| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Limited
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| DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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| DGTREN | Directorate General for Energy and Transport
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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| ETSU | Energy and Technology Support Unit
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| EU | European Union |
| FP | Framework Programme |
| FWPV | Floating Wave Power Vessel
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| GW | GigaWatt |
| IEA | International Energy Authority
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| kV | kiloVolt |
| kW | kiloWatt |
| kWh | kiloWatt hour |
| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MW | MegaWatt |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council
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| NETA | New Electricity Trading Arrangement
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| NFFO | Non Fossil Fuel Obligation
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| NGC | National Grid Company |
| NI-NFFO | Northern Ireland Non Fossil Fuel Obligation
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| OFFER | Office of Electricity Regulation
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| OFGAS | Office of Gas and Supply
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| Ofgem | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
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| OFREG | Office for the Regulation of Electricity and Gas
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| p/kWh | pence per kiloWatt hour
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| PES | Public Electricity Supplier
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| PIU | Performance and Innovation Unit
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| RCEP | Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
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| REC | Regional Electricity Company
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| RO | Renewables Obligation |
| SEEF | Scottish Energy and Environment Foundation
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| SPRU | Science and Technology Policy Research Unit
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| SRO | Scottish Renewables Obligation
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| TBT | tributylin |
| TOE | Tonne of Oil Equivalent
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| TW | TeraWatt |
| WEC | Wave Energy Convector |
