An assessment of solar energy as a national energy resource
By: prepared by the NSF/NASA Solar Energy Panel.
Contributors: National Science Foundation (U.S.). Research Applied to National Needs Program.
Publisher: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 85
Subjects: Solar energy -- United States.; Power resources -- United States.
Description: "The Solar Energy Panel was organized jointly by the NSF and NASA in January 1972, and comprised of nearly 40 scientists and engineers possessing expertise in solid state physics, chemistry, microbiology, power engineering, architecture, photovoltaics, and the thermal sciences as well as several economists, environmentalists, and sociologists. The Panel was charged with assessing the potential of solar energy as a national energy resource and the state of the technology in the various solar energy application areas, and with recommending necessary research and development programs to develop the potential in those areas considered important. The scope of the Panel's activities was defined to include all applications of direct solar energy, as well as power from wind, ocean thermal differences, and useful energy from replenishable organic materials. This report presents the findings of the Panel."--Page 1.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"NSF/RA/N-73-001."
"Prepared under National Science Foundation grant GI-32488, Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) Program."