
doi: 10.2172/6832844
The results of a series of telephone interviews with groups of users of information on photovoltaics (PV) are described. These results, part of a larger study on many different solar technologies, identify types of information each group needed and the best ways to get information to each group. The report is 1 of 10 discussing study results. The overall study provides baseline data about information needs in the solar community. It covers these technological areas: photovoltaics, passive solar heating and cooling, active solar heating and cooling, biomass energy, solar thermal electric power, solar industrial and agricultural process heat, wind energy, ocean energy, and advanced energy storage. An earlier study identified the information user groups in the solar community and the priority (to accelerate solar energy commercialization) of getting information to each group. In the current study only high-priority groups were examined. Results from seven PV groups respondents are analyzed in this report: DOE-Funded Researchers, Non-DOE-Funded Researchers, Researchers Working for Manufacturers, Representatives of Other Manufacturers, Representatives of Utilities, Electric Power Engineers, and Educators.
Direct Energy Converters, 299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-), Solar Equipment 140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion, Information Dissemination, Photoelectric Cells, Photovoltaic Cells, Information Needs, Policy And Economy, Equipment, 140600 -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems, 14 Solar Energy, Surveys, Solar Cells, Technology Transfer, 29 Energy Planning, Information Systems
Direct Energy Converters, 299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-), Solar Equipment 140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion, Information Dissemination, Photoelectric Cells, Photovoltaic Cells, Information Needs, Policy And Economy, Equipment, 140600 -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems, 14 Solar Energy, Surveys, Solar Cells, Technology Transfer, 29 Energy Planning, Information Systems
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