Acronym Cheat Sheet
As Scotland's renewable energy industry continues to grow, so too does the list of abbreviations used to reference organisations, groups, policies and technologies across the sector.
Whether you are just beginning your career journey or are looking for a helpful resource to stay on track, the below cheat sheet of commonly used industry acronyms is a good place to start.
ABS - Area Based Schemes
AEOI - Adverse Effect on the Integrity
AI - Anticipatory Investment
ALB - Arm’s-length body
APPG - All Party Parliamentary Group
AR - Allocation round
ASC - Authorised Supply Capacity
ASTI - Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment
BAR - Building Assessment Reports
BECCS - Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
BESS - British Energy Security Strategy
BHA - British Hydro Association
BM - The Balancing Mechanism
BSUoS - Balancing Services Use of System Charges
CAP - Connections Action Plan
CapEx - Capital expenditure
CBA - Cost benefit analysis
CBI - Confederation of British Industry
CBRA - Cable Burial Risk Assessments
CCC - The Climate Change Committee
CCGT - Closed cycle gas turbine
CCS - Carbon capture and storage
CCUS - Carbon capture, usage and storage
CES - Crown Estate Scotland
CfD - Contracts for Difference
CfE - Call for Evidence
CHP - Combined heat and power
CIA - Cumulative Impact Assessment
CM - Capacity Market
COP - Conference of the Parties
COSLA - Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
CPO - Compulsory purchase order
CSNP - Centralised Strategic Network Plan
CSR - Comprehensive Spending Review
CWIC - Coalition for Wind Industry Circularity
DA - Devolved administration
DCO - Development consent order
DecEx - Decommissioning expenditure
DER - Distributed energy resources
DESNZ - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
DevEx - Development expenditure
DNO - Distribution Network Operators
DPEA - Directorate for Planning & Environmental Appeals
DSI - Data Sharing Infrastructure
DSO - Distribution System Operators
DSR - Demand side response
DTS - Distributed temperature sensing
ECAS - Energy Community Aggregator Service
ECU - Energy Consents Unit (The Scottish Government)
EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment
EKA - Eskdalemuir
ENA - Electricity Network Association
EOI -Expression of Interest
EPCI - Engineering Procurement and Construction and Installation
ESCA - European Subsea Cables Association
ESO - Electricity System Operator
ESS - Energy Security Strategy
ETDP - Electricity Transmission Design Principles
ETS - Emissions Trading Scheme
ETYS - Electricity Ten Year Statement
EV - Electric vehicle
EWG - Eskdalemuir Working Group
FCP - Flow Country Partnership
FES - Future Energy Scenarios
FID - Future Investment Decisions
FLOWW - Fishing Liaison with Offshore Wind and Wet Renewables Group
FMMS - Fishing Management and Mitigation Strategy
FOW - Floating offshore wind
FSNR - Future Systems and Network Regulation
FSO - Future System Operator
FWSG - Floating Wind Steering Group
GIGA - Green Industries Growth Accelerator
GVA - Gross value added
GW - Gigawatt
HEEPS - Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland
HMT - Her Majesty's Treasury
HND - Holistic Network Design
HNZ - Heat network zones
HRA - Habitat Regulation Assessment
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
iCFD - Innovations Contracts for Difference
ICPC - International Cable Protection Committee
INTOG - Innovation and Targeted Oil & Gas
IPCC - International Panel on Climate Change
IPPA - Innovation Power Purchase Agreement
IPR - Iterative Plan Review
IROPI - Imperative reasons of overriding public interest
ITT - Invitation to tender
LCOE - Levelised Cost of Electricity
LDP - Local Development Plan
LHEES - Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies
LMP - Locational marginal pricing
LoSCM - Library of Strategic Compensatory Measures
LOTI - Large Onshore Transmission Investment
LPA - Local planning authority
MCA - Maritime and Coastguard Agency
MCZ - Marine Conservation Zone
MD - Marine Directorate
MD-LOT - Marine Directorate - Licensing Operations Team
MEC - Marine Energy Council
MITS - Main Interconnected Transmission System
MMO - Marine Management Organisation
MNG - Marine Net Gain
MPA - Marine Protected Area
MPIs - Multi-Purpose Interconnectors
MRF - Marine Recovery Fund
MRFO - Marine Recovery Fund Operator
MW - Megawatt
NETS - National Electricity Transmission System
NS - NatureScot
NGES - National Grid Electricity System Operator
NHA - National Hydropower Association
NIC - National Infrastructure Committee
NMP - National Marine Plan
NOA - Network Options Assessment
NP - National park
NPF - National Planning Framework
NPS - National Policy Statements
NSA - National Scenic Area
NSIP - Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project
NSTA - North Sea Transition Authority
NZ - Net-zero
OCSS - Offshore Coordination Support Scheme
OBZ - Offshore bidding zone
OD - Offshore Directorate
ODI - Output delivery incentive
OEM - Original equipment manufacturer
OFGEM - The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
OFTO - Offshore transmission owner
OHA - Offshore hybrid asset
OnWPS - Onshore wind policy statement
OpEx - Operational expenditure
OREC - Offshore Renewable Energy Coalition
OREI - Offshore Renewable Energy Installations
OTNR - Offshore Transmission Network Review
OW - Offshore wind
OWAT - Offshore Wind Acceleration Taskforce
OWEC /OWEAP - Offshore wind evidence and change programme
OWEIP - Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package
OWGP - The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership
OWIC - Offshore Wind Industry Council
OWSLG - Onshore Wind Strategic Leadership Group
PCD - Price control deliverables
PDR - Permitted development rights
PPA - Power purchase agreement
PQQ - Pre-qualification questionnaire
PSH - Pumped storage hydro
P2G - Pathways to growth
REMA - Review of electricity market arrangements
REPD - Renewable Energy Planning Database
RESP- Regional Energy Strategic Planners
Rfi - Request for information
RIAG - Renewables Industry Advisory Group
RIIO - Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Output
RTPI - Royal Town Planning Institute
RUK - RenewableUK
SAC - Special Area of Conservation
SCM - Strategic Compensatory Measure
SDS - Skills Development Scotland
SEA - Strategic Environmental Assessment
SEAB - Scottish Energy Advisory Board
SEG - Smart Energy Guarantee
SFF - Scottish Fishermen's Federation
SG - Scottish Government
SIDC – Single Intraday Coupling
SMEIG - Scottish Marine Energy Industry Working Group
SMP - Sectoral Marine Plan
SNCB - Statutory Nature Conservation Body
SNIB - Scottish National Investment Bank
SPP - Scottish Planning Policy
SoS - Secretary of State
SOV - Service Operations Vessel
SOWEC - The Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council
SOWSD - Scottish Onshore Wind Sector Deal
SPP - Scottish planning policy
SQSS - Security and Quality of Supply Standard
SSEN - Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks
SSEP - Strategic Spatial Energy Plan
SWESS - Scottish whole energy system scenarios
SWBSG - Scottish Windfarm Bird Steering Group
SWFP - The Scottish White Fish Producers Association Ltd
TAAP - Transmission Acceleration Action Plan
TAG - Transmission Access Guarantee
TCE - The Crown Estate
TCPA - Town and Country Planning Act
TCR - Targeted Charging Review
TLP - Tension-leg platform
TMS - Transmission Loss Multipliers
TNUoS - Transmission Network Use of System charges
TOM - Target Operating Model
TRL - Technology readiness levels
TSOs - Tranmission system operators
UKG - UK Government
UNESCO - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHS - World Heritage Site
WLA - Wild land area
WTG - Wind Turbine Generator
XBID - Cross-Border Intraday Project