Scottish Government

BY

Base Year

CCA

Climate Change Agreement

CCGT

Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

CH ₄

Methane

CHP

Combined Heat & Power

CO ₂

Carbon dioxide

C&B

Commercial & Buildings

CTS

Carbon Trust in Scotland

CV

Calorific Value

DA

Devolved Administration

DEFRA

Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry

DUKES

Digest of UK Energy Statistics

EE

Energy Efficiency

EUETS

European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

GW

Giga watt (1 million kW)

GWh

Giga watt hour (1 million kWh)

HFC

Hydrofluorocarbons

HFO

Heavy Fuel Oil

IPPC

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

Kt

Kilo tonne (1000 tonnes)

LPG

Liquid Petroleum Gas

LUFC

Land Use Changes and Forestry

MPP

Major Power Producer (or Plant)

MSW

Municipal Solid Waste

Mt

Mega tonne (1 million tonnes)

Mtoe

Million tonnes oil equivalent

MW

Mega watt (1 thousand kW)

MWh

Mega watt hour (1 thousand kWh)

N ₂O

Nitrous oxide

NAEI

National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

NAP

National Allocation Plan (for EU- ETS)

Netcen

National Environmental Technology Centre (authors of NAEI)

NI

Northern Ireland

PFC

Perfluorocarbons

PJ

Peta Joule (1,000,000,000,000,000 Joules)

PS

Public Sector

RE

Renewable Energy

RO

Renewables Obligation

ROI

Republic of Ireland

SAP

Standard Assessment Procedure, the Government's approved procedure for calculating a home energy rating

SEPA

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

SF ₆

Sulphur hexafluoride

SO _x

Oxides of Sulphur

TWh

Terra watt hour (1,000 million kWh)

WWF

World Wide Fund for Nature