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AC Alternating current
ACM Autoriteit Consument & Markt
AFC Alkaline Fuel Cell
ANU Australian National University
AVERE European Association for Battery, Hybrid and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles
AVI Afvalverbrandingsinstallatie
BEV Battery Electric Vehicle
BIPV Building Integrated PV
BOS Balance of system
BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
BTU British Thermal Unit
C2H5OH Ethanol
CAES Compressed air energy storage
CaFCP California Fuel Cell Partnership
CAH2Net California Hydrogen Highway Network
CARB California Air Resources Board
CBS Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek
CCGT Combined Cycle Gas Turbine
CCS CO2 capture and storage
CdS Cadmiumsulfide
CdTe Cadmium Telluride
CEC California Energy Commission
CEP Clean Energy Partnership
CESA Central Electrosolar de Almería
CF Capacity Factor
CH3OH Methanol
CHAdeMO Charge de Move
CHIC Clean Hydrogen in European Cities project
CIEMAT Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
CIGS Copper indium gallium (di)selenide
CLFR Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
CO Koolmonoxide
CO2 Kooldioxide
COP Coefficient of performance
CoZnAl Kobalt zink aluminium
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSP Concentrated (ook: Concentrating) Solar Power
dB Decibel
DC Direct Current
DEFC Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell
Dii Desertec Industrial Initiative
DLR Duitse Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium
DME Dimethylether
DMFC Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
DNI Direct Normal Irradiation
DoD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOT Department of Transportation
DTU Technical University of Denmark
DWV Deutsche Wasserstoff-Verband
EAA Electric Auto Association
ECN Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland
ECTOS Ecological City TranspOrt System
EdF Electricité de France
EERE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EHA European Hydrogen Association
ENEA Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l’Energia e l’Ambiente
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ERDA Energy Research and Development Administration
ESTIA European Solar Thermal Industry Association
ETHZ Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
EU Europese Unie
EUCAR European Council for Automotive Research and Development
EU-MENA Europe-Middle East and North Africa
Euro NCAP European New Car Assessment Programme
EV Electric Vehicle
FC Fuel Cell
FCEV Fuel Cell Electric Car
FCHV Fuel Cell Hybride Vehicle
FCTec Fuel Cell Test and Evaluation Center
FCV Fuel Cell Vehicle
FCVAA Fuel Cell Vehicle Alliance of Australia
Fe-Ti IJzer-titaan
FEVER Fuel cell Electric Vehicle of Extended Range
FFV Flexi-fuel Vehicle
FIT Feed-in-tariff
FPL Florida Power and Light
FreedomCAR Freedom Cooperative Automotive Research
FT Fischer-Tropsch
GEF Global Environmental Facility
GENI Global Energy Network Institute
GEZEN Grootschalige Exploitatie van Zonne-Energie
GHG Green house gas
GM General Motors
GREET Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy use in Transportation
GTL Gas to liquid
GW Gigawatt
GWh Gigawattuur
H2 Waterstof
H2EA Hydrogen Early Adaptors
H2FC Hydrogen fuel cell vehicle
HAN Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
HEV Hybrid electric vehicle
HP Horse power
HTF Heat Transfer Fluid
H-to-H Hydropower-to-hydrogen
HV Hoog-voltage
HVDC High Voltage Direct Current
HyET Hydrogen Efficiency Technologies
HyRaMP European Regions’ and Municipalities’ Partnership on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
HyTEC Hydrogen Transport for European Cities
ICE Internal combustion engine
ICT Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology
IEA International Energy Agency
IEMFC Ion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (ook wel: PEMFC)
IHA International Hydropower Association
ILEA Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment
INE Icelandic New Energy
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCC Integrated Solar Combined Cycle
ISE Institute für Solare Energiesysteme
ISES International Solar Energy Society
IZES Institut für Zukunfts Energie Systeme
J Joule
JEC JRC, EUCAR en Concawe
JHFC Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project
JRC Joint Research Centre
KACST King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology
Kaist Korean Advanced Institute of Science of Technology
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
