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INCORPORATING I ,· Solar The OTEC Liaison OCEAN ENERGY VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 Liaison February 1980

THE 1981 US FEDERAL BUDGET: HOW DID DOE FARE? SOLAR/RENEWABLE ENERGY? OCEAN SYSTEMS?

THE 1981 US FEDERAL BUDGET The DOE Budget S868 million, also struggling with inflation. However viewed another way, the funding This article is intended to provide the While the new DOE budget increase is of solar applications would increase 20%. reader with a balanced overview on current comparatively small, it masks some major Augmented by $355 million in tax credits federal funding (see inset on "Changeable changes . The biggest drop shows up in the and S436 million worth of programs out­ Funding Levels" in this issue) and how the nuclear-fission program-from $1.2 billion side DOE, the overall solar commitment by OTEC program will be affected. in FY 1980 to S925 million in FY 1981. the Federal Government would run S1. 5 Also, various funding levels will be ex­ Although research on light-water reactors billion. amined from several viewpoints to allow would double in the 1981 budget to S50 These tax credits are dealt with in a sep­ the reader to see them in varying perspec­ million (consistent with President Carter's arate story in this issue. tives. Inevitably, some will conclude that vow to increase safety- related programs in OTEC/Ocean Energy is making excellent the wake of Three Mile Island), a major A Potpourri of Commentary progress, while others will be convinced drop in the liquid-metal fast-breeder pro­ . on Solar Funding that OTEC is being held back ... depend­ gram-largely owing to the cutback on the ing on how one interprets present circum­ Clinch River Breeder Reactor from $614 In testi mony before the Congressional sta nces. million last year-accounts for most of the Subcommittee on Energy Development and [Behind all this, of course, is the relent­ change. Application, lobbyists for the Solar Lobby less debate over what proportion of the Two additional areas showing substan­ maintained that the minimum DOE solar: funding of energy-resource development tial increases are magnetic fusion and fossil program for Fiscal Year 1981 should be should be borne by the Federal Govern­ energy, with 13.5% and 30% increases re­ about S850 million to adequately reflect ment and what proportion should be borne spectively. For the first time, DOE's coal President Carter's national commitment to by private industry. Strong arguments per­ work - research, development, and com­ provide 20% of our energy needs in the sist on both sides, but neither will be ex­ mercialization- will exceed S1 billion. Es­ year 2000 with renewable resources. amined herein.] pecially notable are two "solvent-refined Thomas E. Stelson, 'who was sworn in coal" plants slated for a 115% increase. on January 7th, 1980 as DOE's Assistant Overall R&D Funding Fusion watchers will find interesting Car­ Secretary for Conservation and Solar En­ ter's proposed slowdown in the inertial­ ergy, stated in a recent interview: "The Stressing a need to cut mounting bud­ confinement program (which includes laser national goal of 20% solar energy in 20 get deficits, President Carter sent to Con­ fusion experiments). Whi Ie magnetic- con­ years is an achievable target, but clearly gress in late January plans for a Fiscal Year finement-fusion funding increases, it does there are some technologies that have 1981 budget that show a paring of the fat not come close to keeping pace with infla­ complexities which require sophisticated in nearly all areas except spending on de­ tion. research and have a longer-range program­ fense and federally-funded research. In re­ development schedule. I think that in 70. search, the big winner remains the Depart­ The DOE Solar Budget: years from now, solar energy probably will ment of Defense (DOD), with 45% of its Up 13% To 20% be the dominant energy discipline, where budget- roughly S17 billion- devoted to the most innovative, exciting, and produc­ R&D. This is a 20.2% increase over the At first glance, the FY 1980 funding tiveenergy research takes place. I think present year. for Solar and Other Renewables shows an we're in the early stage of an important The only other major increase is for the increase of 13%- from S771 million to (continued on Page 2) National Science Foundation, which will receive a 17.7% increase, though its budget RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT BASIC RESEARCH will reach only S1 billion . (Millions of dollars) I n marked contrast to the DOD, the De­ Percent . Percent partment of Energy (DOE) shows only a change change Agency 1980 Est. 1981 Est. 1980·81 1980 Est. 1981 Est. 1980·81 modest increase of 4.7% to S8 .1 billion. Total $31.956 $36.136 +13.1 $4.5.31 . $5.074 .. ~ .