Departments of Energy and Commerce Programs To Promote Solar Products in Foreign Markets

GAO testified before a Senate committee concerning the effects of the then-proposed fiscal year (FY) 1982 budget reductions upon the ability of the U.S. photovoltaics industry to compete successfully in foreign markets. As a result of the hearings, GAO prepared some additional information on the solar energy export promotion program and activities of the Department of Energy (DOE), which the FY 1982 budget eliminated, and related Department of Commerce programs which might serve the same purpose.