Dr. Farmer is currently constructing a pilot-scale system that will allow continuous operation with no interruption during regeneration. Many of these have made particularly significant contributions. Similarly, the Acoustic Monitoring of Global Ocean Climate project represents a novel effort to use acoustics to measure global ocean temperature and to incorporate those measurements into new climate models. In a feasibility test, a transmitter on Heard Island in the Indian Ocean sent 57-Hz signals to 14 receivers manned by 9 countries. The paths between the transmitter and the receivers spanned all oceans and extended as far as 15,000 km.
Larger experiments are currently underway.
This project has identified thousands of potential photovoltaic applications throughout the DoD, and it has successfully designed and deployed numerous small and intermediate remote photovoltaic systems. The project will soon expand its efforts to develop large remote systems and island grid interactive systems, promoting substantial environmental and economic savings and an overall reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels. The IPRs reviewed projects funded in FY93 and some funded in FY91 and FY92. Currently, distribution of FY95 funds is planned for May 1995 with FY96 funds distribution planned for November 1995. This schedule will enable the Program to match the budget cycle in FY96.