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Abreakthrough（突破）intheprovisionofenergyfromthesunforEuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)couldbebroughtforwardbyuptotwodecades,ifamodestincreasecouldbeprovidedintheEEC'sresearvheffortinthisfield,accordingtotheseniorEECscientistsengagedinexperimentsinsolarenergyatEEC'sscientificlaboratoriesatIspra,nearMilan.

TheseniorWestGermanscientistinchargeoftheCommunity'ssolarenergyprogramme,Mr.JoachimGretz,toldjournaliststhatatpresentlevelsofresearchspendingitwasmostunlikelythatsolarenergywouldprovideasmuchas3%oftheCommunity'senergyrequirementsevenaftertheyear2000.Buthesaidthatwithamodestincreaseinthepresentsums,devotedbytheEECtothisworkitwaspossiblethatthebreakthroughcouldbeachievedbytheendofthenextdecade.

Mr.Gretzcalculatesthatifsolarenergyonlyprovided3%oftheEEC'sneeds,thiscouldstillproduceasavingofaboutabillionpoundsinthepresentbillforimportedenergyeachyear.AndhebelievesthatwiththepossibilityofutilizingmoreadvancedtechnologyinthisfielditmightbepossibletosatisfyamuchbiggershareoftheCommunity'sfutureenergyneeds.

AtpresenttheEECspendsabout$2.6millionsayearonsolarresearchatIspra,oneoftheEEC'sofficialjointresearchcentres,andanother3millionsayearinindirectresearchwithuniversitiesandotherindependentbodies.