(4.) House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Energy, Wind Energy, May 21, 1974

WIND ENERGY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

MAY 21, 1974

[No. 49]

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Science and Astronautics

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

May 21, 1974:

Professor William L. Hughes, professor and head, School of Electrical Page
Engineering, Oklahoma State University.

Dr. Bernard Lubarsky, Deputy Director, Technology, Lewis Research
Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; accom-
panied by Louis Divone, Program Manager for Wind Energy,
National Science Foundation; and Ronald Thomas, Project Man-
ager, Wind Energy Program, Lewis Research Center, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration...

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Appendix I:

APPENDICES

Answers to additional questions submitted to the witness for the
record:

Statements submitted for the record:

Bergey, Dr. Karl H., associate dean, College of Engineering,
the University of Oklahoma....

Boeing Vertol Ċo....

Bonneville, Dr. Jacques M., director, and VanSant, Dr. James
H., senior research staff, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory,
Institut de recherche de l'Hydro-Québec...

Divone, Mr. Louis, Program Manager for Wind Energy, National
Science Foundation..

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116

Dreifke, Mr. Gerald E., manager, research and development,
Union Electric Co..

118

Eldridge, Mr. Frank R., division staff, systems development,
The MITRE Corp..

123

Hewson, Dr. Wendell E., professor and chairman, Department of
Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.

192

Hodson, Mr. H. O., vice president, engineering and construction,
Southeastern Public Service Co...

192

Jacobs, Mr. M. L., Jacobs Wind Electric Co., Inc.

Hütter, Prof. Dr. Ulrich, Institut für Flugzeugbau der Univer-
sität Stuttgart ....

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206

McCarthy, Mr. C. Deane, chief of technology development, and
Rosen, Mr. George, chief of propulsion R. & D., Aircraft
Systems Department, Hamilton Standard, Division of United
Aircraft...

Nelson, Dr. Vaughn, head. Department of Physics, West Texas
State University, and Gilmore. Dr. Earl H., chairman, Depart-
ment of Physical Sciences, Amarillo College..

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Stewart, Dr. Homer J., professor of aeronautics, Firestone Flight
Sciences Laboratory, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories,
California Institute of Technology-

229

Summers, Dr. Claude M., on behalf of the Office of the Kansas
Attorney General....

232

Swanson, Mr. Robert K., assistant director, Instrumentation
Research Division, Southwest Research Institute...

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Wentink, Professor Tunis, Jr., professor of physics, Geophysical Page
Institute, University of Alaska.

Additional publications and documents included in the record:
Allison, H. Jack, "A Wind Energy Storage Technique Utilizing a
Hydrogen-Oxygen Electrolysis Cell System," in "A Synopsis of
Energy Research, 1960-1974, the Engineering Energy Labora-
tory, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla., 1974, pp.
10-1 to 10-17...

"Back to the Windmill to Generate Power", in Businessweek,
May 11, 1974, pp. 140–141..

Clark, Wilson, "Interest in the Wind is Picking Up as Fuels
Dwindle," in Smithsonian, Nov., 1973, pp. 70-78...
Hicks, Nancy, "Energy Crisis Impels Many to Study and Erect
Windmills as Power Source," in The New York Times, May 20,
1974, p.

Hughes, W. L., Summers, C. M.: Allison, H. J., "An Energy
System for the Future," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial
Electronics, May 1963, pp. 1-1 to 1-4..

Lindsley, E. F., “Wind Power: How New Technology is Harnes-
sing an Age-Old Energy Source," in Popular Science, July 1974,
pp. 54-59, 124-125..

McCaull, Julian, "Windmills," in Environment, vol. 15, No. 1,
January/February 1973, pp. 6-17...

Ramakuman, R.; McCollom, K. A.; Allison, H. J.; Hughes, W.L..
"A Wind Energy Storage and Conversion System for Use in
Underdeveloped Countries," in A Synopsis of Energy Research,
1960-1974, The Engineering Energy Laboratory, Oklahoma
State University, 1974, pp. 12-1 to 12-8...
Thomas, Ronald L.; Savino, Joseph M., Status of Wind Energy
Conversion, NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA TM X-
71523, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1973.
"Wind Energy Conversion: Program Description and Objective,'
proposed National Science Foundation program for fiscal year

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(5.) House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Energy, Solar Energy for the Terrestrial Generation of Electricity, June 5, 1973

SOLAR ENERGY FOR THE TERRESTRIAL GENERATION
OF ELECTRICITY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

June 5, 1973:

Dr. Aden B. Meinel, director, Optical Sciences Center, University of

Arizona

Dr. V. W. Bearinger, vice president, Science and Engineering, Honey-

well, Inc. and Mr. Roger N. Schmidt, senior staff scientist, Honey-

well Systems and Research Center---

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