Preliminary comparative assessment of land use for the satellite power system (SPS) and alternative electric energy technologies

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5428492· OSTI ID:5428492

Newsom, D. E.; Wolsko, T. D.

A preliminary comparative assessment of land use for the satellite power system (SPS), other solar technologies, and alternative electric energy technologies has been conducted. The alternative technologies are coal-gasification/combined-cycle, coal fluidized-bed combustion (FBC), light water reactor (LWR), liquid metal fast breeder reactor (LMFBR), terrestrial photovoltaics (TPV), solar thermal electric (STE), and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). Fusion was not included in this preliminary work but will be a part of the final evaluation based on available research, to identify a suitable assessment methodology, and to identify data deficiencies. The major issues of a land use assessment are the quantity, purpose, duration, location, and costs of the required land use. The phased methodology described treats the first four issues, but not the costs. Several past efforts at comparative or single-technology assessment are reviewed briefly. The current state of knowledge about land use is described for each technology. Conclusions are drawn regarding deficiencies in the data on comparative land use and needs for further research. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5428492
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER-0054
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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ORBITAL SOLAR POWER PLANTS
LAND REQUIREMENTS
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RECTENNAS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
OCEAN THERMAL POWER PLANTS
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANTS
POWER REACTORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
ANTENNAS
BREEDER REACTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EPITHERMAL REACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FAST REACTORS
FBR TYPE REACTORS
LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS
REACTORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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