Glossaries
External glossaries, lexica, and online vocabularies relevant to smart grid transitions. If you know one that should be added, use the discussion section below.
Standards bodies and technical organisations
- IEC Electropedia — the IEC's international electrotechnical vocabulary, covering electricity, electronics, and related fields: https://www.electropedia.org/
- IEC Glossaries — term browser for all IEC standards: https://std.iec.ch/terms/terms.nsf/welcome?OpenForm and https://products.iec.ch/view/search/all?q=eyJtb2RlIjoiR0xPU1NBUlkiLCJzb3J0QnkiOiJ0ZXJtLS1hc2MiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0%3D
- IEEE Thesaurus — controlled vocabulary for IEEE subject indexing: https://www.ieee.org/publications/services/thesaurus.html#how-to-access%20the-current-ieee-thesaurus-pdf
- GridWise Transactive Energy Framework Glossary — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: https://gridwiseac.org/pdfs/pnnl_22946_gwac_te_framework_july_2019_v1_1.pdf
- Grid Architecture Power Systems Glossary (PNNL, 2016): https://gridarchitecture.pnnl.gov/media/methods/Grid%20Architecture%20Glossary%20LLNL-MI-723064.pdf
- NARUC Interoperability Glossary — North American regulatory terminology: https://www.naruc.org/cpi-1/energy-infrastructure-modernization/smart-grid/interoperability-glossary/
- OMS Glossary — Open Metering System group terminology: https://oms-group.org/fileadmin/files/download4all/specification/Vol2/4.1.2/OMS-Spec_Glossary_v101.pdf
- UCTE Operation Handbook Glossary — legacy document (pre-2009, UCTE succeeded by ENTSO-E), but still widely referenced for European TSO terminology: https://eepublicdownloads.entsoe.eu/clean-documents/pre2015/publications/entsoe/Operation_Handbook/glossary_v22.pdf
- BSC Glossary — electricity market terminology from Elexon (UK): https://www.elexon.co.uk/glossary/?show=all
National and intergovernmental institutions
- U.S. Energy Information Administration Glossary — electricity and energy terms: https://www.eia.gov/tools/glossary/?id=electricity
- California Energy Commission Energy Glossary: https://www.energy.ca.gov/resources/energy-glossary
- REN21 Glossary (2024 Global Status Report): https://www.ren21.net/gsr-2024/annex/glossary/
- Greening the Grid Glossary — USAID initiative: https://greeningthegrid.org/resources/glossary
- Energy Modelling Initiative Glossary (Canada): https://emi-ime.ca/modelling-inventory/glossary/
- National Grid ESO Glossary (UK) — verify link before use, document downloads may rotate: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/33836/download
- UK Power Networks Glossary: https://innovation.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/glossary/
Research and knowledge platforms
- Energypedia — collaborative wiki on renewable energy access and efficiency, focused on developing countries: https://energypedia.info/wiki/Main_Page
- ISGAN Smart Grid Glossary (older version, OpenEI): https://openei.org/wiki/ISGAN_Smart_Grid_Glossary
- SHAPE ENERGY Lexicon — social sciences and humanities terminology for energy research: https://shapeenergy.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/SHAPE_ENERGY_LEXICON.pdf
- Framing in Renewable Energy Policies: A Glossary (Wolsink M., 2020, MDPI Energies): https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/11/2871
- The Comprehensive Energy Storage Glossary (How to Store Electricity): https://howtostoreelectricity.com/energy-storage-glossary/
- Enefirst Glossary and Acronyms — energy efficiency first principle terminology: https://enefirst.eu/glossary-acronyms/
- CleanTechGrid Acronyms and Glossary: https://www.cleantechgrid.com/acronyms.php#R and https://www.cleantechgrid.com/glossary#
Industry and commercial
These glossaries are produced by commercial organisations and may reflect particular market perspectives. Useful for terminology, but verify definitions against primary sources.
- HIVE Power: A-Z of Smart Grids: https://www.hivepower.tech/blog/a-z-of-smart-grids-a-glossary
- CAMUS: Glossary of Electric Utility Software Systems: https://www.camus.energy/blog/alphabet-soup-a-glossary-of-electric-utility-software-systems
- Enerdynamics Energy Glossary: https://www.enerdynamics.com/content/Energy-Glossary.aspx
- GridBeyond Energy Glossary: https://gridbeyond.com/energy-glossary/
- Enel Green Power Glossary: https://www.enelgreenpower.com/learning-hub/glossary
- EDF Energy Glossary of Energy Terms: https://www.edfenergy.com/large-business/glossary
- Unitil Utility-Speak Glossary: https://unitil.com/glossary
- Clean Energy Glossary (EnergyNC): https://energync.org/glossary/