Domestic policy review of solar energy. Volume 2. Final report, international panel

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5684623

To date, US solar technology, development, and commercialization have concentrated on domestic needs. The international arena does provide the US with an exceptional opportunity to advance several major foreign policy goals, namely: helping to ease the pressure on world fossil-fuel demand; cooperating with the industrialized countries in meeting the global energy challenge; helping the developing countries to attain greater energy and economic self-sufficiency; and improving the US trade and balance-of-payment. Discussed in detail are three interrelated initiatives, each of which is essential to a successful international effort. The first is commercialization of solar energy abroad by market identificaton and development, to create general world-wide demand and promote international trade, in which all interested countries can participate along with the US. The next is technical cooperation to bring about improvements in solar technologies, especially by developmental and demonstrational projects aimed at creating marketable, commercially viable systems and equipment. Cooperation with developing countries to bring about optimum energy resource development, with the help of appropriate international financial and technical assistance is the third option discussed. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5684623
• Report Number(s): TID-28830/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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