The Solar Energy Task Force Report for the Project Independence Blueprint Study concludes that economically viable solar energy con- version systems can be developed and installed in substantial numbers well before the year 2000 to provide significant quantities of energy and power for the United States. R & D programs and implementation scenarios are described for six technically feasible solar energy technologies for heating and cooling buildings, providing high tempera- ture heat, and producing electric power or clean fuels. Projections of potential upper-bound annual energy contributions of each of these six solar energy technologies are presented at 5-year intervals up to the year 2000 in Table I-l of the Overview Section. Table I-2 in this same section provides estimates of the equivalent number of barrels of oil that would not need to be imported if the implementation of these solar energy technologies resulted in the substitution of the amounts of domestically derived energy shown in Table I-l. The report emphasizes the widespread, domestic, long-term, reliable availability of solar energy resources, and the general environmental acceptability of solar energy power systems. Finally, the report outlines the types of solar energy research, technology development, and system implementation needed to help meet the objectives of Project Independence.

This report is an analysis by the Interagency Oil Task Force, formed in April 1974, to provide estimates for the potential production capabilities of the oil industry and the resources necessary to achieve these levels of production. The report outlines the possible levels of future production of petroleum liquids from domestic sources, and estimates how much domestic production would result at various price levels under a continuation of pre-1973 policies and, alternatively, under policies modified to give maximum encouragement to domestic oil production. Requirements for capital, equipment, materials, and personnel are also estimated.

This report is a technical analysis of the Water Resources Council prepared to determine the degree to which the water resources of the United States will be able to accommodate potential increases in energy production. The study considers the competition of energy-related water requirements with existing or anticipated future water uses for other purposes; accommodation of energy-related water requirements with other competing uses; the magnitude and extent of any water supply shortages, water quality, institutional and other water supply problems (environmental, capital investment, manpower, inter-basin transfer) that may restrict or prevent selected future condition energy development scenarios from being implemented; water-related Federal actions required to overcome problems and constraints of the nature described above; the requirements which need to be placed on hydroelectric power generation capability to assist in meeting the Nation's energy needs.