Renewable power pathways : a review of the U.S. Department of Energy's renewable energy programs / Committee on Programmatic Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Power Technologies, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on Programmatic Review of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Power Technologies, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council., author, issuing body.

Series:

Compass series.

Compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Power Technologies--Evaluation.

United States.

Renewable energy sources--Government policy--United States.

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.

Summary:

Renewable Power Pathways is the result of a study by the National Research Council (NRC) Committee for the Programmatic Review of the Office of Power Technologies (OPT) review of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Power Technologies and its research and development (R&D) programs. The OPT, which is part of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, conducts R&D programs for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources. Some of these programs are focused on photovoltaic, wind, solar, thermal, geothermal, biopower, and hydroelectric energy technologies; others are focused on energy storage, electric transmission (including superconductivity), and hydrogen technologies. A recent modest initiative is focused on distributed power-generation technologies. This report reviews the activities of each of OPT's programs and makes recommendations for OPT as a whole and major recommendations for individual OPT programs.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Role of Renewable Sources of Energy""; ""3 Assessments of Individual Programs""; ""4 Overall Assessment of the Office of Power Technologies""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""APPENDIX B Committee Meetings and Activities""; ""APPENDIX C Summary of Recent Studies""; ""Acronyms""

Notes:

"This report and the study on which it is based were supported by Contract No. DE-FG01-98EE35047 (Task #2) from the U.S. Department of Energy"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309171922

030917192X

9780309515962

0309515963

OCLC:

923256323