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DOE ER 0051_; Report; January 1980.
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This report is a description of the initial methodology for the Comparative Assessment of the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program of NASA and DOE. Included are study objectives, issue identification, units of measurement, methods, and data bases. The energy
This report is a description of the initial methodology for the Comparative Assessment of the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program of NASA and DOE. Included are study objectives, issue identification, units of measurement, methods, and data bases. The energy
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systems concerned are the satellite power system, several coal technologies, geothermal, energy, fission, fusion, terrestrial solar systems, and ocean thermal energy conversion. Guidelines are suggested for the characterization of these systems, side-by-side analysis, alternative futures analysis, and integration and aggregation of data. The bulk of this rpeport is a description of the methods for assessing the technical, economic, environmental, societal, and institutional, issues surrounding the deployment of the selected energy technologies. Show Less