ABSTRACT
Energy inuences all aspects of economic life for households, businesses, and communities, making it a top national policy issue around the world. What are the sources of energy, how secure are they, and what do they cost? For a country as isolated as French Polynesia-so far from international oil supplies and yet so dependent on oil-the eect of increasing oil prices or of a global oil shortage are even more signicant. In 2008, French
7.4.1.3 Details of the 2009 Renewable Energy Legislation ....338 7.4.1.4 TEP-VERTES: Regional Collaboration to
Promote Renewable Energy in Isolated Sites..........338 7.4.2 Existing Renewable Energy Capacity and Potential ............339 7.4.3 Detailed Assessment of Existing Renewable Energy:
Hydroelectric, Solar, and Wind ............................................. 341 7.4.3.1 Hydroelectric Power ................................................. 341 7.4.3.2 Solar Power-PV Panels and ermal Water
Heaters ........................................................................ 343 7.4.3.3 Wind Power ................................................................ 347
7.4.4 Newer Renewable Energy Technologies: SWAC and OTEC ..........................................................................................351 7.4.4.1 Seawater Air Conditioning .......................................351 7.4.4.2 Ocean ermal Energy Conversion ........................353
