National implications of solar futures. A TASE project report
Two potential solar energy futures for the US in the year 2000 are analyzed and compared in the context of high overall national energy growth (118 quads) which is compatible with the upper range of the National Energy Plan. One scenario is a low solar growth scenario wherein solar and biomass technologies contribute the equivalent of 6 quads or 5% to total national energy supply. The other scenario is a high solar growth scenario wherein solar and biomass technologies contribute the equivalent of 14.2 quads or 12% of total national energy supply. The results and synthesis of several studies which analyzed and compared the environmental and socioeconomic implications of these potential futures at national, regional, and community levels are presented. Detailed discussions of the project itself, the construction of the scenarios, and each analysis contributing to the study are included. These analyses are: air quality; water quality; water and land resources; indirect emissions; economic, employment, and materials resource; and institutional framework. (MHR)
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA); Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA); Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA); Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA); Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Mitre Corp., McLean, VA (USA). METREK Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5357539
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EP-0025; ON: DE82005122
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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