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Domestic Policy Review of Solar Energy. Federal Operations Panel final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5684591

The initiation of the Domestic Policy Review of Solar Energy on Sun Day, May 3, 1978, resulted in the organizing of an interagency DPR consisting of six groups or panels. This report covers the activities of the Federal Operations Panel. Policy options approved by the panel and recommended to the integrating group are: Federal agencies as users of energy to operate buildings and facilities: new Federal buildings; existing Federal buildings; and Federal leased space; Solar Energy Council to implement Federal facilities program; determination of cost-effectiveness of proposed active solar systems; use of alternate fuels from biomass in Federal government operations; solar energy integration experiments and demonstrations by the Federal power generation and marketing agencies; and acceleration of solar energy use through the Federal power generation and marketing agencies. Copies of these policy options are included as Appendix F. Additional data on the panel organization, functions, and work plan are included in Appendices A through E. (MCW)

Research Organization:
Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5684591
Report Number(s):
TID-28832
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English