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Index
of Terms
Electricity
- AC
- Alternating
Current
- DC
- Direct
Current
- EMF
- Electromagnetic
Field
- HVAC
- High Voltage Alternating Current
- Minimum
load capacity:
- HVDC
- High Voltage Direct Current
- Minimum
load capacity:
- HVAC-light
- High
Voltage Alternating Current - light
- Minimum
load capacity:
- International
Connection
- High
voltage electricity transmission conection between
two countries.
- Minimum
load capacity:
- Links
to other Electricity Glossaries
Simple electricty terms (©Atlantic Europe
Publishing 1999):
http://www.curriculumvisions.com/electricity/electricityGlossary.html
- Glossary
of Electricity Terms from the EIA (Energy Information
Administration):
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epav1/glossary.html
Units
of Measure
- Watt
- The
basic unit of electric power, expressing the rate
at which electric energy is being expended. Power
in watts equals the current in amperes times the
voltage in volts.
- Abbreviation:
W
- MW
- Megawatt
(1,000,000 watts)
- GW
- Gigawatt
(1,000,000,000 watts)
- KWh
- Kilowatt
hour. 1000 watts applied for one hour or 1 watt
applied for 1000 hours (1000 watt-hours) The watt-hour
is a basic unit of work (power applied over a
period of time).
- TWh
- Terawatt
hour (1,000,000,000,000 watt-hours)
- USD
- United
States Dollar (currency of the USA)
GENI
R.
Buckminster Fuller
- Dymaxion
- "dy"
(dynamic) +
- "max"
(maximum) +
- "ion" (tension) (see Dymaxion
Map)
General
- ABB
- Asea Brown Boveri
- ADFD
- Abu Dhabi Fund for Development
- AED
- Acedemy for Educational Development
- AFCEA
- Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association
- Afreximbank
- African Export-Import Bank
- AFDB
- African Development Bank
- AID
- Agency for International Development
- APCTT
- Asian and Pacific Center for Transfer of Technology
- APDF
- African Project Development Facility
- APEC
- Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation,
APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASME
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASTD
- American Society for Training and Development
- ATAS
- Advanced Technology Assessment System
- BADEA
- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
- BASc
- Bachelor of Applied Science
- BBC
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- B.
Med. Sci.
- Bachelor of Medical Science
- BOAD
- African Western Bank of Development
- BPA
- Bonneville Power Administration
- BS
- Bachelor of Science
- CABEI
- Central American Bank for Economic Integration
- CARICOM
- Caribbean Community
- CCIM
- Certified Commercial Investment Member
- CDB
- Caribbean Development Bank
- CEDPA
- Centre for Development and Population Activities
- CEPSI
- Electricity Conference of East Asia and the
Western Pacific
- CFC
- chlorofluorocarbon
- CIDA
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CIER
- Commission for Integration of Electricity
- CIGRE
- Conseil International des Grands Réseaux
Électriques (French: International Council
for Large Electric Systems; founded in 1921)
- International Conference on Large High Voltage
Electric Systems
- CIS
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- CNN
- Cable News Network
- CO2
- Carbon Dioxide
- COMECON
- Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- COMESA
- Common Market For Eastern And Southern Africa
- DARPA
- (United States) Defense Advanced Research Procurement
Agency
- DOE
- United States Department of Energy
- EBRD
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- ECO
- Economic Cooperation Organization
- ECOWAS
- The Economic Community Of West African States
- EIA
- Energy Information Agency
- EPRI
- (United States) Electric Power Research Institute
- EPS
- Electric Power Systems
- ERCOT
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.
- ESCWA
- United Nations Economic and Social Commssion
for Western Asia
- EU
- European Union
- FERC
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FRCC
- Florida Reliability Coordinating Council
- GNP
- Geographic Number Portability
- Gross National Product (economics)
- GRID
- Global Resource Information Database
- IAIGC
- Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation
- IDC
- International Development Conference
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
- IEEE/PES
- Institute
of Electronic and Electrical Engineers Power Engineering
Society
- IFC
- International Finance Corporation
- IIASA
- IInternational Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis
- IMR
- Infant Mortality Rate
- IRS
- Internal Revenue Service (United States tax
collection agency)
- IPCC
- Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change
- IPCC(IEEE)
- International Professional Communication Conference
(IEEE)
- ISES
- International Solar Energy Society
- JIIA
- The Japan Institute of International Affairs
- MB
- Master of Business
- MBA
- Master of Business Administration
- MITI
- Ministry of International Trade and Industry
- MRO
- Midwest Reliability Organization
- NASA
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
(USA)
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NBA
- Niger Basin Authority
- NERC
- North American Electric Reliability Council.
(See also the Regional Reliability Councils: WECC,
MRO, SPP,
ERCOT, NPCC,
RFC, SERC,
FRCC.)
- NGO
- Non-Governmental Organization
- NPCC
- Northeast Power Coordinating Council
- NSIA
- National Security Industrial Association
- NSPI
- National Society of Performance and Instruction
- OAS
- Organization of American States
- OAU
- Organization of African Unity
- OECD
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OLADE
- Energy Division and the Latin American Energy
Organization
- OPEC
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- PAHO
- Pan American Health Organization
- Ph.D.
- Doctor of Philosophy
- PLO
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- PSA
- Public Service Advertisement
- RIIA
- Royal Institute for International Affairs
- RFC
- ReliabilityFirst Corporation. (This
is the successor organization to three former
NERC regional reliability
councils: the Mid-Atlantic Area Council, the East
Central Area Coordination Agreement, and the Mid-American
Interconnected Network.)
- SAARC
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- SERC
- Southeastern Electric Reliability Council
- SID
- Society for International Development
- SCS
- Society for Computer Simulation
- SOWF
- State of the World Forum
- SPC
- Secretariat of the Pacific Community
- SPP
- Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
- SWF
- State of the World Forum
- TDP
- Trade and Development Program
- TV
- Television
- UCPTE
- Union for the Co-ordination of Production and
Transmission of Electricity
- UK
- United Kingdom
- UN
- United Nations
- UNCPD
- United Nations Conference on Population and
Development
- UNDP
- United Nations Development Program
- UNEP
- United Nations Environmental Program
- UNESCO
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (since 1945; Paris, France)
- UNSC
- United Nations Special Commission
- USSR
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (see CIS)
- WBCSD
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- WEC
- World Energy Congress
- WECC
- Western Electricity Coordinating Council
- Y2K
- Year 2000
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