agl | above ground level |
AGLV | Area of Great Landscape Value |
ASACS | Air Surveillance and Control System |
asl | above sea level |
BETTA | British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements |
BGS | British Geological Survey |
BODC | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
BWEA | British Wind Energy Association |
CAA | Civil Aviation Authority |
CFD | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
CHP | Combined Heat and Power |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
CORINE | European Programme to Coordinate Information on the Environment |
DE | Defence Estates |
DN | Distribution Network |
DNO | Distribution Network Operator |
DTI | Department of Trade and Industry |
DTM | Digital Terrain Model |
EDINA | Centre based at Edinburgh University Data Library offering data, information and research resources. ('Edina' is the ancient and poetic name for Edinburgh.) |
EEA | European Environmental Agency |
EMEC | European Marine Energy Centre, Ltd. (Orkney) |
ETSU | Energy Technology Support Unit, now Future Energy Solutions |
EU | European Union |
EWEA | European Wind Energy Association |
EWTR | Electronic Warfare Tactics Range |
FREDS | Forum for Renewable Energy Development in Scotland |
GH | Garrad Hassan Ltd. |
GIS | Geographical Information System |
GSP | Grid Supply Point |
HS | Historic Scotland |
IOS | Institute of Oceanographic Sciences |
LAT | Lowest Astronomical Tide |
LFS | Low Flying System |
LNR | Local Nature Reserve |
Long Term Development Statement | Summarises the planned performance and operating characteristics of a distribution system over several financial years, usually five or six. |
LPC | Lifetime production costs |
MCA | Marine Consultation Area |
MCT | Marine Current Turbines Ltd. |
MHW | Mean High Water |
MLW | Mean Low Water |
MoD | Ministry of Defence |
MSL | Mean Sea Level |
NATS | National Air Traffic Service |
NNR | National Nature Reserve |
NOABL | Mass consistent flow model, developed by Science Applications Inc., USA |
NPPG | National Planning Policy Guideline |
NSA | National Scenic Area |
O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
Ofgem | Office of Gas and Electricity Markets |
OPD | Ocean Power Delivery Ltd |
OS | Ordnance Survey |
PEXA | Practice and Exercise Area (military) |
POL | Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory |
PV | Present Value |
QUB | Queen's University Belfast |
Ramsar site | Wetland site designated under the Ramsar Convention (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) |
rms | root mean square |
RETS | Renewable Energy Transmission Study |
SAC | Special Area of Conservation |
SEEF | Scottish Energy Environment Foundation |
SEGIS | Scottish Executive Geographic Information Service |
Seven Year Statement | Summarises the planned performance and operating characteristics of a transmission system over seven financial years. |
SNH | Scottish Natural Heritage |
SP | Scottish Power |
SPA | Special Protection Area |
SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
SSE | Scottish and Southern Energy |
SSR | Secondary Surveillance Radar |
SSSI | Site of Special Scientific Interest |
TN | Transmission Network |
TNO | Transmission Network Operator |
TNUoS | Transmission Network Use of System |
TTA | Tactical Training Area |
UKHO | UK Hydrographic Office |
UoE | The University of Edinburgh |
WAsP | Wind Atlas Analysis and Application Programme |
WHS | World Heritage Site |