SRC-524

Selection of Alternative Central-Station Technologies for the Satellite Power System (SPS) Comparative Assessment; DOE/ER-0052; date reads "April 1900" on the title page, garbled in text layer - series context indicates 1980

Michael E. Samsa, Argonne National Laboratory, Integrated Assessment and Policy Evaluation Group ·1980 · T3 government or agency report · -

Commissioned by U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Satellite Power System Project Division; Under Contract No. 31-109-ENG-38. Who paid for a study is recorded because it bears on how its conclusions should be read, not because it makes them wrong.

Identifiers: DOE/ER-0052 the identifier this document is registered under

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CLM-1051 The DOE studies compared space solar against six power-station types picked by stated rules; ground-based solar cells were put in specifically to be the like-for-like comparison, and fusion because DOE was spending heavily on it, not because it would be ready.

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SRC-524 , recorded 2026-09-17.