List of Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Full name (translation or additional information) |
| BAPV | Building Added Photovoltaics (modules attached to existing buildings) |
| BIPV | Building Integrated Photovoltaics (modules as integral part of buildings) |
| BSW-Solar | Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (German Solar Economy Association) |
| BMU | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety) |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer (Head of management board of a company) |
| CCGT | Combined Cycle Gas Turbine |
| CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage (also called CSS = carbon sequestration and storage) |
| CHP | Combined Heat & Power |
| DEEM | Direct Energy Equivalent Method |
| DSO | Distribution System Operator (Medium and low Voltage) |
| EEC | Energie Einspeise Gesetz (Renewable Energy Sources Act, FiT in Germany) |
| EPIA | European Photovoltaic Industry Association |
| EREC | European Renewable Energy Council (umbrella organization of all major European renewable technology associations) |
| FiT | Feed-in Tariff |
| GHG | Green House Gases (CO2, CH4, water vapor etc.) |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IPCC | International Panel on Climate Change |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PE | Primary Energy (Energy embodied in natural resources) |
| PV | Photo Voltaic |
| P2G | Power to Gas ((renewable) electricity → Hydrogen by electrolysis + CO2 → CH4) |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RE(S) | Renewable Energy (systems) ... |
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