+12.0 .. a:i· This is especially ironic, since one of the DOD 13.781 16.565 431 523 +21.4 ::;; +202 0 major objectives of maintaining military NASA 5.114 '0 5.617 + 9.8 538 581 + 8.1 0 ~ defensive superiority is the protection of DOE 4.919 5.106 + 3.8 523 593 + 13.4 a. >- US energy resources to reduce dependence HHS 3.784 4.011 .; 6.0 3.332 3.544 + 6.3 Cf) NSF 897 1.056 +17.7 814 952 +16.9 0 on Middle Eastern oil. As pointed out by 1; - USDA 743 786 + 5.8 289 324 +12 1 '0 Congressman Melvin Evans of the Virgin ~ EPA 415 445 + 7.3 14 19 +35.7 '0 Islands in the Studds hearings, energy ex­ INTERIOR 419 415 1.0 78 + 2.6 - 76 0.~ penditures toward non-dependence on for­ ALL OTHERS 1.884 2.135 +13.3 118 164 " +38.9 ~ 1i eign oil are, realistically, defense expendi­ 0 tu res. OVERALL FY 1981 RESEARCH BUDGET BY AGENCY (DOE's combined total of R&D and basic research funds is increased by 4.7%) - Solar Budget Authorit~ DEPARTMENT OF ENERG Y (I n \1 iJiions) FY 1981 BUDGET OCEAN ENERGY FY 1980 n 1981 Liaison E'\ERty Energy Consenation ...... S 815 S 1.067 INCORPORATING Research. De\elopment & Applications ...... 3.730 4.092 Regulation & Information ...... 379 355 The OTEC Liaison Direct Energy Production ...... • ...... 488 408 Subtotal ...... S 5.412 S 5.922 AN INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETIER .. ENGAGED AS LIAISON FOR ALL Strategic Petroleum Resen e 0 2.404 FORMS OF SOLAR ENERGY FROM Energy Security Resene ...... 2.208 0 THE SEA. I!'!ICLUDING: * E,\ERGY TOTAL ...... S 7.620 S 8.326 OTEC (OCEAN THERMAL GE'\ERAL SCIE'\CE ...... 472 523 DEFE'\SE ,.1.CTI\ITIES , ...... 3.008 3.443 ENERGY CONVERSION) DEPART\1E,\T ..1.L AD\11,\ISTRATIO,\ ' ...... 275 362 WAVE - TIDAL - CURRENT LEGISLATI\E PROPOSAL-SPE'\T FLEL ...... 300 0 OFFSHORE WIND - BIOMASS SALINITY GRADIENTS TOTAL DOE ...... SII.675' S 12.654 , 1980 column includes enacted appropriations and proposed supplementals of S517 million. VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 February 1980 * THE ENERGY TOTAL is further broken down in a separate table in this issue. EDITOR/PUBLISHER Richard Arlen Meyer 1981 US FEDERAL BUDGET pects for the next 30 years are rooted in TYPESETTER (continued from Page 1 ) conserving energy and relying on coal and AND COpy EDITOR evolution or transition, and I hope to get nuclear electrical generation. Shelly Treshansky that transition started and better organ­ "Because of their higher economic cost," ized. " the report concluded, "solar technologies ART DIRECTOR Asked to comment on questions chal­ other than hydroelectric power will prob­ Pamela Greenfield lenging the adequacy of the 1981 solar ably not contribute much more than 5% to budget to reach the 20-year goal, Stelson the energy supply in this century unless BUSINESS MANAGER responded as follows: there is a massive government intervention Kathleen Guido "I think it's a little unfair to take a goal to penalize the use of non-renewable fuels that's to be achieved 20 years from now­ and subsidize the use of renewable energy SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER one that will require individual, local-com­ resources. Mildred Ward munity, state, regional-planning-council, This intervention on behalf of solar runs and Federal Government action- and look the risk of locking the nation into obsolete Solar OCEAN ENERGY Liaison at one single year and say that we don't and expensive technologies with high ma­ is published monthly by Popular Products have enough in the Federal Budget to terials and resource requirements, whereas Incorporated at 1303 South Michigan achieve a goal that's 20 years away. I think greater reliance on 'natural' market pene­ Aven",e. Chicago, Illinois 60605. USA. we're going to see more money in the fu­ tration would be less costly and more effi­ Phone (312) 427- 3000. Printed in USA. ture because of the importance of this en­ cient over the long term." Copyright 1980 by Popular Products ergy source, and I have no doubt that we're Solar Lobby co-ordinator Richard Mun­ Incorporated. Chicago. Illinois. All rights going to achieve the goal. The critics of the son commented that, since the 783-page reserved. Contents of this newsletter may budget are avid supporters of solar energy, report was requested by DOE, some offi­ not be reproduced either in whole or in and will always want more money in solar cials there may use it to keep solar spend­ part without permission. Solar OCEAN energy. We've got to