Glossary
| %wt | Percentage weight |
| ABLE | Alkalinity based on low energy |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| AU$ | Australian dollars |
| bbl | Barrel |
| bn | Billion |
| CaCO3 | Calcium carbonate |
| CaO | Calcium oxide |
| CAPEX | Capital expenditure |
| CARMA | Carbon monitoring for action |
| CCGT | Combined cycle gas turbine |
| CCS | Carbon capture and storage |
| CCUS | Carbon capture, use and storage |
| CDM | Clean Development Mechanism |
| CEH | Chemical Economics Handbook |
| CER | Certified emissions reductions credits |
| CMAP | Carbonate mineralisation by aqueous precipitation |
| CO | Carbon monoxide |
| CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
| CR5 | Counter rotating ring receiver reactor recuperator |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| DOE | Department of Energy (United States) |
| ECBM | Enhanced coal bed methane |
| EGS | Enhanced geothermal systems |
| EJ | Exa joule |
| EOR | Enhanced oil recovery |
| ETS | Emission trading scheme |
| EU | ETS European Union Emission’s Trading Scheme |
| EUR | Euro (currency) |
| G8 | The Group of Eight (Forum of senior officials from eight member states: France, Germany, |
| Italy, | Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and Russia) |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| Gtpa | Gigatonne per annum |
| GW | Gigawatt |
| GWe | Gigawatt electrical |
| H2 | Hydrogen |
| H2O | Water |
| ha | hectare |
| HCOOH | Formic acid |
| HDR | Hot dry rocks |
| HFR | Hot fractured rocks |
| IEA | International Energy Association |
| IGCC | Integrated gasification combined cycle (power plant) |
| in | Inch |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| K | Potassium |
| kg | Kilogram |
| km | Kilometre |
| lb | Pound |
| LCA | Life cycle assessment |
| m | Metre |
| MgCO3 | Magnesium carbonate |
| MgO | Magnesium oxide |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| mm | Millimetre |
| MEF | Major Economies Forum |
| MMP | Minimum miscibility pressure |
| MMV | Monitoring, measurement and verification |
| MPa | Mega pascals |
| Mt | Million tonnes |
| Mt/y | Million tonnes per year |
| Mtoe | Million tonne of oil equivalent |
| Mtpa | Million tonnes per annum |
| MW | Megawatt |
| MWe | Megawatt electrical |
| MWh | Mega watt hour |
| N | Nitrogen |
| NaOH | Sodium hydroxide |
| NETL | National Energy Technology Laboratory |
| NOAK | Nth of a kind |
| NPK | Nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (fertiliser) |
| NRC-IRAP | National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program |
| NY | New York |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| °C | Degrees Celsius |
| OCAP | Organic carbon dioxide for assimilation of plants |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEX | Operational expenditure |
| P | Phosphorus |
| pa | per annum |
| PB | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
| PBR | Photo-bioreactor |
| pH | Measure of acidity |
| psig | Pounds per square inch gauge |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SCCO2 | Supercritical carbon dioxide |
| SCM | Supplementary Cementitious Material |
| t | tonne |
| t/d | tonnes per day |
| t/t | tonne/tonne |
| TAP | Technology Action Plan |
| tCO2 | tonnes of carbon dioxide |
| TiO2 | Titanium dioxide |
| tpa | tonnes per annum |
| tpd | tonnes per day |
| UAN | Urea-ammonium nitrate |
| US | United States |
| USA | United States of America |
| US$ | United States dollar – Monetary values are in US$ unless otherwise stated |
