Abbreviations and acronyms

CCS

Carbon capture and storage

CCU

Carbon capture and use

CCUS

Carbon capture, Use and storage

CE

Circular Economy pathway

CSP

Concentrated solar power

EC

European Commission

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EGD

European Green Deal

EU ETS

European Union Emission Trading System

EU27

27 member countries of the European Union

Eurostat SBS

Eurostat Structural Business Statistics

EUTL

European Union Transaction Log

GHG

Greenhouse gas

IEA

International Energy Agency

KWh

Kilowatt-hour

LNG

Liquified natural gas

LOHC

Liquid organic hydrogen carrier

MENA

Middle East and North Africa

NACE

Nomenclature of Economic Activities. Classification of economic activities at different levels of detail.

NP

New Processes pathway

NUTS

Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics. It refers to the EU system for classification of regions at different levels of detail.

Orbis

Cross-country firm-level database by Bureu Van Dijk

PV

Photovoltaic

RE

Renewable energy

SDS

Sustainable Development Scenario

SES

Structure of Earnings Survey

tCO2e

Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent

TL

Territorial level. It refers to the OECD system for classification of regions at different levels of detail.

TWh

Terawatt-hour

UBA

German Federal Environment Agency

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