Amendment boosts solar energy
By TOM JACKSON
Of the Emerald
The nationwide development of
solar energy may receive a major
shot in the arm as a result of an
amendment to the Energy Re
search and Development
Administration's (ERDA) approp
riations bill. The amendment is
sponsored by Congressmen Jim
Weaver of Oregon and James Jef
fords of Vermont.
The amended appropriations
bill passed the House Thursday
by a vote of 321—68.
Weaver's amendment called for
$116.2 million for solar research
to bring the total ERDA non
nuclear research budget to
$345.4 million. ERDA also pro
vides funds for research of nuc
lear energy.
ERDA had originally applied for
$471.2 million in non-nuclear re
search money, but this figure was
reduced by about 25 per cent by
the House.
The amendment also stipulates
that at least 20 per cent of the
ERDA funds will be made availa
ble to small businesses. The fund
ing will be used for the entire na
tion.
me amendment win mane it
possible to embark on a new prog
ram of generating electrical
energy from the sun's rays," said
Weaver following the passage of
the bill.
"We are moving in a new and
vital direction to solve our energy
needs — the direction of energy
from the sun,” he added.
But Weaver’s amendment was
further amended to include a
change in allocation. The amount
of money to be made available for
solar research remained the
same, but the compromise
amendment calls for half of the
solar research money to be pro
vided for research in solar heating
and cooling units instead of elec
tricity producing research.
Weaver had stated before the
passage of the bill that he believes
it is necessary “to commit the na
tion to solar development in the
same way the nation is now com
mitted to the breeder reactor.”
The solar development money
is intended, according to Weaver,
to give the non-nuclear sources of
power a chance to prove their via
bility and to develop "momentum"
in the industry. He believes these
sources of power could be re
searched at a greater rate than
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Weaver claims the non-nuclear
power sources could be produc
ing as much energy as the
breeder reactor by the year 2000.
“It is time we dedicate the funds to
these new technologies that they
deserve, particularly in view of the
serious uncertainties recently as
sociated with the future of nuclear
energy.”
A similar bill is being introduced
to the Senate by Sen. Hubert
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be voted on has not yet been re
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