ACEP Africa Centre for Energy Policy [Ghana]
AEECT Applied Electrical Engineering and Computing
Technologies
AEG Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft [General
Electricity Company, Germany]
AFD French Development Agency
AfDB African Development Bank [Côte D'Ivoire]
AGI Association of Ghana Industries
AICD Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic
ANC African National Congress [South Africa]
APEC Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation [Singapore]
AURES Auctions for Renewable Energy Support [Denmark]
BMZ Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche
Zusammenarbeit [Federal Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Germany]
BNEF Bloomberg New Energy Finance [USA]
BSM benefit-sharing mechanism
CAFOD Catholic Agency for Overseas Development [UK]
CGE Computable General Equilibrium
COFEK Consumer Federation of Kenya
CPI consumer prices index
CSIC Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
[National Research Council of Spain]
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
[South Africa]
CSP concentrated solar power
C-SIREA Capacity for a Successful Implementation of the
Renewable Energy Act in Ghana
DANIDA Danish International Development Agency
DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural
Affairs [UK]
DFID Department for International Development [UK]
DG DEVCO European Commission International Cooperation
and Development [Belgium]
DME Department of Minerals and Energy [South Africa]
DoE Department of Energy [South Africa]
DTI Department for Trade and Industry [South Africa]
EAPP East Africa Power Pool [Kenya]
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development [UK]
ECG Electricity Corporation of Ghana
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
[Nigeria]
ECREEE ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and
Energy Efficiency [Cape Verde]
EENS expected energy not served
EIB European Investment Bank [Luxembourg]
EMPD Energy Management and Power Delivery
EnCG Energy Commission of Ghana
EPC engineering, procurement, and construction
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council [UK]
ERA Electricity Regulatory Authority [Uganda]
ERC Energy Regulatory Commission [Kenya]
EUEI PDF European Union Energy Initiative Partnership
Dialogue Facility [Germany]
EWURA Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority
[Tanzania]
EY Ernst & Young
fFIP fixed feed-in premium
FIP feed-in premium
FIT/FiT feed-in tariff
FPIC free, prior, and informed consent
GAA generation adequacy assessment
GAMS General Algebraic Modelling System
GCRA Gold Coast Railway Administration [Ghana]
GDC Geothermal Development Corporation [Kenya]
GDP gross domestic product
GFPPM the GET FiT Premium Payment Mechanism
GGDA Green Growth Diagnostics for Africa [UK]
gGmbH gemeinnützige GmbH [limited non-profit company]
GGPS Ghana Generation Planning Study
GHG greenhouse gas
GII Ghana Integrity Initiative
GIPC Ghana Investment Promotion Council
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GIZ Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
[German Corporation for International
Cooperation]
GLSS Ghana Living Standards Survey
GMF Green Mini-Grid Facility
GMSP Grid Management Support Programme [Kenya]
GoG Government of Ghana
GSDRC Governance and Social Development Resource
Centre [UK]
GSGDA Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda
GSS Ghana Statistical Service
GTAP Global Trade Analysis Project [USA]
GW gigawatt
GWh gigawatt hour
GWS Gesellschaft für wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung
[Institute of Economic Structures Research,
Germany]
HFFP high fossil fuel price
IASS Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
[Germany]
IDA International Development Association [USA]
IDC Industrial Development Corporation [South Africa]
IDE-JETRO Institute of Developing Economies-Japan External
Trade Organization
IEA International Energy Agency [France]
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
[USA]
IET Institution of Engineering and Technology [UK]
IFC International Finance Corporation [USA]
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute [USA]
IGC International Growth Centre [Ghana]
IGGS Institute of Green Growth Solutions [Ghana]
ILO International Labour Organization [Switzerland]
IMF International Monetary Fund [USA]
IPP independent power producer
IRENA International Renewable Energy Agency [UAE]
IRP Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity [South
Africa]
ISSER Institute of Statistical, Social and Economics
Research [Ghana]
IZA Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit [Institute for the
Study of Labor, Germany]
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
KAM Kenya Association of Manufacturers
KENGEN Kenya Electricity Generating Company
KENINVEST Kenya Investment Authority
KEPSA Kenya Private Sector Alliance
KEREA Kenya Renewable Energy Association
KETRACO Kenya Electricity Transmission Company
KIPPRA Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and
Analysis
KITE Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment
[Ghana]
KLEM Capital (K), Labour, Energy, Materials
KPLC Kenya Power and Lighting Company
KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler [Netherlands]
KWh kilowatt hour
LCOE levelised cost of electricity
LCPDP Least Cost Power Development Plan [Kenya]
LOLE loss of load expectation
LTWP Lake Turkana Wind Power Plant [Kenya]
MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation [USA]
MEA Middle East and Africa
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MiDA Millennium Development Authority [Ghana]
MoDP Ministry of Devolution and Planning [Kenya]
MoE Ministry of Energy [Ghana]
MoENR Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources
[Kenya]
MoEP Ministry of Energy and Petroleum [Kenya]
MoWI Ministry of Water and Irrigation [Kenya]
MT multi-technology
Mt metric tonne
MW megawatt
MWh megawatt hour
MWp peak megawatt
NDPC National Development Planning Commission
[Ghana]
NEB National Energy Board [Ghana]
ODI Overseas Development Institute [UK]
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development [France]
PAB pay-as-bid
PDIA problem-driven iterative adaptation
PE political economy
PEA political economy analysis
PEACH Political Economy Analysis of Climate Change
Policies
PEF Private Enterprise Federation
PPA power purchasing agreement
PPIAF Public–Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility [USA]
PRG Partial Risk Guarantee
PS Principal Secretary
PSRC Power Sector Reform Committee [Ghana]
PURC Public Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ghana
PUWU Public Utilities Workers Union [Ghana]
PV photovoltaic
PWD public works department [Ghana]
R&D research and development
REA Rural Electrification Agency/Authority
[sub-Saharan Africa]
RECAI Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index
REF Rural Electrification Fund
REFIT Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff
RE IPPPP renewable energy independent power producer
procurement programme
REMP Rural Electrification Master Plan
RES-E renewable energy sources of electricity/renewable
electricity
RETs renewable energy technologies
RoK Republic of Kenya
SAFCEI Southern African Faith Communities' Environment
Institute
SAM social accounting matrix
SAPVIA South African Photovoltaic Industry Association
SAREC South African Renewable Energy Council
SARETEC South African Renewable Energy Technology
Centre
SEZ Special Economic Zone [South Africa]
sFIP sliding feed-in premium
SHS solar home system
SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation
Agency
SPDSS Spatial Decision Support Systems
SREP Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Programme
SSA sub-Saharan Africa
SUT supply-and-use table
SWER Single Wire Earth Return
SWERA Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment
T&D transmission and distribution
TA Technical Assistance
TANESCO Tanzania Electricity Supply Company
TFP total factor productivity
TN technology-neutral
TNT The National Treasury [Kenya]
TS technology-specific
TUC Trades Union Congress [Ghana]
TWh terrawatt hour
UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs [USA]
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme [Kenya]
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
UNSD United Nations Statistical Division [USA]
UNU-WIDER United Nations University World Institute for
Development Economics Research [Finland]
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USDA US Department of Agriculture
VG variable [renewable] generation
VRA Volta River Authority [Ghana]
WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
[Switzerland]
WFP World Food Programme [Italy]
WIDER World Institute for Development Economics
Research [Finland]
WWF World Wildlife Fund [Switzerland]