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GIO. See Green Investment Promotion central power grid to local distributed
Organization (GIO) power systems, 29
GIR. See Green Industrial Revolution (GIR) China Leapfrogged to, 67e68
GlashusEtt, 273, 273f communities and nations, 13e15
Global Collaborative Innovation Networks costs, finances, and return on investment,
(COINs), 256 81e84
Global Energy Innovations, 574 Danish case for, 28
Global Environmental Fund of United deregulation benefits, 19e22
Nations, 293 better investment decisions, 19e20
Global Off-Grid Lighting Association politicized priorities, 20e22
(GOGLA), 101 developing world leaders in energy
Global Tracking Framework, 99 development and sustainable
Global warming, 4e5, 36 technologies, 80e81
GM. See General Motors (GM) distributed renewable energy generation
GOGLA. See Global Off-Grid Lighting for sustainable communities, 79e80
Association (GOGLA) E-mail surveillance data on ENRON, 29
Governance, 519 economic development in agile energy
Government financial support, 376e379 system, 26e27
Government Motors, 12 EU Policies, 74e76
Government Related Entities (GREs), issue of deregulating agile energy systems,
375e376 22e26
Governmental agency, 172e174 Japan and South Korea as leaders in,
power purchase agreement by, 164e171 76e79
Governmental programs, 465e466 renewable energy power source, 15e19
Governor Davis Administration’s Office of smart grid, 30
Planning and Research, 230 Green Investment Promotion Organization
GPM. See Greater Paris Metropolis (GPM) (GIO), 436e437
Grassroots Green Revolving Funds, 517, 517f
efforts, 568e569 Green Urban Planning, 308e310
model for sustainability in higher Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG emissions),
education, 561 75, 111, 148, 156, 259, 280e281, 353,
Great Depression, 12 509
Greater Arab Free-Trade Area, 374e375 Greening public buildings, 27
Greater Paris Metropolis (GPM), GREs. See Government Related Entities
238e239 (GREs)
Green Grid-based electrification, 99e100
buildings, 577 “Grid-tie inverter”, 548
cities, 366 Grideconnected energy “paradigm”, 367
communities, 72 Gross domestic product (GDP), 280e281,
development, 4, 6, 310 309, 325e326, 353, 376
energy, 2, 14 Gross energy savings, 199
system, 279e280 Ground-mounted arrays, 548
technologies, 69 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), 374e375
transition, 319 banks, 394e395
Green City Index, 241 Gulf of Aden, 337e338
Green Community Funds, 517
Green Economy, 487e488 H
Green Electricity Strategy, 366
Hammarby Lake City, 271e273
Green Heart City, 489
Hammarby model, 271e272, 272f
Green Hydrogen Economy, 69
Hammarby Sjo ¨stad, 271e273
Green Industrial Revolution (GIR), 2e5, 11,
Hanergy, 578
18, 67, 69e84, 574
Healing in directions, 466