigawatt-hour (1,000,000 kilowatt-hours)
ha	hectare (= 0.01 square kilometers)
kW/m2	kilowatts per square meter kWh kilowatt-hours
kWp	peak kilowatt
MilBtu	million British Thermal Units
MW	megawatt
MWp	peak megawatt
NOx	oxides of nitrogen
O&M	operating and maintenance
ORNL	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PEICCE	Proyecto Energético Istmo Centroamericano
PURPA	Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act
PV	photovoltaic
R&D	research and development
R. D & D	research, development and demonstration
Rs.	rupees
SERI	Solar Electric Research Institute
SRWC	short rotation woody crop sun unit used cell, defined as the solar radiation incident on the cell divided to describe the intensity of illumination on a PV by the solar radiation that would be incident on the cell under" one standard sun" (i.e., under sunlight with a total intensity of 1 kW/m2 and a standard spectrum).
TCD	tons cane per day
TOE	ton of oil equivalent ton 1,000 kilograms
U.S.	United States
Wp	peak watts