POWER PLANTS AROUND THE WORLD PHOTO GALLERY

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ABBREV
A-J
A/E
ABB
AC
ACC
ACEC
ACESCo
ACPS
ACS
ADB
ADWEA
AE&E
AEC
AECL
AEE
AEE-CZ
AEI
AEM
AEP
AET
AGR
AHEC
aka
Anare
APC
APC
ASEA
ATS
AyEE
B-H
B+V
B&R
B&V
B&W
BB
BBC
BBP
bcm
BFB
BFG
B-H
BHEL
BLD
BLH
BNFL
bn

FULL NAME
Alsthom-Jeumont
Architect/engineer
Asea Brown Boveri
Allis Chalmers
Allis Chalmers Canada
Ateliers de Constructions Electricques de Charleroi
Arabian Consulting Engineering and Services Co
Allis Chalmers Power Systems
Actividades de Construccion y Servicios
Asian Development Bank
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority
Austrian Energy & Environment
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd
Atomenergoexport
Austrian Energy & Environment CZ sro
Associated Electric Industries Ltd
AEM-Anhaltische Elektromotorenwerk Dessau
American Electric Power Co Inc
Aalborg Energie Technik
advanced gas-cooled reactor
Alternate Hydro Energy Center
Also known as
Autorit Nationale de Rgulation du secteur de lElectricit de Cte dIvoire
Air-pollution control equipment
Atomic Power Construction
Asea Brown Boveri
Applied Thermal Systems Inc
Agua y Energia Electrica
Babcock-Hitachi
Blohm + Voss
Burns & Roe
Black & Veatch
Babcock & Wilcox
Babcock-Borsig
Brown Boveri & Cie
Babcock-Borsig Power
billion cubic meters
Bubbling fluidized bed
Blast furnace gas
Babcock-Hitachi
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
British Nuclear Fuels Ltd
billion

BOO
BOP
BOT
BP
BPA
BPDB
BPL
BTG
BTH
BVZ
BWE
BWR
BWSC
CAES
CANDU
Carec
CC
CCDMD
CCGT
CCL
CCS
CDM
CE
CEA
CEB
CEC
CEGB
CEM
CEMIG
CESP
CFB
CFC
CFE
CGE
CGNCP
CHESF
CHP
CHWEC
CKD
CMEC
CNEC
CNNC
CNR
COD
COG
CPP
CR POWER
CSP
CVRD
DBO

Build-own-operate
Balance of plant
Build-own-transfer
back-pressure
Bonneville Power Administration
Bangladesh Power Development Board
Babcock Power Ltd
boiler, turbine, and generator
British Thomson Houston
Black & Veatch Zachry
Babcock & Wilcox Espanola
Boiling water reactor
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S
Compressed air energy storage
pressurized heavy water reactor design
China Aviation Industry Gas Turbine Power (Group) Corp
Combined-cycle
Centre collgial de dveloppement de matriel didactique
Combined-cycle gas turbine
Clarke Chapman Ltd
Carbon capture and sequestration
Clean Development Mechanism UN Framework on Climate Change
Combustion Engineering
Commissariat l'nergie Atomique
Ceylon Electricity Board
Combustion Engineering Canada
Central Electricity Generating Board
Compagnie Electro-mechanique de Montage
Cia Energtica de Minas Gerais
Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo
Circulating fluidized bed
CFC Solutions GmbH
Comision Federal de Electricidad
Canadian General Electric
China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co Ltd
Cia Hidroeletrica do Sao Francisco
Combined heat and power
China National Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Corp
CKD Blankso
China National Machinery Import and Export Corp
China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corp
China National Nuclear Corp
Compagnie Nationale du Rhone
Commercial operation date
Coke-oven gas
Captive power plant
China Resources Power Holding Co
Concentrating solar power
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce or Vale
Design, build, operate

DBSZ
DCS
DDIT
DEW
DHS
DNOCS
DLN
DOE
DNV
DPP
DSI
DWAF
E/G
EAC
EDF
EDIA
EDL
EDP
EDZ
EE
EGAT
EGCO
EGT
EIA
EIB
ELSIB
EMC
EPDC
EPEC
EPC
EPI
ERI
ESB
ESAC
ESBI
ESP
EUAS
EVN
EVT
FBR
FC
FEED
FGD
FID
FLS
FPC
FPT
FW
G-A
GAIL

