International Energy Agency with emphasis on the Subgroup on Energy Research and Development and the Energy Conservation Working Party

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7193884· OSTI ID:7193884

As a result of the 1973 oil embargo and rising oil prices the United States and other members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) created an International Energy Agency (IEA) to administer an International Energy Program. The program's objectives are to insure that all participating countries will be able to satisfy their minimum oil requirements; to promote cooperation between oil-producing and oil-consuming countries; and to reduce dependence on imported oil through research and development, energy conservation, use of alternative energy sources, and uranium enrichment. Of the agency's four Standing Groups, the Standing Group on Long Term Cooperation on Energy is of particular interest to ERDA; it was formed to consider energy conservation, alternative sources of energy, energy research and development, and uranium enrichment. The Subgroup on Energy Research and Development has selected nine projects to explore the following: (1) hydrogen from water, (2) waste heat utilization, (3) municipal and industrial waste utilization, (4) coal technology, (5) radioactive waste management, (6) nuclear safety, (7) thermonuclear fusion, (8) solar energy, and (9) energy conservation. The U.S. is the lead country on (6) and (9). A Nuclear Safety Research Index is to be published annually. The Working Group on Energy Conservation is investigating thermalcharacteristics of buildings, heat pumps, thermal storage, and heat exchangers. Organizational data are presented. (MCW)

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA). Div. of Buildings and Industry
• OSTI ID: 7193884
• Report Number(s): ERDA-76-13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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