Our fifth annual Information Resources Catalogue describes recent NREL publications and services that will keep you up to date regarding the latest advances in renewable energy and energy efficiency.

In 1996, the State of Ohio established a project to demonstrate the use of an ethanol blend transportation fuel in flexible-fuel vehicles. This report presents the data collection and analysis from this project, with particular focus on vehicle performance, cost of operation and limited emissions testing.

The study comprises Phase 0 of a project for Experimental Geothermal Research Facilities. The study focuses on identification of a representative liquid-dominated geothermal reservoir of moderate temperature and salinity, preliminary engineering design of an appropriate energy conversion system, identification of critical technology, and planning for implementation of experimental facilities. The objectives included development of liaison with the industrial sector, to ensure responsiveness to their views in facility requirements and planning, and incorporation of environmental and socioeconomic factors. This Phase 0 report covers problem definition and systems requirements. Facilities will incorporate capability for research in component, system, and materials technology and a nominal 10 MWe experimental, binary cycle, power generating plant.

Interview with Senator Mike McKool, a Democratic Texas state legislator from Dallas, Texas. McKool discusses his education and career in law; voter registration legislation; legislative procedure in the congress; lobbyists; the House Speaker's powers and reform of the race for the office; ethics legislation; legislature staffing and committees; residence requirements for congressmen; taxation; appropriations; lobby registration; and the insurance industry.

Congressional debates and proceedings regarding the annexation of Texas to the United States of America. Only selected pages of the Congressional Globe are reproduced here.