CCGE

Closed Cycle Gas Engine

CCGT

Closed Cycle Gas Turbine

CCS

Carbon Capture and Storage

CCUS

Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

COD

Commercial Operation Date

COUE

Cost of Unserved Energy

CSIR

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

CSP

Concentrating Solar Power

DEA

Department of Environmental Affairs

DMRE

Department of Mineral Resources and Energy

DSM

Demand Side Management

EPRI

Electric Power Research Institute

FGD

Flue Gas Desulphurization

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

ICE

Internal Combustion Engine

GJ

Gigajoule

GW

Gigawatt (one thousand megawatts)

Hg

Mercury

HELE

High Efficiency Low Emission

INDC

Intended Nationally Determined Contribution

IPP

Independent Power Producer

IRP

Integrated Resource Plan

kW

Kilowatt (one thousandth of a megawatt)

kWh

Kilowatt hour

kWp

Kilowatt-Peak (for Photo-voltaic options)

LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas

LPG

Liquefied Petroleum Gas

Mt

Mega ton

MW

Megawatt

NDP

National Development Plan

NERSA

National Energy Regulator of South Africa; alternatively the Regulator

NOx

Nitrogen Oxides

OCGT

Open Cycle Gas Turbine

O&M

Operating and Maintenance (cost)

PM

Particulate Matter

PPD

Peak-Plateau-Decline

PPM

Price Path Model

PV

Present Value; alternatively Photo-voltaic

RE

Renewable Energy

REIPPP

Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Programme

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SOx

Sulphur Oxides

TW

Terawatt (one million megawatts)

TWh

Terawatt hour

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UCG

Underground Coal Gasification