Environmental Development Plan (EDP). Solar thermal power systems, 1977

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6772476

This Environmental Development Plan (EDP) for the ERDA Solar Thermal Power Systems Program briefly describes the goals of the program, and identifies potential environmental, health, safety, and socioeconomic impacts relevant to solar thermal power systems, particularly those sited in the southwest. These impacts are screened for ''key issues,'' i.e., those which are considered to be most serious in nature, which have near-term importance to the program, and for which current knowledge of effects and control is inadequate. A management plan is then presented for conducting and coordinating environmental research in concert with the technology development effort. This will ensure that identified environmental issues are resolved prior to significant public deployment of the technology. Seven key issues related to solar thermal power systems are identified in this EDP: handling and disposal of system fluids and wastes, potable water contamination, heliostat reflection, ecological impacts of the heliostat field, alteration of the microclimate, land use, and utility-consumer interface.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6772476
• Report Number(s): DOE/EDP-0004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140400 -- Solar Energy-- Environmental Aspects
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290500 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Research
Development
Demonstration
& Commercialization
299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-)
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HELIOSTATS
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAFETY
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT