GLOSSARY

AAEE ADEME ASEAN BOI BOO BOT BPC BAEC BCSIR BPDB BUET CHP CHCP CIP/CIZ COWPTA DESA DOE EdF EGAT EPZ ESA ESCAP ESCO ETA ETSU EVN FEMP FERC FSA FSDP FUA GdF GTCC GTPM GTTM HRSG IDEA IPP IREDA IRR ISO LPG MEMR MITI MNES Association of Electricity Self-Producers, Spain French Environment and Energy Management Agency Association of South-East Asian Nations Board of Investment Build-Own-Operate Build-Operate-Transfer Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Bangladesh Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research Bangladesh Power Development Board Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology Combined heat and power generation Combined heating, cooling and power generation Centralized industrial parks/zones Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act, United States of America Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority Department of Energy National Electricity Company of France Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Export processing zone Electricity Supply Act (Malaysia) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Energy service company Energy Tax Act, United States of America Energy Technology Support Unit, United Kingdom National electricity company of Viet Nam Federal Energy Management Programme, United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, United States of America Fuel supply agreement Full scale demonstration project Fuel Use Act, United States of America National Gas Company of France Gas turbine combined cycle Gas turbine power match Gas turbine thermal match Heat recovery steam generator Institute for Diversification and Promotion of Energy, Spain Independent power producer Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Internal rate of return International Standards Organization Liquefied petroleum gas Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Bangladesh Ministry of International Trade and Industry Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, India ix

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Natural Gas Policy Act, United States of America New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Japan National Energy Policy Office, Thailand Net present value Operation and maintenance Plan for Energy Conservation, Spain Payback period Power match Power purchase agreement Power System Master Plan National Power Company of Indonesia Power Sector Infrastructure Development Fund Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, United States of America Rural electrification Board, Bangladesh Reciprocating engine power match Reciprocating engine thermal match Refrigeration ton State Electricity Board Securities and Exchange Commission Small power producer Steam turbine power match Steam turbine thermal match Thermal match Technology Performance Financing (under the SPRING programme of the European Commission) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Vapour absorption cooling Value added tax Vapour compression cooling National coal company of Viet Nam