Dominion Bridge Sulzer

Distributed control system
Demag Delaval Industrial Turbomachinery AB
Dominion Engineering Works
District heating system
Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as Secas
Dry low-Nox combustion systems
US Dept of Energy
Det Norske Veritas
Diesel power plant
Devlet su Isleri
RSA Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry
Engine/generator
Electricity Authority of Cyprus
Electricite de France
Empresa de Desenvolvimento e Infraestruturas do Alqueva SA
Electricite du Laos
EDP Group
Economic development zone
English Electric
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
Electricity Generating Public Co Ltd
European Gas Turbines
Environmental impact assessment
European Investment Bank
Sibelectrotyazhmash Novosibirsk
Electric Machinery Corp
Electric Power Development Co,
Empresa Provincial de Energia de Cordoba
Engineering, procurement, and construction
Energy Products of Idaho
Energy Recovery International (Nebraska Boiler)
Electricity Supply Board
Esac Energie
ESB International
Electrostatic precipitator
Elektrik Uretim AS
Electricity of Vietnam
Energie-und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH or Alstom EVT
Fast-breeder reactor
Fuel cell
Front-end engineering and development
Flue-gas desulphurization
Final investment decision
FLS Milj A/S
US Federal Power Commission
Francis pump turbine
Foster Wheeler
GEC-Alstom
Gas Authority of India

GCR
GDV
GE
GEE
GEC
GEHI
GHE
gpm
gpy
GT
GTM
HEPC
HFO
HISA
HP
HPE
HPI
HPP
HRSG
HSD
IAEA
IC
ICL
IDC
IES
IGCC
IHI
IIC
IMGW
INEGA
INL
IPM
IPP
IST
IWPP
JBE
JBIC
JUGO
JV
KAM
Kepco
KHIC
KKK
KMW
Kopec
KPO
KRW
KSG
kW
kW or kWe

Gas-cooled reactor
Generadores de Vapor Foster Wheeler SA
General Electric
General Electric Espana
General Electric UK
GE Hydro Inepar
Global Hydro Energy GmbH
gallons per minute
gallons per year
Gas turbine
Grand Travaux de Marseille
Hydro-electric Commission of Ontario
heavy fuel oil
Hidrulica Industrial SA Indstria e Comrcio
High pressure
Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
Hydroproject Institute
Hydropower plant
Heat recovery steam generator
HSD Engine Co Ltd
International Atomic Energy Agency
Internal combustion/reciprocating engine
International Combustion Ltd
Interest during construction
Istroenergo
integrated gasification combined cycle
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Inter-America Investment Corp
Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej
Instituto Enerxtico de Galicia
Idaho National Laboratory
I P Morris Division of The Wm Cramp & Sons S & E B Company
Independent power plant
Innovative Steam Technologies
Independent water and power project
John Brown Engineering
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Jugoturbina
Joint venture
Kraftanlagen Anlagentechnik Munchen GmbH
Korea Electric Power Co or Kansai Electric Power Co
Korea Heavy Industries & Construction
Kuhlne Kopp und Kausch later Siemens KKK
Kristinehamns Mekaniska Werkstad or Boving-KMW Turbin
Korea Power Engineering Co
Kvaerner Pulping Oy
Korean won
Kohlen-Scheidungs-Gesellschaft
kilowatt-electric
kilowatt-electric

kWp
L&T
LADWP
LDG
LFG
LG E&C
LIPA
LMZ
LNG
LP
LS
LTSA
LWR
MBM
MCFC
MEA
Melco
MEMR
MENR
MEP
Meralco
mgd
MHI
MHPS
mn
MNES
MOU
MSW
mtph
MV
MW
MWH
MWp
MWt
MZ
Napocor
NCPIL
NDRC
NEBB
NEDO
NEPRA
NFFO
NHPC
NN
NNC
NOHAB
NOK
NPCC
NPP
NRC

kW peak
Larsen & Toubro
Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power
Linz Donawitz gas
Landfill gas
LG Engineering & Construction
Long Island Power Authority
Leningradsky Metallichesky Zavod
Liquified natural gas
Low pressure
Leroy Somer
Long-term service agreement
Light-water reactor
meat and bone meal
molten carbonate fuel cell
Manx Electricity Authority
Mitsubishi Electric Co
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources
Minstry of Energy and Natural Resources
Mecanica Pesada
Manila Electric Co
milion gallons per day
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
million
Ministry of New and Renewable Energies
Memorandum of understanding
Municipal solid waste
metric tons per hour
Metropolitan Vickers
Megawatt
MWH Inc
MW peak
Megawatt thermal
Mitsubishi Zosen
National Power Corp
Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd
National Development and Reform Commission
A/S Norsk Elektrisk Brown Boveri
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
National Electric Power and Regulatory Authority
Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation
NHPC Ltd
Newport News Ship & Dry Dock
National Nuclear Corp
Nydqvist och Holm
NOK Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG
National Projects Construction Corp Ltd
Nuclear power plant
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NREL
O&M
OECF
OMPA
OMVS
ONE
ORC
ORSEP
OSB
P&W
PEA
PECC1
PECC2
PFC
PHWR
PLC
PLF
PPA
PPC
pph
ppm
PRB
PREPA
PSALM
PSC
psi
PSP
PUC
PUD
PV
PWR
PWW
RBMK
RCC
RDF
REA
RES
RET
RS
S&L
S&W
SACM
SABCON
SCE
SCR
SCS
SEB
SEPCO
SFAC
SFL