realize there are fiscal ing in the laboratory. As with some other ENERGY Liaison will not assume any restraints. The Federal Government can federally-funded reports, the material on responsibility for manuscripts or photos spend only so much money, but I think which it was based was almost two years either left or submitted on speculation. they're going to be pleased to find that old. Subscription prices are listed below: we're going to achieve that goal before the HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL: In United States and possessions: one year year 2000. Energy Future: Report of the Energy Proj­ $125, two years $200. Foreign: Add $15 "A big part of the energy problem is ect at the Harvard Business School, edited per year for air mail. Single copies: US one of education. Energy has been so cheap by Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin and $10.50 per copy. Foreign $11.25 per copy. and so plentiful over the years that there is published by Random House, a sharply ISSN: 0162-8755 a high level of energy ignorance in the pop­ contrasting view of the future of solar en­ ulation. Nobody paid any attention to it­ ergy is presented. The following quota­ not to the cost, not to the efficiency of tions and the related table in this issue are utilizing it, not to the resources from which reprinted with permission of the publisher. it's derived. Education is a long-term proc­ "We believe that given reasonable incen­ ess; it takes several years to develop new tives, solar could provide between a fifth attitudes and to change ingrained habits. " and a quarter of the nation's energy re­ quirements by the turn of the century. Opposing Views on Solar's Future Without these incentives, it could end up amounting to little more than that mos­ NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: quito bite." A four-year, S4 million study sponsored by [Editor's note: The authors are refer­ SOLAR OCEAN ENERGY the National Academy of Sciences recently ring to a remark by the editor of World Oil, concluded that the nation's energy pros- (continued on Page 3) Page 2 Solar OCEAN ENERGY Liaison Chicago 60605 February 1980 • who said that solar energy over the next ..------.. than 33% of its total energy from solar quarter-century will have the impact of CHANGEABLE FUNDING LEVELS sources by the year 2000. "a mosquito bite on an elephant's fanny".] For some unknown reason, President "New technology is not required to The various funding levels outlined in Carter's political advisors have not capital­ realize solar's potential, for the kind of this article. are subject to changes due to a ized on this strong desire of the American relatively low-level technology needed for variety of reasons. public. Representative Richard L. Ottinger a 20% contribution is already here, or very The Carter Administration, for political of New York, Chairman of the Subcom­ close to being here. What does stand in the and other motivations, will undoubtedly mittee on Energy Development and Appli­ way is a series of economic and institu­ try to initiate belt-tightening efforts which cations of the House Committee on Sci­ tional barriers which must be overcome in mayor may not be accepted by Congress. ence and Technology, recently criticized the early 1980s if solar energy, like con­ At the same time, an assortment of bills the Carter Administration's Fiscal 1981 servation, is to have a fair chance in the that will affect energy programs are wend­ budget as presenting the American people marketplace against conventional sources. ing their way through Congress. A recent with a "credibility gap". .... It is not unrealistic to envision a Solar tally indicated over a thousand. Some are In describing the solar-energy budget America, a society that relies not on ex­ major, such as the Windfall Profits Tax, the proposal, Chairman Ottinger noted that haustible hydrocarbons, but on renewable Energy Mobilization Board, and the Solar while President Carter established a "chal­ sources of energy. " Energy Development Bank. Others will lenge goal" of 20% of the nation's energy A table illustrating current and pro­ affect OTEC more directly, such as the to be derived from renewable resources by jected funding for solar research, devel­ Matsunaga, Stu dds, and Fuqua bills, plus the year 2000, "it would appear that the opment, and demonstration from the Har­ complementary bills to be introduced this challenge is lip-service only; money hasn't vard study is reprinted in this issue. spring. matched the rhetoric, and at the proposed ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY: A re­ Thus the funding levels