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Abbreviations - Initialisms - Acronyms
PPA
Power Purchase Agreement
VPPA
Virtual Power Purchase Agreement
DApp
Decentralized Application
ERC
Ethereum Request for Comments
EAC
Energy Attribute Certificates
GOs
Guarantees of Origin
REC
Renewable Energy Certificate
I-REC
International Renewable Energy Certificate
L1
Layer 1 (Main blockchain layer)
L2
Layer 2 (Secondary layer for scalability
solutions)
PoS
Proof of Stake
TPS
Transactions per Second
EVM
Ethereum Virtual Machine
ETH
Ether (the cryptocurrency used on Ethereum)
RE100
A global initiative committed to 100%
renewable energy
RES
Renewable Energy Sources
MWh
Megawatt-Hour
GHG
Greenhouse Gas
EECS
European Energy Certificate System
REGO
Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin
TIGRs
Tradeable Instruments for Global Renewables
CSRD
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
NFTs
non-fungible tokens
TXs
transactions
REGO
Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin
PoW
Proof of Work
ABI
Application Binary Interface
EMS
Energy Management Systems
CBA
Cost-Benefit Analysis
VPP
Virtual Power Plant
P2P
Peer to Peer
IoT
Internet of Things
DER
Distributed Energy Source
DSO
Distribution System Operators
Gas Fees
The cost paid by users to perform transactions
on the Ethereum network, calculated in gas (a
unit of computational work)