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

operations and maintenance
Organization for Economic Cooperation
Oklahoma Municipal Power Agency
Organisation de la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal
Office National d'Electricte
Organic Rankine cycle
Organismo Regulador de Seguridad de Presas
Organize sanayi bolgesi
Pratt & Whintey
Provincial Electricity Authority
Power Engineering Consulting JSC 1
Power Engineering & Consulting Co 2
Power Finance Corp
Pressurized heavy water reactor
PowerLight Corp
Plant load factor
Power purchase agreement
Public Power Corp
pounds per hour
parts per million
Powder River Basin
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp
Public service commission
pounts per square inch
Pumped-storage plant
Public utility commission and analagous regulatory agencies
Public utility district
Photovoltaic
Pressurized water reactor
Pelton Water Wheel
graphite-moderated light-water reactor design
Rolller-compacted concrete
Refuse-derived fuel
US Rural Electrification Administration
Renewable Energy Systems
Retired
Riley Stoker
Sargent & Lundy
Stone & Webster
Soc Alsacienne de Construction Mecanique
JV oF ASEA, Balfour Beatty, Boving, Skansa, and Sweco
Southern California Edison Co
Selective catalytic reduction
Southern Company Services
State Electricity Board
Shandong Electric Power Construction Co and affiliates
Societe des Forges et Ateleiers de Creusot
Standard Fasel Lentjes

SGE
SGP
SIDEM
SIIF
SMEC
SMM
SMS
SNCR
SPP
SSE
SWPC
SZEW
TAH
T/E/G
T/G
TCC
TCE
TDF
TEC
Tepco
TIBB
TIC
TME
TMZ
TNEB
TNPG
TOEC
tpd
TPE
tph
TPP
TSSI
TPM
tpy
TVA
u.c.
UAE
UE&C
UETM
UHE
UKAEA
UMPP
USACE
USBR
USC
USCG
UTEC
VA TECH
VBB
VKR

Societe General d'Enterprises

Simmering-Graz-Pauker
Soc Intl de Dessalement
SIIF Energies
Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp
Sociedade de Montagens Metalomecanicas SA
S Morgan Smith
Selective non-catalytic reduction
Small Power Procuer program (TH)
Scottish & Southern Energy
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp
Sulzer Escher Wyss
Tianjin Alstom Hydro
Turbine/engine/generator
Turbine generator
Taiwan Cogeneration Corp
Tata Consulting Engineers
Tire-derived fuel
Techno-economic clearance
Tokyo Electric Power Co
Tecnomasio Italiano Brown Boveri SpA
The Industrial Co
TME Termomeccanica Ecologia
Turbomontonyj Zavod later UTZ Ural Turbine Works
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
The Nuclear Power Group
Technical Office for Engineering and Contracting
tons per day
Technopromexport
tons per hour
Thermal power plant
Thomassen Stewart & Stevenson
Pratt & Whitney - Turbo Power & Marine
tons per year
Tenessee Valley Authority
Under construction
United Arab Emirates
United Engineers & Constructors
Uralelectrotyazhmash Yekaterinburg
usina hidroeletrica
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Ultra Mega Power Projects
US Army Corps of Engineers
US Bureau of Reclamation
Ultra-supercritical
US Coast Guard
Utility Engineerng Corp
VA Tech Hydro
Vattenbyggnadsbryan
Veba Kraftwerke Ruhr AG

VKW
VST
WAPA
WAPCOS
WAPDA
WH
WHC
WTE
WTG
WSM
WWTP
YMEC
ZRE

Vereinigte Kesselwerke AG
Verkfrdistofa Sigurdar Thoroddsen
Western Area Power Admininstration
Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd
Water & Power Development Authority
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Canada
Waste-to-energy
Wind turbine generator
Wellman-Seaver-Morgan
Wastewater treatment plant
Yunnan Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corp
ZRE Gdansk

19-Nov-2016 industcards