Commonly used acronyms:

ABP	Animal By-Product
AD	Anaerobic Digestion.
ATT	Advanced Thermal Treatment
DBEER	Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (otherwise called BERR)
BETTA	The British Electricity Transmission and Trading Arrangements
BMW	Biodegradable Municipal Waste
CCA	Climate Change Agreements
CCGT	Closed Cycle Gas Turbine
CCL	Climate Change Levy
CCS	Carbon Capture and Storage
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism
CERT	Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
CHP	Combined Heat and Power
CHPA	Combined Heat and Power Association
CHPQA	Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance
CoP	Performance Coefficient
CoE	Emissions Coefficient
CV	Calorific Value
DEFRA	Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DG	Distributed Generation
DNOs	Distribution Network Operators
DTI	Department of Trade and Industry
DUKES	Digest of UK Energy Statistics
EEC	Energy Efficiency Commitment (see CERT)
EfW	Energy from Waste
EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment
EPC	Energy Performance Contracting
ESCO	Energy Services Company
EUETS	European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
FEY	Future Energy Yorkshire
GHG	Greenhouse Gas
HHV	Higher Heating Value/ Gross CV
HRSG	Heat Recovery Steam Generator
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change
IPPC/IPC	Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control
KTP	Knowledge Transfer Partnership
LDF	Local Development Framework
LECs	Levy Exemption Certificates
LHV	Lower Heating Value/ Net CV
MBT	Mechanical and Biological Treatment
MSW	Municipal Solid Waste
MY	Micro-generation Yorkshire
NAP	National Allocation Plan under the EUETS
OCGT	Open Cycle Gas Turbine
Ofgem	The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
PPA	Power Purchase Agreement
PV	Photovoltaics
RAY	Recycling Action Yorkshire
REGOs	Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin
ROCs	Renewable Obligation Certificates
RSS	Regional Spatial Strategy
RTFO	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
SDC	Sustainable Development Commission
SFCo	Yorkshire and Humber Sustainable Futures Company
WHB	Waste Heat Boiler
WHRU	Waste Heat Recovery Unit
WID	Waste Incineration Direction
WIP	Waste Implementation Programme