described herein level of support the 20% goal is a sham and port titled Facing the Future: Mastering are tentative. Both general energy legisla­ an illusion." the Probable and Managing the Unpredict­ tion and specific OTEC legislation move able was completed in late 1979 under the slowly. Almost daily, there are steps for­ The Ocean Systems/OTEC Budget auspices of the organization for Economic ward as well as backward. OE will report Co-operation and Development (OECD) in major movements, but only when they are Despite steady technological progress in Paris. Among its conclusions, it finds that likely to stay in place, rather than the con­ OTEC, as unanimously demonstrated by nuclear energy, made safe, will be a key tinuing incremental stages. the reports of the working committees at element in shifting world energy use away A complete review of OTEC-specific last June's annual meeting, avid enthusiasm from oil, and that coal and solar energy legislation will be published in our next expressed by industry-including numerous will also become increasingly important. issue. cost-sharing proposals, the success of Mini­ "In the long term," the report maintains, OTEC, and increasing international activity, "world production of energy will not be ogies to get through the transition period Ocean Systems was allotted a reduction in limited in any way by the volume of re­ until we can use the renewable resource of funding from $46 million to $39 million in sources. " solar energy." DOE's FY 1981 budget. The OECD report says the transition­ The reasoning behind this- not to men­ not only a changeover from oil to nuclear The American Public Wants tion the lack of logic-remains unclear. and solar energy, but also a shift in attitude Solar Energy- NOW! However, irregardless of the Carter Ad­ toward the environment and jobs- will re­ ministration's, OMB's, and DOE's appar­ quire a political resolve not yet evident in Repeated Louis Harris polls (see the ently deliberate slowing down of OTEC many Western countries. December 1978 issue of Ocean Energy) progress, Congressional activity is making Finally, Dr. Frank Press, President Car­ demonstrate that 94% of the American excellent progress toward not only offset­ ter's science advisor, said in a 1979 lecture public wants an aggressive solar-energy ing the reduction, but accelerating the pro­ at Harvard University: "Solar energy is the program. gram. main hope for the next century. Solar en­ And, a late 1979 poll commissioned by ,..------. ergy is plentiful and renewable, jlnd cer­ NBC News and the Associated Press indi- $6 MILLION IN LIMBO tainly we will develop the technologies to cated that Americans would be willing to learn how to use it. " pay from $8 billion to $17 billion more A $6 million supplemental funding al­ Further, Press said: "There are prob­ per year for solar energy than they are lotment for Fiscal Year 1980 is all but lems with fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, and paying now. This level of spending would dead. However the House Science Subcom­ nuclear energy, but we need these technol- enable the United States to receive more mittee on Energy Development and Appli­ cations is expected to approve the added money for Fiscal Year 1981. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BUDGET AUTHORITY The additional money is geared to par­ (in millions) tially cover cost overruns on OTEC-1, the second deployment of Mini-OTEC, heat­ exchanger development, and the second FY 80 FY 81 , Chan2e OTEC-1 deployment.

Fossil Energy $ 897 $1,165 + 30 Legislation to accelerate OTEC develop­ * Solar and Other Renewables 771 868 + 13 ment, in the form of Bill S. 1830, intro- + Energy Systems & Storage 104 112 8 .. duced by Senator Spark Matsunaga of Ha­ Magnetic Fusion 356 404 + 13 Nuclear Fission 1,186 925 - 22 waii, unanimously cleared the Senate on Environment 235 261 +11 January 25th and came before a highly­ Supporting Research 252 297 + 18 receptive House Merchant Marine Commit­ General Purpose Facilities 60 tee. A companion House bill, H. R. 6154, Overall Reduction (71) was introduced by Representative Gerry E. Studds of Massachusetts, Chairman of $3,730 $4,092 + 10 the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceanography. Additional bills, as many as four, that *SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLES (continued on Page 4) are further broken down in a separate table in this issue. Page 3 Solar OCEAN ENERGY Liaison Chicago 60605 February 1980 • THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S PROPOSED BUDGET 1981 US FEDERAL BUDGET (in millions of doUan) (continued from Page 