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Second Industrial Revolution (2IR), 3e4, Social capitalism, 27, 67, 327e328, 354,
17e18 574e575
financial model, 83e84 business model, 80
Self-generation, 178 China’s government, 67
incentive program, 173 Social constructionism, 34, 39
products, 178 Social constructions, 27
as type of “demand-side” activity, 177 Social forces, 12
Self-reliance to dependency, 325e330 Social implications, 504e505
Self-sufficiency, 476 Social instability, 338
Sensitivity analysis, 201 Social relations, 225e227
Shallow hydrothermal resources, 94 Societal Test, 176, 191e194
Shanghai Electric Power Company, 126, Soil degradation, 509
310e311 Solar “concentrated” systems, 16
Share Partnerships, 385 Solar company finance, 578
Sheikh Khalifa Fund, 377 Solar electricity systems, 114
SHS. See Solar home system (SHS) and relationship with grid, 113e116,
SIDS. See Small island developing states 114f
(SIDS) Solar energy, 5e6, 92e94, 548e550, 549f,
Sierra Leone, least electrified countries, 549t
105e107 solar PV technology, 93
Silicon, 16, 93 solar thermal technology, 93e94
PV, 93 systems, 548
Silicon Valley, 335, 573 Solar generation systems, 16
Simple Limited Partnership, 384 Solar home system (SHS), 103
Simulating load variable tariffs, 263 Solar hot water heaters, 368
Sino-Soviet split, 328 Solar lanterns, 101
Siquirres, 460 Solar Photovoltaic Incentive Program, 171
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Solar photovoltaics (Solar PV), 296. See also
376e379 Photovoltaics (PV)
SME International Fund, 378 array
Small cities role, 242e243 installations on city facilities, 148
Small island developing states (SIDS), and setup, 548e550
280e281 solar energy, 548e550
Smart “green” sustainable communities, 69 cell, 114, 115f
Smart appliances, 122 panels, 112e114
Smart City Project, 236, 429 systems, 147, 367
Smart community policy entrepreneurs, technology, 92
436e438 technology, 93
Smart Green Cities,2 Solar power, 19, 93
Smart grids, 30, 72, 83, 121, 268e269, Solar PV. See Solar photovoltaics (Solar PV)
301e302 Solar RES installations, 541e542,
China rebuilding power system and smart 542f
grid, 123e128 Solar technologies, 98, 114
and market solution, 121e123, 122f Solar thermal, 296e297
system, 112, 120, 120f systems, 327
“Smart house” market, 425, 425t technology, 92e94
“Smart Investment”, 221 Solar thermal power plants (STPP), 114e115,
“Smart lab”, 558 115f
Smart meter, 122 Solar units, 147
Smart microgrid PV experimental system, Solar water heater (SWH), 288e289,
124e125 296e297
Smart technologies with heart, 255e256 Solar-powered water filtration, 101
“Smart” green buildings, 250 SolarCity, 148
SMEs. See Small and medium enterprises Solid waste management (SWM), 475, 479
(SMEs) South Korea as leaders in GIR, 76e79