KIT Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
KOH Kaliumhydroxide
kW Kilowatt
LBST Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik
LCA Life cycle analysis
LCE Lithiumcarbonaatequivalent
LEC Levelized-Electricity Costs
LEJ Lithium Energy Japan
LEV Low emission vehicle
LFP Lithiumijzerfosfaat
LHV Lower heating value
Li2CO3 Lithiumcarbonaat
LiCoO2 Lithium cobalt oxide
Li-ion Lithium-ion
LMNS Lithiummagnesiumnikkeloxide
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas (ook: liquid propane gas)
MCFC Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
MEC Microbial Electrolysis Cell
MER Milieueffectrapportage
MENA Middle East and North Africa
METI Ministery of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MITI Ministerie van Internationale Handel en Industrie (Japan)
MJ Megajoule
MPa Megapascal
MSEE Molten-Salt Electric Experiment
MSOFC Monolithic Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
MW Megawatt
MWh Megawattuur
N2H4 Hydrazine
Na-NiCl2 Natrium nikkelchloride
NEAL New Energy of Algeria
NECAR New electric car
NEDC New European Driving Cycle
NEN Nederlandse Normalisatie Instituut
NGO Niet-gouvernementele organisatie
NHA National Hydrogen Association
NiCd Nikkelcadmium
NIMH Nikkelmetaalhydride
NMA Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit
NO2 Stikstofdioxide
NOW Nationale Organisation Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie
NOx Nitrogen oxides
NRC National Research Council
NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NTEV Near-Term Electric Vehicle Program
NWC Nationale Waterstof Coalitie
O2 Zuurstof
OEM Original equipment manufacturer
ONE Office National d’Electricité, Marokko
ORC Organic Rankine Cycle
PAFC Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell
Pd Palladium
PdS Palladiumsulfide
PEC Photoelectrochemical
PEFC Polymere electrolyte membrane fuel cell, zie PEM
PEM Proton-exchange-membrane (brandstofcel)
PG&E Pacific Gas and Electric Company
PHEV Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
PK Paardenkracht
PM10 Particulate matter
Ppm Parts per million
PS10 Planta Solar 10
PSA Plataforma Solar de Almería
PSI Paul Scherrer Institut
Pt Platina
PV Fotovoltaïsche (photovoltaic) zonne-energie
R&D Research and Development
Redox Reductie-oxidatie
ReH2 Renewable hydrogen
RMI Rocky Mountain Institute
RMM’s Reformer and Membrane Modules
RPM Revolutions per minute: omwentelingen per minuut
S&L Sargent & Lundy
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
SBP Schlaich, Bergermann und Partner
SCE Southern California Edison Company
SCiB Super Charge ion Battery
SEGS Solar Electric Generation System
SEP Samenwerkende Elektriciteits-Produktiebedrijven
SES Stirling Energy Systems
SHEC Solar Hydrogen Energy Corporation
SHHP Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership
SNL Sandia National Laboratories
SO Solvent extraction
SOFC Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (vaste-oxidebrandstofcel)
Solref Solar Steam Reforming of Methane Rich Gas for Synthesis Gas Production
SOx Sulfur oxides
SPEFC Solid Polymere Electrolyt Fuel Cell
SPG Solar Power Group
START Solar Thermal Analysis, Review and Training
Steg-centrale stoom- en gascentrale
STEP Solar Total Energy Plant
STEP Sustainable Transport Energy for Perth
STW Station-to-Wheels
SWB Solar-Wasserstoff-Bayern
T&E European Federation for Transport and Environment
Ti-Cr Titaan-chroom
TMT Technology, Media & Telecommunications
TRAIL Research School on Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics
TREC Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation
TSA Technology Program Solar Air Receiver
TTW Tank-to-Wheels
TU Technische Universiteit
TW Terawatt
TWh Terawattuur
UC Davis University of California, Davis
UNCED United Nations conference on environment and development
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
USABC United States Advanced Battery Consortium
USCAR United States Council for Automotive Research
V2G Vehicle to grid
VOC Volatile organic compounds, of: vluchtige organische componenten
VPNS Vehicle Proximity Notification System
W Watt
W2H2 Wind-to-Hydrogen
WEC World Energy Council
Wh Watt hour
Wind2H2 Wind-to-Hydrogen
WIS Weizmann Institute of Science
WtP Well-to-Pump
WtS Well-to-Station
WtT Well-to-Tank
WtW Well-to-Wheel(s)
ZAB Zinc Air Battery
ZAFC Zinc air fuel cell generator
ZAI Zinc Air Inc
Zebra Zeolite Battery Research Africa
Zero Rally Zero Emission Resource Organisation Rally
ZEV Zero emission vehicle
Zn Zink
ZnO Zinkoxide
ZSW Zentrum für Sonnenenergie und Wasserstoff-Forschung