3) 1980 1981 Chanae (%) will accelerate the OTEC program are also in the Congressional hopper. All are re­ TOTAL ENERGY BUDGET 7620 8326 + 9 ceiving great enthusiasm in both the Senate . FOSSIL FUELS and the House, and are expected to pass Coal 779.1 1046.9 + 36 by mid-1980. A thorough review of all Congressional Petroleum 61.4 63.8 +4 activity that will affect OTEC will appear Gas 35.6 30.8 + 13 in our next issue. Research 876.1 1141.5 30 + To conclude on a positive note, we are happy to point out that federal funding of SOLAR and RENEWABLE ENERGY $39 million annually has made OTEC the Solar Applications 136.8 176.3 +29 largest civilian R&D project in the United Solar Technology (Total) 447.3 465.9 +4 States. Biomass 56.0 63.0 + 13 Moreover, OTEC has been included in Photo-Voltaic 147.0 140.0 - 5 solar tax credits, dealt with in a separate Wind Energy 63.4 80.0 + 26 article in this issue. Ocean Energy 46.0 39.0 - 7 Public Information -0- 1.4 n.a. • Geothermal 139.7 186.7 + 34 Hydrothermal 9.9 10.0 + I OTEC TAX CREDITS Hydropower 27.7 19.0 -31 A report by Michae.l Yokell of the Solar NUCLEAR Energy Research Institute (SE R I.) entitled Reactor Systems 65.9 54.9 - 17 "The Role of Government in the Develop­ Commercial Nuclear Waste 220.1 298.9 +36 ment of Solar Energy" supports the prop­ Spent Nuclear Fuel 18.5 20.5 + II osition that subsidizing solar energy is the Advanced Nuclear Systems 39.6 44.0 + II proper business of government. For exam­ Breeder Reactors 761.8 384.0 - 50 pie, the extensive use of solar energy would Light Water Reactors 1105.9 802.3 - 27 reduce indirect costs the public experiences Fusion 355.6 403.6 +13 from other forms of energy, including the Uranium Enrichment 370.9 210.2 -29 health costs of pollution. According to Yo­ kell, about $1.5 billion annually in health­ CONSERVATION (total) 814.6 1067.3 + 31 related social benefits would be derived Residential 106.1 97.6 -8 from a 10% shift in energy demands from Industrial 60.3 58.9 -2 fossil fuels to solar energy ... For the pres­ Transportation 117.5 113.0 -3 ent," he concludes, "the most significant Public Information 7.0 50.0 +614 federal policy would be the provision of Planning Assistance 50.0 150.0 + 200 subsidies to compensate for the current underpricing of conventional sources of STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 0.2 2404.0 + 12019 energy." As pointed out in the . accompanying ELECTRIC ENERGY SYSTEMS 103.8 111.7 +8 article on the FY 1981 DOE solar-energy budget, Senate and House conferees have ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH (DOE) 235.4 261.1 + II agreed to $355 million in tax credits for solar energy, to be funded primarily by ENERGY RESEARCH 723 .7 820.3 + 13 the $227 billion windfall-profits tax bill. OTEC equipment will receive a non­ ENERGY INFORMATION 108.4 116.2 +7 refundable energy credit of 15% through 1985. This is expected to total about $311 ATOMIC WEAPONS (DOE) 3007.8 3443.2 + 14 million, saving at least 35 million barrels of oil. These estimates make no provision, DEPT. OF ENERGY ADMINISTRATION 274.8 361.7 + 32 however, for the expected acceleration of oS the OTEC program by means of various NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 417.3 468.5 + 12 bills before Congress. They are based on the go-slow approach currently planned by the Department of Energy. SBM INCREASES OTEC ACTIVITY NEW PUBLICATION AVAILABLE MOST OF YOU ARE IN Single Buoy Moorings Incorporated (SBM), The inaugural issue of the Tropical HIGH DEMAND THESE DAYS! whose head office is in Switzerland, ad­ Ocean-Atmosphere Newsletter, dated Jan­ vised OE recently that they intend to be­ uary 1980, has been received by OE. It is Since many of our readers have engi­ come more involved in OTEC technology­ published quarterly with the support of neering and scientific backgrounds, you initially in mooring systems, but ultimately NOAA's Equatorial Pacific Ocean Climate will be happy to know- if you don't al­ in complete systems. Studies Program, and apparently distrib­ ready- that engineers and scientists were SBM, whose engineering office is in uted free. Readers may wish to contact in high demand at the end of 1979. Monaco, is one of the world's major firms Dr. David Halpern, NOAA Pacific Marine Deutsch, Shea, and Evans Incorporated, involved in analysis, design, fabrication, Environmental Laboratories, 3711 15th a New York employment consultant, says and installation of offshore mooring sys­ Avenue NE, Seattle, Washington 98105, its recruitment index, based on the volume tems as well as floating production and to be placed on the mailing list. of recruitment advertising for