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power technologies, 16e17 results, 183e184
technologies, 298e299 strengths, 184
and tidal, 16e17 weaknesses, 184
Ocean thermal energy conversion devices Pavegen Company, 498
(OTEC devices), 16e17, 298e299 “Payback period”, 184
OECD. See Organisation for Economic Co- Payments for Environmental Services
operation and Development (OECD) program, 466
“Off grid inverter”, 548 PCC. See President’s Climate Commitment
Off-the-Grid Housing Units, 538e539 (PCC)
Offshore wind, 297e298 Peak oil, 342, 355, 360
Ohio State University (OSU), 523e525 Peer-to-peer business models, 237
Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), 561e562, People’s Republic of China (PRC), 11, 352
562f, 565f, 570f Five-Year Plans, 352
context of sustainability at, 561e564 opportunities, 354e356
Oil refining, 20 percentage of world energy sources used
Onshore wind, 297e298 by, 356f
Open-cycle gas turbine units, 300 Persian Gulf markets, 404e406
Organic digestion, 95e96 Persian Gulf states, prospects for polish
“Organic Valley”, 243 enterprises in, 404
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Petroleum products, 89e90
Development (OECD), 280e281, Pew Charitable Trusts, 329
431, 507 PHEVs. See Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs)
Organizational Photovoltaics (PV), 147, 216, 285e286.
approach, 49e51 See also Solar photovoltaics
context, 53 (Solar PV)
identity, 55 lease of photovoltaic system, 171e172
Lifeworld, 51e52 life cycle analysis, 149e156, 539, 550t
morphology, 55 panels, 97, 112e113
paradigm, 50, 55 reaction, 16
Organizing paradigm, 48e51, 55 solar energy systems, 171
OSU. See Ohio State University (OSU) technologies, 93
OTEC devices. See Ocean thermal energy wall panels, 261
conversion devices (OTEC devices) Plant indigenous giant bamboo, 456
OWU. See Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), 97
Oxygen for caregivers, 253 Poland
Arabic investments in, 409e410
P business cooperation between UAE and,
403e410
PAC test. See Program Administrator Cost Policy
test (PAC test) domains, 439
PACE program. See Property Assessed Clean entrepreneurs, 433e434
Energy program (PACE program) integration in compact city, 439e441
Pacific Islands, 413
requirements and endorsements, 169
Paradigm shift, 36e40
rules, 182e183
Paris, urban circular economy, 237e240
Polish enterprises
Parque Nacional Tortuguero, 461
factors determining expansion,
PARTA. See Portage Area Regional Transit
408e409
Authority (PARTA)
prospects for, 404
Participant Test, 183, 202e203. See also
Polish entrepreneurs, entry barriers for,
Ratepayer Impact Measure Test (RIM
406e408
Test)
Political economy
benefits and costs, 183
of income and wealth distribution, 576
formulas, 185e186