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Power surge: The status and near-term potential of renewable energy technologies (revised)

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:91680

This study is a comprehensive review of renewable energy resources and the status of the major technologies that tap those resources. Technologies discussed include: biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, photovoltaic, solar building technologies, solar thermal power and wind power. Cost, capacity, environmental impacts (including global warming), technology description, and other issues of these technologies are addressed. DE Carbon dioxide, energy efficiency, costs, benefits.

Research Organization:
Public Citizen, Washington, DC (United States). Critical Mass Energy Project
OSTI ID:
91680
Report Number(s):
PB--95-235693/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English