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MEMR 
Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Indonesia)
MIGA
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MSD
Medium speed diesel
MT
Magneto telluric (sounding)
MW
(MWe) Megawatt (electric) = 1,000 kW
MWh
Megawatt-hour
NCG
Non-condensable gases
NEF
National Energy Fund (Iceland)
NG
Natural gas
NGO 
Nongovernmental organization
NPC
National Power Corporation (national power utility of the Philippines)
NPV
Net present value
O&M
Operation and maintenance
ODA
Official development assistance
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development
OPF
Obra Publica Financiada (Mexico)
ORC
Organic Rankine Cycle (binary system)
PGE
Pertamina Geothermal Energy Corporation (Indonesia)
PLN
Perusahaan Listrik Negara (national power utility of Indonesia)
PNOC
Philippine National Oil Corporation
PoA 
Program of activities
PPA
Power purchase agreement
PPP
Public-private partnership
PV
Present value
QC 
Quality control
R
e 
Required return on equity
RPS
Renewable portfolio standards
SAGS
Steam-above-ground system (steam gathering system)
SREP
Scaling-up Renewable Energy Program
TA
Technical assistance
TEM
Transient electro magnetic (sounding)
TGC
Tradable Green Certificate
TWh
Terawatt-hour (1 TW = 1,000 GW)
UNDP
United Nations Development Program
UNEP
United Nations Environment Program
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNU-GTP United Nations University Geothermal Training Program
US$
United States dollar (currency)
UTC 
United Technology Company
WACC
Weighted average cost of capital
WB
World Bank
WBG 
World Bank Group

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