BRINGING SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY TO THE MARKETPLACE

by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,

Technical Report, 1986

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CSP Unique ID 190682691

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Electronic Resource

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Publication

DOE CE 0233; Report; September 1986.

Language

Library's review

ABSTRACT:
The U.S. Congress, during the 1988 budget appropriation process, requested the Department of Energy to report "...its activities and plans to bring the Department's research results [on solar thermal energy systems] to the marketplace" (House Report 100-498, page 751, December 22, 1987).
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This is the Department's response to that request. This report describes the significant progress already made in bringing solar thermal energy systems to the marketplace and the prospects for continued private sector market development. The report is organized in three sections. The first section, Solar Thermal's Potential, reviews the need for developing solar thermal technology and the payoffs resulting from its utilization.

The next section, Solar Thermal Research & Development, discusses the solid technology base that has been established and the current emphasis of R&D efforts. In the third section, Progress in Commercial Applications, success in bringing first-generation solar thermal systems to the marketplace is reviewed and processes and prospects for continued market development are outlined.

The development of this report relied heavily on input and critique from both current and potential users of solar thermal energy systems and companies involved in solar thermal technology research and product development.
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