Solar

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• American Solar Energy Society - Web site has information on membership and publications, as well as policy statements on topics related to renewable energy and electric utility restructuring.
• Arizona Solar Center - A comprehensive site that explores various solar technologies and their uses in Arizona. Includes educational materials for teaching solar energy in the classroom.
• California Solar Center - The site is designed to be a prime source of information on solar energy activity in California.
• Daystar: The Four Mile Island Solar Home - A tour of an existing solar home with an emphasis on the experience of solar living . This site has lots of information about solar home construction, renewable energy systems and the environment.
• DOE Photovoltaic Energy - Online documents pertaining to photovoltaic energy, solar power, solar cells, and other related subjects.
• Ecosystems Mission - Aims to develop, promote and market methodologies, technologies, and products that conserve natural resources and advance our planet towards sustainability through the use of solar energy.
• Energy Science Projects and Activities - Contains links to science projects and activities-for science fairs, class or home-to help students in grades K-12 learn about energy, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy.
• EnviroMission Limited - Sponsors of the project to build a large-scale (200-MW) solar thermal power station based on a 1-km-tall solar tower. Information about solar tower technology and the project under way in Australia.
• European Association for Solar Energy - Non-partisan independent organization that is independent of industry, political institutions promoting solar energy by conducting conferences and awarding prizes. [English, German]
• Florida Solar Energy Center - Research, training programs, and information about photovoltaic technology, other solar applications, energy-efficient building strategies, and related topics.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems - Provides data, facts, publications, and information for students.
• Global Warming Solutions - Offers information about energy conservation using solar energy.
• India Solar - Information about status of renewable energy development and related businesses in India.
• JC Solar House Plans and Solar Collectors - Includes a lot of information about solar energy panels, solar hot water, and solar collectors.
• MST - MST aims at significantly reducing the cost of solar energy technology (PV) by employing a high degree of automation with CPV (concentrated PV) of about 600 suns. Includes a lot of useful technical data and the MST vision.
• MySolar - Independent information on solar systems: products, prices, sales outlets, DIY design and sizing, solar electricity and solar hot water systems world wide.
• National Solar Power Research Institute, Inc. - Informative articles and project reports concerning solar power and related issues. Studies of both Earth-based and space-based solar power.
• Photo Voltaic Energy Service Companies - Project of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) which attempts to demonstrate a framework through which solar electricity services can be provided in rural areas of Zambia in a sustainable manner.
• Project Sol - Overview of solar technology and how the sun can be used for electric power.
• Realities and Prospective of Usage of Solar Energy - Concerned with the development of solar energy within the Ukraine and around the world. Discusses the technical aspects of making this renewable resource.
• SoDa Service for Industry and Research - Information and databases on solar radiation and energy, including calculators for determining parameters needed for a variety of scientific and industrial design problems.
• Solar 20 - A project to reduce cost of concentrating solar energy systems. Contains gallery of built prototypes.
• Solar Boat - Marquette University - Student group that specializes in solar powered boat races. Page offers description of the watercraft, photos, details of the 1996 996 Solar Splash competition.
• Solar Cells Info - Provides information and news on cells technology. Includes weblog, press reports and data on dye sensitized cells.
• Solar Energy Industries Association - SEIA - The US trade association for solar energy and related businesses. Focused particularly on expanding domestic and international markets, and advocating for appropriate state and federal policies.
• The Solar Living Institute - A non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education at the Solar Living Center. Featuring workshops and interactive demonstrations in renewable energy and sustainable technologies.
• Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL) - A unique outdoor research facility for supporting renewable energy conversion technologies and climate change studies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
• Solar Tower Project - News and information from the Wentworth Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia, about the power station planned there.
• SolarMission Technologies, Inc. - SolarMission is committed to providing profitable, large-scale renewable energy generation power stations for the United States and the world's electricity markets.
• Solarserver - Portal on solar energy. Includes news, bulletins and scientific articles.
• Solarware's Solar-Power-Simulation - Increased Power-output of Terrestrial Solar-Power systems by Optimized Generator Directing, Sun's path and Shade analysis.
• Sollab - Alliance of laboratories from different countries in the field of solar concentrating systems. Includes project information.
• Special Materials Research and Technology, Inc. - A small business that focuses research on the wet chemical growth of oxides used in microelectronics and photonics (optoelectronics).
• Stirling Energy Systems - Offers creating an alternative energy source using a solar energy to run a Stirling Engine.

• A Slight Chill In The Air - Christian Science Monitor article on trends in U.S. solar power use. Solar electricity and thermal technologies are improving, but the market is cool. (May 23, 2002)