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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Technology Profiles
3 Electricity Restructuring
4 Forecasts/Comparisons
5 Electricity Supply
 6 Electricity Capability
7 Electricity Generation
8 Electricity Demand
9 Prices
10 Economic Indicators
11 Environmental Indicators
12 Conversion Factors

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Chapter 1: Introduction

About the Power Technologies Energy Data Book

In 2002, the Strategic Energy Analysis Center (SEAC) of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developed the first version of the Power Technologies Energy Data Book for the Office of Power Technologies of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The main purpose of the data book is to compile—in one central document—a comprehensive set of data about power technologies from diverse sources. The need for policymakers and analysts to be well informed about power technologies suggests the need for a publication that provides a diverse, yet focused, set of data about power technologies.

This edition updates the same type of information that is in the previous edition. Most of the data in this publication is taken directly from the source materials, although it may be reformatted for presentation. Neither NREL nor DOE endorses the validity of these data.

Users of the Power Technologies Energy Data Book are encouraged to comment on errors, omissions, emphases, and organization of this report to one of the people listed below. Requests for additional complimentary copies of this report, additional data, or information on an existing table should be referred to Jørn Aabakken, National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Editor:
Jørn Aabakken
Strategic Energy Analysis Center
National Renewable Energy Lab
15013 Denver West Parkway
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303-384-7525
Fax: 303-630-2085

Sponsor:
Philip D. Patterson
Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis
Department of Energy, EE-3B
Forrestal Building, Room 5F-034
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20585
Phone: 202-586-9121
Fax: 202-586-1637

 

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