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Title	ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Accession No	00637696
Corp. Authors / Publisher	United States Congress
Publication Date	19930500
Description	139 p.; Appendices(1); Figures; Photos; Tables
Languages	English
Abstract	This study focuses on the Central European countries Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and Eastern Europe, including Russia, Ukraine, and the Baltics. All the countries of the region share some common attributes, including the problems of making the transition from command to market economy. However, they also show great differences. Even the former Soviet Union is now 15 sovereign nations which will follow different paths, whether or not the Commonwealth of Independent States, a loose alliance of most of them, succeeds. These differences must be considered when designing assistance programs. Thus analyzing the situation is extremely complex, made more so by difficulties in getting reliable, up-to-date data. This study is not an exhaustive survey of all the energy problems in that region, nor of all the opportunities for U.S. technology transfer. Rather, it seeks a broad understanding of the problems, the potential role for U.S. technology in addressing them, and the U.S. interests and options in doing so. The report is presented in six chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Economic and Political Context; (3) Energy Supply and Demand--An Overview; (4) Technologies for Energy Efficiency; (5) Programs to Assist Energy Efficiency; and (6) Policy Considerations. One section of Chapter 4 is devoted to transportation. It examines how energy is used in the transportation sectors of the former CSFR (the former Czechoslovakia), Hungary, Poland, and the Former Soviet Union, what potential strategies exist to improve the efficiency of transportation in these nations, and the potential role of the United States in improving the transportation energy efficiency of these nations.
TRT Terms	Demand ; Energy ; Energy consumption ; Energy resources ; Technology ; Transportation
Geographical Terms	Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Former Soviet Union
Other Terms	Energy demand; Energy efficiency; Energy supplies; Energy technology; Transportation energy
Subject Areas	A06 Economics; R16 ENERGY; U48 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT; H17 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT; H12 PLANNING; I72 Traffic and Transport Planning
Report Number	OTA-E-562
Availability	Government Printing Office
TRIS Files	UMTRIS; ATRIS; HRIS; RRIS
Database	TRIS Online