An Assessment Of Us Energy Options For Project Independence PDF Download

This report emphasizes the widespread, domestic, long-term, reliable availability of solar energy resources, and the general environmental acceptability of solar energy power systems. Finally, the report outlines the types of solar energy research, technology development, and system implementation needed to help meet the objectives of Project Independence. This report by the Solar Energy Task Force Report for the Project Independence Blueprint Study concludes that economically viable solar energy conversion systems can be developed and installed in substantial numbers well before the year 2000 to provide significant quantities of energy and power for the U.S. The study describes six technically feasible solar energy technologies for heating and cooling buildings, providing high temperature heat, and producing electric power or clean fuels. The report presents projections of potential upper-bound annual energy contributions of each of the six solar energy technologies at 5-year intervals up to the year 2000 and provides estimates of the equivalent number of barrels of oil that would not be imported if these solar energy techniques were implemented in substitution of derived energy.