Accession Number:

ADA106881

Title:

Industry Views on the Ability of the U.S. Photovoltaics Industry to Compete in Foreign Markets.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC INTERNATIONAL DIV

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1981-09-15

Pagination or Media Count:

181.0

Abstract:

This report is in response to your letter of June 3, 1981, requesting information on the effects of proposed budget changes on the competitiveness of the U.S. photovoltaics industry in the world market. That information, contained herein, was obtained largely from interviews 1 with individual experts, 2 with officials of U.S. companies involved in the photovoltaics industry, the Solar Energy Industry Association SEIA, the Solar Energy Research Institute SERI, the Departments of Energy DOE and State, and U.S. Embassies in Italy, France, and West Germany, and 3 with several French Government officials.

Descriptors:

• *MARKETING
• *FOREIGN
• *VOLTAGE
• *SOLAR ENERGY
• *PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY
• GLOBAL
• INDUSTRIES
• COMPARISON
• FRANCE
• ITALY
• RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• WEST GERMANY
• INTERVIEWING

Subject Categories:

• Electric Power Production and Distribution

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE