By Donald A. Beattie
This ultimate quantity in a chain that has surveyed advances in solar power learn because the oil surprise of the early Seventies offers a extensive review of the U.S. sun thermal software. It summarizes the conclusions of every of the 9 technical volumes within the sequence and gives classes drawn from this system for destiny governmental efforts to foster particular technologies.Reading this heritage, it turns into transparent that what was once exact in regards to the federal sunlight software was once its try to create learn guidance that integrated commercialization as a part of the anticipated end result. the 3 individuals, all lively contributors within the sun undertaking, are relatively candid approximately what labored and what didn't (and why). the result's a story of forms and politics worthy wondering as we debate the correct dating among govt and technology.
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Charles 338-2725 for more information. Dr. Frederick H. 3 1982 Approach The documentation project was managed by the editor-in-chief, who operated under an independent contract. The editor-in-chief was assisted by an editorial board that included some of the leading authorities in the field, as well as representatives of the three divisions of the Office of Solar Heat Technologies, the office's director (Frederick Morse), and a self proclaimed guardian of the administration's dogma (Jay E. Holmes).
The importance of this decision cannot be overemphasized. It greatly reduced interagency competition, focused the solar energy research objectives, and at the same time permitted the NASA laboratories to continue their growing involvement in energy R&D, particularly renewable technol ogies. In early August 1973 , James Fletcher sent NSF Director H. Guy ford Stever a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the staff of the two agencies had labored over for several months. " As an interesting side note, the MOU reserved the right for NASA to conduct R&D in solar and other energy systems for use in space and aeronautical systems.
Three of the four systems became operational by March 1974, and the fourth came on line by April. 3). The collectors, with a 5, 000 ft2 sur face area, were mounted in multiple banks on the roof of the school; a single, 15, 000-gallon hot water storage tank was placed at ground level at the rear of the school. Grover Cleveland Junior High School in Boston was an existing three story building. Because of the structure's design and lack of space, a large water storage tank could not be placed underground or alongside the building, as at Timonium, or on the roof.