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JPL 5103 56 Volume 1; Report; April 1979.
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This report presents an overview of the technological, economic, and institutional issues which affect the development and market acceptance of dispersed solar thermal power. The first set of working papers (Volume II) analyzes the problems involved in making solar thermal energy a viable
Volume III continues the analysis of dispersed solar thermal power systems begun in Volume II. It focuses on the market environment which will confront solar thermal power systems. It attempts to better understand market operation in order to more efficiently introduce and diffuse alternative energy sources into the marketplace. Section IX is an introduction to this volume. Section X focuses on the firms involved in carrying out the adoption process; it surveys the operations within the production process, assesses the potential for cost reduction through mass-production techniques, and identifies production systems which might facilitate the industrial development of solar thermal power. Next, Section XI, investigates barriers to the market acceptance of solar thermal power. These include a lack of emphasis on analysis of market conditions, limited user involvement in federal innovation efforts, and a tendency for prolonged federal development to compete with private efforts. Section XII analyzes the prospects for expediting the adoption of solar thermal power systems; it describes the key factors which must be considered in formulating federal commercialization programs, and develops a set of specific recommendations for enhancing interactions with private industry. The final section (XIII) summarizes these efforts and compiles a recommended research agenda for dispersed solar thermal power systems.
This report presents an overview of the technological, economic, and institutional issues which affect the development and market acceptance of dispersed solar thermal power. The first set of working papers (Volume II) analyzes the problems involved in making solar thermal energy a viable
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alternative. Section I introduces the volume. Sections II and III survey the system concepts and components currently under study and include information on recent cost and performance estimates. Section IV examines trends in national energy demand and supply and evaluates the implications of these trends for dispersed power systems. The next two sections (V and VI) focus on more quantitative subjects--financial factors affecting the cost of solar power to users and market penetration analysis--which will be analyzed in more detail in later documents. Regional variations of the solar resource are discussed in Section VII, and the final section (VIII) compiles a research agenda for dispersed solar thermal systems. Volume III continues the analysis of dispersed solar thermal power systems begun in Volume II. It focuses on the market environment which will confront solar thermal power systems. It attempts to better understand market operation in order to more efficiently introduce and diffuse alternative energy sources into the marketplace. Section IX is an introduction to this volume. Section X focuses on the firms involved in carrying out the adoption process; it surveys the operations within the production process, assesses the potential for cost reduction through mass-production techniques, and identifies production systems which might facilitate the industrial development of solar thermal power. Next, Section XI, investigates barriers to the market acceptance of solar thermal power. These include a lack of emphasis on analysis of market conditions, limited user involvement in federal innovation efforts, and a tendency for prolonged federal development to compete with private efforts. Section XII analyzes the prospects for expediting the adoption of solar thermal power systems; it describes the key factors which must be considered in formulating federal commercialization programs, and develops a set of specific recommendations for enhancing interactions with private industry. The final section (XIII) summarizes these efforts and compiles a recommended research agenda for dispersed solar thermal power systems.
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