These reports were prepared by Dr. Sam Baldwin, with assistance from colleagues, during his tenure at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). In the year prior to the shutdown of OTA by Congress, Dr. Baldwin left to begin work in the International Program at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Dr. Baldwin's thoughtful and thorough reports are considered by energy professionals worldwide to rank among the best in the sustainable energy development literature.
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The following OTA energy efficiency and renewable energy documents by Dr. Sam Baldwin are on Solstice.
- State-of-the-art review of bioenergy, geothermal, passive solar, solar thermal, solar thermal electric, photovoltaics, and wind technologies and resource opportunities in the United States. Also includes a range of policy options.
- Table of Contents: Energy Issues in Developing Countries; Improving Efficiencies in Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Transportation Energy Use; Improving Energy Supply Efficiency; Issues and Options for the United States.
- Table of Contents: The Developing World and the Industrialized World; Similarities and Differences Among Developing Countries; The Developing World in Global Energy; Analytic Focus; Overvew of the Report; Energy Supply Constraints -- Financial Constraints, Biomass Supply Constraints, Institutional Constraints on Rapid Expansion in Energy Supplies, Environmental Degradation in Developing Countries, Greenhouse Gases and Developing Countries; Prospects for Efficiency Improvements in Energy Production and use.
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