such person­ storage systems. nel, is now at its highest level since 1966. Solar OCEAN ENERGY Liaison Chicago 60605 February 1980 Page 4 • I , ACTUAL AND PROJECTED FUNDING LEVELS FOR SOLAR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION • FISCAL YEARS 1975-1983 c " (in millions) 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Thermal Applications Heating and Cooling of Buildings 18 27 93 104 129 98 91 36 28 Agricultural and Industrial Process Heating 8 10 II 23 19 16 16 Fuels from Plants 5 5 10 20 52 79 68 72 75 Solar Electric Solar Thermal 10 15 51 60 70 80 159 237 205 Photovoltaics 8 15 59 57 91 125 151 100 100 Wind Energy 7 12 21 33 51 76 90 90 90 Ocean Thermal 3 4 14 35 52 110 35 68 68 TOTALb 49 78 258 319 455 590 613 618 582

a Estimated by solar program officials b Totals may not add, due to rounding c Years 1975 to 1978 actual, 1979 to 1983 projected Sources: Data compiled from Government R&D Report, vol. III, no. 5, September 15, 1977, p. 3; U.S. General Accounting Office, "Federal and State Solar Energy R&D Development and Demonstration Activities," RED-75-376, June 10, 1975; "The Magnitude of the Federal Solar Energy Program and the Effects of Different Levels of Funding," Report of the U.S. Comptroller General, February 2, 1978.

The above table is reproduced by permission of Energy Future: Report of the Energy Project at The Harvard Business School, edited by Robert Stobaugh and Daniel Yergin, Copyright 1979 by Random House. All rights reserved.

US GOVERNMENT delayed until FY 1981. It should be noted all phases of planning operations; (2) eval­ PROCUREMENT INVITATIONS that this announcement does not solicit uation of the characteristics and conditions AND CONTRACT AWARDS proposals either now or after a contractor of the tropical ocean generic to the loca­ receives the descriptions of proposed con­ tion of OTEC 10/40 pilot plants; (3) eval­ Listed below are contract awards and tracts, nor is there any intention to cir­ uation of potential environmental, health, procurement invitations related to OTEC cumvent the competitive procurement pro­ and safety effects; (4) identification of in particular and ocean resources in general cess. This announcement is a statement of data requirements, availability, priorities culled from the Commerce Business Daily. intent to widely distribute descriptions of for collection to support essential environ­ This is not to be construed, however, as a proposed contracts. You are invited to mental and system performance effects complete list. telephone Rita Thomas at (202) 633-8517 analysis; (5) recommendation and evalua­ Dec 21: Prepare Analyses and Forecasts . by January 15th, 1980 if you want a copy tion as to whether potential environmental in Energy-Related Areas So As to Promote of the list of descriptions of proposed con­ effects require or warrant further investi­ an Accurate Understanding of the Nation's tracts. Department of Energy, Office of gation based on previous environmental Energy Situation: This is the principal Procurement Operations, Washington DC assessments and the OTEC programmatic function of the Office of Applied Analysis 20585. assessment. Proposals will be considered Dec 26: Nuclear Waste: "What To Do provided that they are postmarked not within the Energy Information Adminis~ tration. To carry out these responsibilities, With It": Negotiations are now being con­ later than March 10th, 1980. Qualification statements from organizations interested in the Office undertakes to COntract certain ducted with the National Academy of Sci­ activities such as model development and ence for Solicitation DE-AC-01-80-ET·· receiving the R FP are requested to be re­ ceived within 15 calendar days from the documentation, analysis assistance, and 44112. Department of Energy, Office of . special studies for which the Office has Procurement Operations, Washington DC date of this notice. Statements should de­ been funded but not staffed. The Office of 20585. scribe related organizational and personnel applied Analysis funds its contracting ac­ experience and capabilities and be limited Dec 28: Objective Analysis Studies for to ten single-spaced typewritten pages. tivity through competitive procurements to Ocean Forecasting: Negotiations are to be the maximum extent possible. In keeping Shorter, more concise statements are pre­ conducted with Science Applications In­ ferred. Resumes of key personnel may be with this goal, descriptions of proposed corporated, 8400 Westpark Drive, Mc Lean, attached. Brochures are not acceptable. Contracts are offered upon request to ad­ Virginia 22101. vise the contracting community of our