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CER
Certified Emission Reduction. Quotas issued for emission
reductions from Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project
activities
CCS
Carbon Capture and Storage. Technologies used for isolating
carbon dioxide from fuel gas (at combustion plants) and storing
it. This means that a significantly lower amount of CO₂ is emitted
into the atmosphere
CDM
Clean Development Mechanisms, a mechanism under the Kyoto
Protocol through which developed countries may finance
greenhouse-gas emission reduction or removal projects in
developing countries, and receive credits for doing so which
they may apply towards meeting mandatory limits on their own
emissions
CHP/Cogeneration
Combined Heat and Power. System of simultaneous generation
of electricity and heat. The output from cogeneration plants
is substantially better than it would be if they produced only
electricity
Churn/Switch
Free (by choice) movement of a customer from one supplier
to another
Clean Coal
New technologies and processes allowing electricity generation
from coal while lowering CO₂ emissions
Clean Dark Spread/Clean Spark Spread
The Clean Dark Spread is the difference between electricity’s
spot market price and the cost of electricity produced with coal
plus the price of related carbon dioxide allowances while the
Clean Spark Spread is the same indicator but with electricity
produced with natural gas
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CCGT/Combined cycle power plant
Combined Cycle Gas Turbine. Thermal power plant, usually
running on gas-fired turbines, where electricity is generated
at two consecutive levels: firstly by gas combustion in the
turbines, and secondly by using energy from the product of
the gas combustion process in boilers, which supply heat to
steam turbo-generators. This process provides high levels of
thermal output (55 to 60%, compared with only 33 to 35% for
conventional thermal power plants)
Climate Change
Climate change is any significant long-term change in the
expected patterns of average weather of a region (or the whole
Earth) over a significant period of time.
Climate Risk Index
Climate Risk Index is released by Germanwatch which analyses
to what extent countries and regions have been affected by
impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat
waves etc.)
Copenhagen Accord
A voluntary agreement between the United States, China,
Japan, Canada, Mexico, Russia and hundreds more making
up over 80% of the global population and over 85% of global
emissions that is based on goodwill of each member country
assuming that each country will live up to their part in saving
the climate by reducing greenhouse gases.
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
is an independent Australian federal government agency
responsible for scientific research.
Decentralized generation
Production of electricity near the point of use, irrespective of
size and technology, capacity and energy sources
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CEER/ERGEG
Council of the European Energy Regulators and European
Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas. ERGEG was dissolved
with the creation of ACER, all ERGEG works are found in CEER
website
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Carbon Cost Coalition
A multi-state coalition of state legislators from 12 states of the
USA, who are focused on reducing carbon emissions, ensuring
equity in policy proposals, developing market based solutions,
creating a resilient local economy and improving public health.
