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America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition (2009)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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Select Acronyms and Abbreviations

3D three-dimensional

AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science

AC alternating current

AEF America’s Energy Future

AEO Annual Energy Outlook

AEP American Electric Power Corporation

ASES American Solar Energy Society

bbl barrel

bbl/d barrel(s) per day

BEV battery-electric vehicle

BTL biomass-to-liquid

Btu British thermal unit

C Celsius

CAFE corporate average fuel economy

CBTL coal-and-biomass-to-liquid

CBFT coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuel, Fischer-Tropsch

CBMTG coal-and-biomass-to-liquid fuel, methanol-to-gasoline

CCE cost of conserved energy

CCS carbon capture and storage

Cf californium

CFC chlorofluorocarbons

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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CFT coal-to-liquid fuel, Fischer-Tropsch

CH4 methane

CMTG coal-to-liquid fuel, methanol-to-gasoline

CO2 carbon dioxide

CO2 eq carbon dioxide equivalent

COL construction and operating license

CSP concentrating solar power

CTL coal-to-liquid fuel

DC direct current

DI&C digital instrumentation and control

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

DSM demand-side management

EAF electric-arc furnace

EEB Energy Engineering Board

EGR enhanced gas recovery

EIA Energy Information Administration

EISA Energy Independence and Security Act

EOR enhanced oil recovery

EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPRI Electric Power Research Institute

EU European Union

F Fahrenheit

FACTS Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System

FFB Federal Financing Bank

GDP gross domestic product

GE General Electric

GHG greenhouse gas

GJ gigajoule

Gt gigatonne

GW gigawatt

GWh gigawatt-hour

H2 hydrogen

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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H2O water

H2S hydrogen sulfide

HEV hybrid-electric vehicle

HFCV hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle

IDST improved decision-support technology

IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle

INL Idaho National Laboratory

IOU investor-owned utility

IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPP independent power producer

ISL in situ leach

ITS Intelligent Transportation Society

IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists

J joule

JCSP Joint Coordinated System Plan

km kilometer

kW kilowatt

kWh kilowatt-hour

LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

LCOE levelized cost of electricity

LDV light-duty vehicle

LLC limited liability corporation

LNG liquefied natural gas

MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MW megawatt

MWh megawatt-hour

NAS National Academy of Sciences

NaS sodium-sulfur

NAE National Academy of Engineering

NEMS National Energy Modeling System

NERC North American Electric Reliability Corporation

NETL National Energy Technology Laboratory

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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NGCC natural gas combined cycle

NRC National Research Council

NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory

NSB National Science Board

PC pulverized coal

PHEV plug-in hybrid vehicle

PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

PUC public utility commission

PUREX plutonium and uranium extraction

PV photovoltaic

quads quadrillion Btu

R&D research and development

RFF Resources for the Future

SGI Synthetic Genomics, Inc.

Shell Shell Frontier Oil and Gas, Inc.

SI spark-ignition

SPE Society of Petroleum Engineers

SPP Southwest Power Pool

t tonne

Tcf trillion cubic feet

T&D transmission and distribution

TRB Transportation Research Board

TWh terawatt-hour

USNRC U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

USPC ultrasupercritical pulverized coal

U-value heat-transfer coefficient

V carbon dioxide vented

W watt

Wh watt-hour

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Research Council. 2009. America's Energy Future: Technology and Transformation: Summary Edition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12710.
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Energy production and use touch our lives in countless ways. We are reminded of the cost of energy every time we fill up at the gas pump, pay an electricity bill, or purchase an airline ticket. Energy use also has important indirect impacts, not all of which are reflected in current energy prices: depletion of natural resources, degradation of the environment, and threats to national security arising from a growing dependence on geopolitically unstable regions for some of our energy supplies. These indirect impacts could increase in the future if the demand for energy rises faster than available energy supplies. Our nation's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that reduces these impacts while providing sufficient and affordable energy supplies to sustain our future economic prosperity.

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America's Energy Future examines the deployment potential, costs, barriers, and impacts of energy supply and end-use technologies during the next two to three decades, including energy efficiency, alternative transportation fuels, renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and nuclear energy, as well as technologies for improving the nation's electrical transmission and distribution systems.

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