ABSTRACT ii ABBREVIATIONS iv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY v INTRODUCTION 1 PART I : LITERATURE REVIEW 2 1.1 SPS SYSTEM-CONCEPTS 3 1.2 SUMMARIES ON THE STATE OF THE ART 12 1.3 BIBLIOGRAPHY 59 PART II : PARTICULAR CONCERNS OF EUROPEAN SPS UTILISATION 72 II.1 GEOGRAPHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR WESTERN EUROPEAN SOLAR POWER SATELLITES 73 II.2 STATUS OF WESTERN EUROPEAN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND DEMAND FORECASTS 92 II.3 ORBITAL LIMITATIONS FOR EUROPEAN SPS 96 II.4 ORGANISATIONAL PROBLEMS OF EUROPEAN SPS DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATION AND SPS COMMERCIALISATION 105 II.5 SPS AND WESTERN EUROPEAN INDUSTRIES 108 PART III : RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EUROPEAN STUDY PROGRAMMES 112 III.1 GENERAL CONDITIONS 113 III.2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRELIMINARY EUROPEAN SPS ASSESSMENTS 1 1 4 III.3 RECOMMENDATION FOR A MEDIUM-TERM SPS STUDY PROGRAMME IN EUROPE 120 III.4 SPECIFICATION OF NEAR-TERM STUDY TASKS I 24
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