Analysis of direct and indirect effects of unit solar technologies and variations in national solar scenarios
As part of the Technology Assessment of Solar Energy (TASE) program, a number of solar technologies were characterized by various national laboratories in terms of size, fuel requirements, pollutant output, and material and labor requirements for operation and maintenance and construction. For this part of the TASE study, those solar technologies along with competing conventional technologies are embedded into alternative energy systems to produce a unit of useful output energy. The systems are evaluated on the basis of total annualized cost, and direct and indirect emissions of air pollutants, employment, and input energy requirements. Finally, the results of several sensitivity studies on the 14 Quad scenario test both the sensitivity of the results to certain assumptions and indicate how some of the adverse effects of rapid solar development can be mitigated and the positive effects enhanced.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6408065
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-811212-17; ON: DE83009551
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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