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Renewable energy sources for electricity generation in selected developed countries

Abstract

The objectives of this report are to analyze the present status and to assess the future of selected renewable energy sources (RE) other than hydropower, i.e. wind, solar, biomass, tidal and geothermal, already in use or expected to be used for electricity generation. The report focuses on grid connected technologies leaving stand-alone power plants unconsidered. This report provides recent information on environmental impacts, costs and technical potentials related to the implementation of electricity technologies using these energy sources. The study is limited to six OECD countries, i.e. Australia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The situation in other OECD countries is addressed where appropriate, but no comprehensive information is provided. Nevertheless, efforts are made to determine the technical potential of the renewable energy sources for ``Rest of OECD``. The time horizons in this report are 2010 and 2030. While detailed information is provided for the period until 2010, the technical potential for 2030 is discussed only qualitatively. Scenario analysis and the design of national energy and electric systems assuming different sets of objectives and boundary conditions are outside the scope of this study. Nevertheless, the information given in this report  More>>
Publication Date:
May 01, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
IAEA-TECDOC-646
Reference Number:
SCA: 299000; 290300; PA: AIX-23:054899; SN: 92000775106
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1992
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER GENERATION; REVIEWS; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; TIDAL POWER; WIND POWER; 299000; 290300; UNCONVENTIONAL SOURCES AND POWER GENERATION; ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
OSTI ID:
10157708
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 1011-4289; Other: ON: DE92636705; TRN: XA9231251054899
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
95 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 06, 2005

Citation Formats

None. Renewable energy sources for electricity generation in selected developed countries. IAEA: N. p., 1992. Web.
None. Renewable energy sources for electricity generation in selected developed countries. IAEA.
None. 1992. "Renewable energy sources for electricity generation in selected developed countries." IAEA.
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title = {Renewable energy sources for electricity generation in selected developed countries}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The objectives of this report are to analyze the present status and to assess the future of selected renewable energy sources (RE) other than hydropower, i.e. wind, solar, biomass, tidal and geothermal, already in use or expected to be used for electricity generation. The report focuses on grid connected technologies leaving stand-alone power plants unconsidered. This report provides recent information on environmental impacts, costs and technical potentials related to the implementation of electricity technologies using these energy sources. The study is limited to six OECD countries, i.e. Australia, the Federal Republic of Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The situation in other OECD countries is addressed where appropriate, but no comprehensive information is provided. Nevertheless, efforts are made to determine the technical potential of the renewable energy sources for ``Rest of OECD``. The time horizons in this report are 2010 and 2030. While detailed information is provided for the period until 2010, the technical potential for 2030 is discussed only qualitatively. Scenario analysis and the design of national energy and electric systems assuming different sets of objectives and boundary conditions are outside the scope of this study. Nevertheless, the information given in this report should provide input data for such a systems analysis. All the information given in this report is based on literature surveys. Any figure given is contingent on the fact that it has appeared in a paper or a publicly available technical report. 251 refs, figs and tabs.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1992}
month = {May}
}