History and overview of solar heat technologies

by Beattie, Donald A.

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Title Statements

Full title :History and overview of solar heat technologies / edited by Donald A. Beattie.

Summary

This final volume in a series that has surveyed advances in solar energy research since the oil shock of the early 1970s provides a broad overview of the U.S. solar thermal program. It summarizes the conclusions of each of the nine technical volumes in the series and offers lessons drawn from the program for future governmental efforts to foster specific technologies. Reading this history, it becomes clear that what was unique about the federal solar program was its attempt to create research guidelines that included commercialization as part of the expected outcome. The three contributors, all active participants in the solar project, are quite candid about what worked and what did not (and why). The result is a tale of bureaucracy and politics worth pondering as we debate the proper relationship between government and science.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1997.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : : illustrations, maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0585372632, 9780585372631, 0262267985, 9780262267984
oclc:ocm48138497
LC Classification:TJ809.95
Dewey Decimal:697/.78 s

Subjects

Aufsatzsammlung Chauffage solaire Chauffage solaire -- Histoire Énergie solaire Énergie solaire -- Histoire Geschichte History Nutzung solar energy Solar energy -- History solar heating Solar heating -- History solar heating (systems) solar power Solartechnik Sonnenenergie TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Construction TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical