Download or read book Institutional Applications of Solar Total Energy Systems. Third Quarterly Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates are presented of the availability of land for solar total energy (STE) systems. The investigation of the external decision processes that affect an STE system choice was continued. The STE system/utility interface was examined, presenting regional time-of-day pricing scenarios and estimates of backup rates. The possible effects that the financial community could have on STE market penetration was considered. Regional and sectoral energy-use profiles were developed. These profiles served as a basis for simulating yearly system performance on an hourly basis to estimate system costs and savings. Preliminary conceptual designs were developed for both thermal and photovoltaic STE systems. Refined system designs and detailed capital cost and performance estimates for the optimized designs are presented. (MHR).