a d v e r t i s e r s
ABB
OBC
Allbro 67Becker Mining System
s 12,13
Beckhof
f 15Cbi electric: african cable
s 4Copper Development Association Afric
a 43Energy Training Foundatio
n 33 Engen 19 Eskom 48 H3iSquared 57 Helukabel 65JB Switchgear Solutions & Efficient Engineerin
g 9SEW EuroDrive
IFC
Techlyn 26Voltex
IBC
Zest WEG Grou
p 23A
ADB
- African Development Bank
AEE
- Association of Energy Engineers
APC
- Ambient Proportional Control
ARP
- Address Resolution Protocol
ATIA
- African Trade Insurance Agency
C
CAPEX - Capital Expenditure
CCTV
- Closed Circuit Television
CDAA - Copper Development Association Africa
CDD
- Cooling Degree Days
CEM - Certified Energy Manager
CEMS - Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems
CI
- Circuit Interruption
CIFI
- Circuit Interruption Fuse Integrated
CMVP - Certified Measurement and Verification Professional
CPC
- Continuing Professional Competency
CPU
- Central Processing Unit
CPU
- Central Processing Unit
CSP
- Concentrated (or Concentrating) Solar Power
D
DFR
- Dynamic Finite Rating
DNA
- Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOL
- Direct Online
DST
- Department of Science and Technology
E
ECA
- Electrochemically Activated
ECM - Energy Conservation Measure
ECSA - Engineering Council of South Africa
EMI
- Electromagnetic Interference
EMO - Energy Management Opportunity
EnTF
- Energy Training Foundation
EV
- Electric Vehicle
EVO - Efficiency Valuation Organisation
F
FE
- Finite Element
FTIR
- Fourier Transform Infrared
FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
G
GDP
- Gross Domestic Product
GOOSE - Generic Object Oriented Substation Event
GPS
- Global Positioning System
H
HAI
- Hospital Acquired Infection
HDD
- Heating Degree Days
HHP
- High Hydrostatic Pressure
HPP
- High Pressure Processing
HSR
- High-availability Seamless Redundancy
HTTP
- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HVAC - Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning
I
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICMP
- Internet Control Message Protocol
ICU
- Intensive Care Unit
IDA
- International Development Association (World Bank)
IFC
- International Finance Corporation
IMF
- International Monetary Fund
IP
- Internet Protocol
IPP
- Independent Power Producer
IRENA - International Renewable Energy Agency
IRP
- Integrated Resource Plan
ISO
- International Standards Organisation
IV
- Intravenous
K
KV
- Kinematic Viscosity
L
LCD
- Liquid Crystal Display
LED
- Light Emitting Diode
LEMP
- Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse
LPS
- Lightning Protection System
M
MEA
- Membrane Electrode Assembly
MIB
- Management Information Base
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (of the World Bank)
MPE
- Microscopic Particle Examination
M&V
- Measurement & Verification
N
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERSA - National Energy Regulator
NMS
- Network Management System
NPV
- Net Present Value
O
OCRC - Online Cable Rating Calculator
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer
OPEX
- Operational Expenditure
P
PEF
- Pulsed Electric Field
PEM - Proton Exchange membrane
PF
- Power Factor
PLC
- Programmable Logic Controller
PM - Permanent Magnet
PPA
- Power Purchase Agreement
PRP
- Parallel Redundancy Protocol
PTP
- Precision Time Protocol
PV
- Photovoltaic
R
RE
- Renewable Energy
REFIT
- Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff
REIPPPP
- Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer
Procurement Programme
ROI
- Rate Of Exchange
RSTP
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
RULER - Remaining Useful Life
S
Sacci
- South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry
SAPP
- Southern African Power Pool
SCADA - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
SEMP - Switching Electromagnetic Pulse
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
T
TAN
- Total Acid Number
TECH4RED - Technology for Rural Education & Development
TOV
- Temporary Overvoltage
U
UHP
- Ultra High Pressure
UV
- Ultraviolet
V
V
- Volt
VFD
- Variable Speed Drive
VI
- Viscosity Index
VLAN - Virtual Land Area Network
VoIP
- Voice-over Internet Protocol
VPN
- Virtual Private Network
VRRP
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
W
W - Watt
WAN - Wide Area Network
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