[en] The various problems dealt with at the Conference are reviewed: nuclear energy compared to other sources of energy, comparatives studies of the different types of power reactors, the market of small power stations, other industrial applications of nuclear reactors

[en] Short communication

[en] This paper was written to provide a general understanding not only of nuclear power costs but also of the system by which projects are planned and financed. Despite the increased cost of material and labor, despite the costly impact of regulation and intervention, it is anticipated that electricity will continue to be generated in base load plants at less cost from nuclear energy than from any other energy source available in the forseeable future. The cost of nuclear power is viewed in relation to availability and cost of energy from other sources - and in relation to the social cost of insufficient energy

[en] Thanks to new solar resource assessment techniques using cloud cover data available from geostationary satellites, it is apparent that grid-connected PV installations can serve to enhance electric grid reliability, preventing or hastening recovery from major power outages and serving to mitigate extreme price spikes in wholesale energy markets. (author)

[en] The photovoltaic energy sector is rapidly expanding and technological specification for PV has improved dramatically in the last two decades. This paper sketches the current state of the art and drafts three alternative scenarios for the future, in terms of costs, market penetration and environmental performance. According to these scenarios, if economic incentives are supported long enough into the next ten to twenty years, PV looks set for a rosy future, and is likely to play a significant role in the future energy mix, while at the same time contributing to reduce the environmental impact of electricity supply. (author)

[en] On 30 March 1995 the Institut for Landes- and Stadtentwicklungsforschung (Institute for Research on Regional and Urban Development) in North Rhine Westphalia held a workshop on the subject of 'Regional coordination of aeorogenerators'. The author deals with the energy-economic valuation of aerogenerators and reports on possibilities of connecting them to the network from the viewpoint of RWE Energie in the case of a windy highland service region. (orig.)

[en] An opportunity to create the space power production on the basis of solar, nuclear and fusion energies is analyzed. The priority of solar power production as the most accessible and feasible in comparison with others is emphasized. However, later on, it probably will play an auxiliary role. The possibilities of fusion power production, as a basic one in future, are also considered. It is necessary to create reactors using the fueling cycle with helium-3 (instead of tritium and deuterium, later on). The reaction products--charged particles, mainly--allow one to organize the system of direct fusion energy conversion into electricity. The produced energy is expected not to be transmitted to Earth, but an industry in space is expected to be produced on its basis. The industrial (power and science-consuming) objects located on a whole number of space apparatus will form a single complex with its own basic power plant. The power transmission within the complex will be realized with high power density fluxes of microwave radiation to short distances with their receivers at the objects. The necessary correction of the apparatus positions in the complex will be done with ion and plasma thrusters. The materials present on the Moon, asteroids and on other planets can serve as raw materials for industrial objects. Such an approach will help to improve the ecological state on Earth, to eliminate the necessity in the fast energy consumption growth and to reduce the hazard of global thermal crisis

[en] Information concerning the main trends in the development and fields of applying of small-power (600 MW(el.)) reactors is offered, data on economic indices of reactors of this type and the place they occupy at the World power market, are presented

[en] Economic analysis of scaling up, from 30 MW to 80 MW, of solar thermal power plants, is presented

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