Task 7.1 - Strategic Planning
Energy industry decisions on resources, utilization technologies, and environmental control measures are made in reference to changing patterns of fuel cost and availability, emerging technological choices, externality impacts, and governmental policies, statutes, and regulations. Energy and environmental research that makes a difference must be performed with an awareness of the forces that shape these future trends and should anticipate needs in advance to compensate for developmental lead time. Research relevance begins with the appropriate selection of research thrust and topical content and ends with integration, interpretation, and application of results in real-world commercial development. The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) has endeavored to maintain a highly relevant research focus through activities dating back to the benchmark 1980 Low-Rank Coal Study, 1983 defederalization plans, and the 1991 comprehensive white paper on energy policy and technologies. Work was completed in FY94 on an energy and environmental profile for selected East Central European nations. Task 7.0 continues a limited effort devoted to strategic studies under the base Cooperative Agreement. The objective of this activity is to understand the potentialities, limitations, and status of competing energy technologies in terms of scientific basis, state of development, technical barriers, cost, efficiency, policy treatment, and environmental performance for the purpose of planning and evaluating research activities under the Cooperative Agreement. This work will be performed under the direction of the EERC director and associate directors to provide guidance for planning the broad outline for future research under the Cooperative Agreement in keeping with industry needs and national goals. This is being accomplished through directed studies and technical oversight.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States). Energy and Environmental Research Center
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-93MC30097
- OSTI ID:
- 575252
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/30097-5526; ON: DE97002192
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 30 Jun 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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