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Useful Terminology Aliases

Describes abbreviations, shortcuts and terminology aliases

Updated over 9 months ago

Data Specification

Term

Alias

Guarantee of Origin

GoO, REGO, GO

Battery Energy Storage System

BESS, Storage, Battery

Virtual PPA

VPPA, Financial PPA, Synthetic PPA

Corporate PPA

CPPA

Commercial Operations Date

COD

Pay as Produced

PAP

Baseload

BL

Hydrogen

H2

Power Storage Agreement

PSA

Fixed Hourly Profile

FHP

Round-Trip Efficiency

RTE

Alternating Current

AC

Direct Current

DC

Frequency Containment Reserve

FCR

Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve

aFRR

Manual Frequency Restoration Reserve

mFRR

Baseload Annual

BLA

Baseload Monthly

BLM

Contract for Difference

CFD

Capital Expenditure

CapEx

Consumer Price Index

CPI

Capacity Market

CM

Carbon Price Support

CPS

Concentrated Solar Power

CSP

Association of Transmission System Operators across Europe

ENTSOE

Environmental, Social & Governance

ESG

European Union Allowance

EUA

Energy Yield Analysis

EYA

Gigajoule

GJ

Higher Heating Value

HHV

International Financial Reporting Standard

IFRS

Independent Power Producer

IPP

Lower Heating Value

LHV

Mark-to-Market

MTM

Mercado Iberio del Gas

MIBGAS

National Balancing Point

NBP

Net Present Value

NPV

Operating Expenditure

OpEx

Over-the-Counter

OTC

Price Forward Curve

PFC

Punto di Scambio Virtuale

PSV

Photovoltaics

PV

Present Value

PV

Renewable Energy Source

RES

Renewable Obligation Certificate

ROC

Retail Price Index

RPI

System Marginal Price

SMP

Transmission System Operator

TSO

Title Transfer Facility

TTF

Location Based Pricing

LBP

Accounting, Compliance & Reporting

ACR

Feed-in Tariff

FIT

Levelized Cost of Energy

LCOE

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