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ASES American Solar Energy Society
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASP alkaline surfactant polymer
AWEA American Wind Energy Association
bbl barrel
bbl/d barrel(s) per day
BCG Boston Consulting Group
BEV battery-electric vehicle
BLM U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BOF basic oxygen furnace
BOP balance of plant
BTP biomass-to-power
BTL biomass-to-liquid
Btu British thermal unit
BWR boiling water reactor
C Celsius
CAES compressed air energy storage
CAFE corporate average fuel economy
CAIDI Customer Average Interruption Duration Index
CAIR Clean Air Interstate Rule
CANDU PHWR Canada deuterium uranium pressurized heavy water reactor