I’m working on creating a glossary of acronyms used in the solar energy industry, especially in Florida. It occurred to me that employees and clients alike need a single source to learn what all of the industry lingo means. If you know another acronym that I have not included, please put it in the comments below!
- A — Amp(s)
- AC — Alternating Current
- AHJ — Authority Having Jurisdiction
- BIPV — Building Integrated Photovoltaics
- CSP – Concentrated Solar Power
- DC — Direct Current
- DG — Distributed Generation
- DHW – See SDHW
- DISCO — Distribution Company or Disconnect
- FARE — Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy
- FIT — Feed-in-Tariff
- FlaSEIA — Florida Solar Energy Industries Association
- FPL — Florida Power & Light
- FSEC – Florida Solar Energy Center
- GW — Gigawatt
- IOU — Investor Owned Utility
- Imp — Amps, maximum power current
- Isc — Amps, short circuit current
- ITC – Investment Tax Credit
- kW — Kilowatt
- kWh — Kilowatt-hour
- LCEC — Lee County Electric Cooperative
- LCOE — Levelized Cost of Energy
- MW — Megawatt
- NEM — Net Energy Metering (Net Metering, Netmetering)
- NOCT — Normal Operating Cell Temperature
- NREL — National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- O&M — Operations & Maintenance
- PACE — Property Assessed Clean Energy
- Pmax — Maximum Power Rating
- PPA — Power Purchase Agreement
- PSC — Public Service Commission
- PTC — Practical Test Conditions
- PV — Photovoltaic
- RE — Renewable Energy
- RPS — Renewable Portfolio Standard
- SDHW — Solar Domestic Hot Water
- SEIA — Solar Energy Industries Association
- Si — Silicon
- SPH — Solar Pool Heating
- SREC — Solar Renewable Energy Certificates
- STC — Standard Test Conditions
- TOU — Time of Use
- USP — Utility Scale Power
- V — Volt(s)
- Voc — Volts, Open Circuit
- Vmp — Volts, Maximum Power
- W — Watt(s)