Organizations should have demonstrated intent and to communicate our procure­ • Jan 28: Ocean Thermal Energy Conver­ experience in this field. LBL will deter­ ment plans to the broadest possible audi­ sion: The University of California's Law­ mine the applicability of qualified firms ence: past and present contractors and rence Berkeley Laboratory will issue R FP from the statements received. Qual ifica­ other potentially interested firms and in­ 4504210 for the preparation of a compre­ tion statements should be sent to the Uni­ dividuals. The prepared contract descrip­ hensive environmental assessment of po­ versity of California Lawrence Berkeley tions represent the original FY 1980 pro­ tential environmental effects of deploy­ Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, Attn: H. A. Todd, Build­ curement plan for applied analysis. Limited ment and operation of OTEC 10/40 MWe resources may not allow funding of all pro­ commercial offshore power plants. The re­ ing 930, Room 385. posed contracts, and some may be replaced search program will include (1) contractor Jan 28: Investigation of Perturbations altogether by higher- priority initiatives or becoming familiar with OTEC systems and of Ocean Fronts: Negotiations are being Page 5 Solar OCEAN ENERGY Liaison Chicago 60605 February 1980 conducted with the Research and Data qualifications, plus generous fringe bene­ with specific LBL- prescribed methods. Systems of Lanham, Maryland, for RFP fits. Qualifications: The following are es­ (4) Reports. Proposals will be considered 5-95926/257. sential: MS in Engineering or Physics. At provided that they are postmarked not least", two years' experience with renewable later than March 15th, 1980. Statements Jan 30: Renewable Energy Technolo­ energy technologies. Fluency in both Eng­ should describe related organizational and gist (Overseas-Africa): The Agency for lish and French. Previous professional ex­ personnel experience and capabilities, as International Development (AI D) is a US perience in Africa is highly desirable but well as a demonstrated capability of work Government agency engaged in assisting not essential. Send resume to Robert H. in the ocean, and should be limited to 10 less economically developed countries in Wartholowitz (ET) Recruitment Staff, Of­ single-spaced typewritten pages. Shorter, Africa. Currently it has an assignment for fice of Personnel Management, Agency for concise statements are preferred. Resumes a qualified technologist and advisor at the International Development, Washington University of Rwanda in Central Africa. of key personnel may be attached. Bro­ DC 20523. Duties: Will be involved in developing and chures are not acceptable. LBL will deter­ mine the applicability of qualified firms , testing renewable energy devices utilizing • Jan 31 : Ocean Thermal Energy Con­ solar energy and mini-hydropower. Will be version R FP: R FP 4505010 for physical, from the statements received. University concerned with designing activities involv­ chemical, and biological oceanographic of Cal ifornia, Lawrence Berkeley Labor-; ing improved charcoal production tech­ measurements off Puerto Rico as a part atory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, Cali­ niques, the use of peat as a fuel, and adap­ of their continuing Ocean Thermal Energy fornia 94720, Attention H. A. Todd, Build­ tation of efficient wood-burning stoves. Conversion (OTEC) Program. The research ing 930, Room 385. Must work with an interdisciplinary team program will include: (1) Four quarterly Jan 31: Develop a Three- Inch Pancake since economic and social analysis of re­ occupations of the benchmark off Puerto Cell Design for the Lithium-Thionyl Chlor': newable energy devices will be carried on Rico. Proposers are required to provide the ide Battery: DAAK20-80- Q-0529. The simultaneously by the Renewable Energy necessary supplies, personnel, equipment, proposed award will be made to P. R. Mal­ Center at the University. Will help train and vessel (s) and crew(s) for these occupa­ lory and Company Incorporated, Tarry­ university students and village-level tech­ tions. (2) Specific sampling and measure­ town, New York, by modification to exist­ nicians. Duration : Contract will be for 18 ments as well as various navigational, me­ ing contract. US Army Communications to 24 months. Salary : $25,000 to $30,000 teorological, and weather-reporting data . and Electronics Material Readiness Com­ per annum depending on experience and (3) Analysis of the samples in accordance mand.. Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703.

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