ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS

ADWEA

Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (United Arab Emirates) 

 

AfDB

African Development Bank

 

AFD

Agence Française de Développement (France) 

 

AFFI

Arab Financing Facility for Infrastructure 

 

BOO

Build-Own-Operate

 

BOT

Build-Operate-Transfer 

 

BOOT

Build-Own-Operate-Transfer 

 

BOTT

Build-Own-Train-Transfer

 

CDM

Clean Development Mechanism

 

CSP

Concentrated Solar Power

 

CTF

Clean Technology Fund (World Bank) 

 

DII

Desertec Industrial Initiative

 

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

 

EC

European Commission

 

EE

Energy Efficiency

 

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

 

EIB

European Investment Bank

 

EPC

 Engineering, Procurement and Construction 

 

EPC

Executive Privatisation Commission (Jordan) 

 

ERC

Electricity Regulation Commission (Jordan) 

 

EU

European Union

 

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

 

FIT

Feed-in Tariff

 

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

 

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

 

IFC

International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) 

 

IFI

International Financial Institution

 

IMF

International Monetary Fund

 

IPP

Independent Power Producer

 

IRENA

International Renewable Energy Agency

 

IDB

Islamic Development Bank

 

ISMED

Investment Security in the Mediterranean 

 

IWPP

Independent Water and Power Producer 

 

JLGC

Jordan Loan Guarantee Corporation

 

KfW

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany) 

 

MASEN

Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Morocco)

 

MEMR

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Jordan) 

 

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

 

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (World Bank Group) 

 

MSP

Mediterranean Solar Plan

 

MW

Megawatt

 

NEPCO

National Electric Power Company (Jordan)

 

NIF

Neighbourhood Investment Facility

 

ODA

Official Development Assistance

 

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 

O&M

Operation and Maintenance

 

OPIC

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (USA)

 

PFI

Private Finance Initiative

 

PPA

Power Purchase Agreement

 

PPI

Private Participation in Infrastructure

 

PPIAF

Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

 

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

 

PPPCU

Public-Private Partnership Central Unit

 

PSC

Public Sector Comparator

 

PV

Photovoltaics

 

RE

Renewable Energy

 

RMI

Risk Mitigation Instrument 

 

SPV

Special Purpose Vehicle 

 

SWH

Solar Water Heating

 

UAE

United Arab Emirates

 

UfM

Union for the Mediterranean

 

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

 

USC

Unité de Suivi des Concessions (Tunisia) 

 

VAT

Value-Added Tax

Currency:

EGP

Egyptian Pound

 

EUR

Euro

 

GBP

United Kingdom Pound

 

JOD

Jordanian Dollar

 

MAD

Moroccan Dirham

 

TND

Tunisian Dinar

 

USD

United States Dollar