Abbreviations.

Conversion Units. (all in Lower Heating Values, LHV). Except where stated "t" refers to an oven dry tonne of biomass (1,000 kg, 0% moisture)

Energy Contents.

1 t wood	15 GJ (airdry, 20% moisture; 20 GJ, 0% moisture)
1 t Oil Equiv. (TOE)	42 GJ (MTOE = 1 million TOE)
1 t Coal	30 GJ
1 t Charcoal	28 GJ
1 bbl	1 barrel oil 159 1 = 1/7 t (approx.)

Acronyms.

BEDP	Bagasse Energy Development Programme (Mauritius)
BIG	Biomass Integrated Gasifier
STIG	Steam Injected Gas turbine
ISTIG	Intercooled STIG
CHP	Combined Heat and Power
CEST	Condensing Extraction Steam Turbine
GEF	Global Environment Facility of the World Bank
GHG	Green House Gases
GT	Gas Turbine
GTCC	Gas Turbine Combined Cycle
MSW	Municipal Solid Waste
NPP	Net Primary productivity (t/ha/yr)
NUE	Nutrient Use Efficient
PAR	Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PET	Potential Evapo-Transpiration
P/PET	Precipitation/PET
PV	Photovoltaics
RIGES	Renewables Intensive Global Energy Scenario {Johansson et al. 1993}
RME	Rape Seed Methyl Ester
SEDP	Sugarcane Energy Development Project Mauritius)
SRWC	Short Rotation Woody Coppice
WUE	Water Use Efficiency

International Units.

J	Joule
1 ha	hectare =2.47 acres
1 t	metric tonne = 1,000 kg
1 btu (British Thermal Unit)	1.054 kJ
1 calorie	4.19 J
1 kWh	3,600 J
1 W	1 Js

n = nano = 10^-9
m = micro = 10^-6
m = milli = 10^-3
k = kilo = 10³
M = mega = 10⁶
G = giga = 10⁹
T = tera = 10¹²
P = peta = 10¹⁵
E = exa = 10¹⁸

Chemical.

CO₂ = carbon dioxide
CH₄ = methane
CH₂OH = methanol
C₂H₄OH = ethanol
H₂O = water
C = carbon
N = nitrogen
P = phosphorus
K = potasium