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American Solar Energy Society
The American Solar Energy Society
is the national society for professionals and others
involved in the fields of solar
energy.
http://www.ases.org/solar
Argonne National Laboratory
Homepage of Argonne National Laboratory
in the United States.
http://www.anl.gov/
Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems Research Interests
The Centre for Photovoltaic Devices
and Systems current research interests. The group is
headed by Professor Martin Green
who began developing solar cells at UNSW in the
mid-seventies. Growing interest
in sustainable technologies has spurred the growth of the
group, which now has over fifty
members researching solar cells and systems with which to
utilise solar energy. Some contacts
to email directly about specific research topics.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pvlabs/other.html
European Wind/Solar Energy Information Resources
Mostly European list of associations,
companies, and universities in the sustainable energy
field.
http://keynes.fb12.tu-berlin.de/luftraum/konst/adressen.html
Frequently Asked Questions on Solar Energy/ Photovoltaics
This page by Michael Schwarz answers
some frequently asked questions which include
some basics of electricity to provide
background. It answers the following basic questions:
What are photovoltaics? How does
a photovoltaic cell work? What is a semi-conductor?
What is a diode/a junction? What
is the photovoltaic effect? Also includes information on
solar PV systems, panels, wiring/safety
batteries, charge controllers, inverters, planning, grid
intertie/selling power, environmental
issues, economics, bibliography, publications,
manufacturers, vendors, URLs.
http://www.winternet.com/~mschwarz/solar-faq.html
ISES Home page
International Solar Energy Society
home page. International organization devoted to
advancement of solar and renewable
energy.
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~solarwww/solarwww.html
International Association for Solar Energy Education (IASEE)
Hosts the Solar Student Information
Network (SSIN) as well as archives of the IASEE
newsletter.
http://www.hrz.uni-oldenburg.de/~kblum/iasee.html
International Solar Center Berlin
Site includes a schedule of solar
relevant events, other WWW-sites dealing about renewable
energy, and more information sources
about renewable energy. Offered in both English and
German. This page contains infomation
about the following: Basics about the
InternationalSolarCenter (ISC) Intentions
of ISC Information about ISC Drafts of the
feasibility study of ISC News about
ISC (in german) , News about emsolar (in german)
connecting to emsolar by modem and
general information about solar energy use Schedule
about solar relevant events Solar
Yellow Pages - important adresses Other WWW-sites
dealing about renewable energy More
information sources about renewable energy.
http://emsolar.ee.tu-berlin.de/iscb/home.html
International Solar Energy Society
The International Solar Energy Society
is the umbrella body for solar energy related
disciplines. It spans countries
and continents, and aims to unite researchers and workers in
applied solar energy in the search
for better applications and technologies. Information on
their activities and publications
can be found here.
http://www.ises.org/
Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire et de Physique du Batiment
Extensive information on solar energy,
energy efficient buildings, and lighting efficiency.
Current projects stem from the following
general domains : Daylighting and building
energetics Processes of building
rehabilitation Tools for computer-aided building design -
Expert systems Building ventilation
- Passive cooling - Indoor air quality Architectural
integration of photovoltaics and
on-site measurements Architecture and sustainable
development A more detailed description
of the laboratory's activities can be found in the
Institute of Building Technology's
annual report, obtainable on request from the address:
Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire et
de Physique du Batiment (LESO-PB), Ecole Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 1015
Lausanne Switzerland, Phone: +41 21 693 4545.
http://lesowww.epfl.ch/index.html
North Carolina Solar Center
The North Carolina Solar Center,
located in the College of Engineering at North Carolina
State University, provides programs
and resources which help people throughout North
Carolina take advantage of solar
energy. Services available to the public include a toll-free
hotline, a referral network of professionals,
technical and design assistance, free
publications, curriculum materials
for teachers, training sessions, tours of the demonstration
Solar House, and a reference library.
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu
Renewable Energy: Solar Thermal
This site gives basic information
on renewable solar thermal energy. The following is an
extract from the page: Projected
Use: Solar thermal electric capacity is predicted to
increase 130% worldwide by the year
2000. The cost of building, operating, and
maintaining solar thermal electric
systems has decreased dramatically--in some cases by a
factor of ten--during the last decade.
Some designs will be economically competitive with
conventional electricity-generating
technologies by the year 2000. By the middle of the next
decade, some solar thermal electric
technologies could be producing electricity at $0.06 to
$0.07 per kilowatt hour (kWh). Average
electricity prices were $0.08/kWh for residential
users and $0.05 for industrial users
in 1993.
http://www.nrel.gov/documents/energy/re-solar.html
Sandia National Laboratories Photovoltaic Technology
Main page of the Sandia National
Labs photovoltaics program.
http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/photovoltaic/pv.html
Sandia National Laboratories Solar Thermal Technology
Research performed for the U.S.
Department of Energy at Sandia National Laboratories'
National Solar Thermal Test Facility
(NSTTF) continues to hasten the development and
maturation of concentrating technologies
for generating electricity, destroying hazardous
wastes, processing materials and
a variety of other industrial applications. A trip to the
NSTTF home page provides access
to photos of and information about the "facilities within
the Facility" (central receiver,
distributed receiver, engine test, designated user) and enables
e-mail communication with specific
program contacts.
http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/solarthermal/nsttf.html
Siemens Solar
Siemens Solar Industries (SSI) is
the world's highest-volume producer of solar cells with
more than 20 percent of the market.
The company also assembles solar modules (panels)
used for a wide variety of applications
ranging from power supplies for telecommunications
systems to utility-scale solar electric
plants. The company also provides a complete line of
solar panels for consumer use. SSI
is a part of the worldwide Siemens Solar Group with
locations in the U.S., Germany,
Singapore and Japan.
http://www.rain.org/solarpv/index.html
Solar Energy Network
Database of products, services,
and mafacturers of solar energy products.
http://www.solarenergy.com/
Solar Students Information Network
The core of SSIN is the newsletter,
an e-mail document which is produced approximately
once every two months, and distributed
via e-mail to everyone on the SSIN mailing list. It
contains a wide range of information
on solar energy, including conference listings, the latest
solar developments, solar resources
(both on and off-line!) and requests and
communications from subscribers.
http://www.demon.co.uk/tfc/ssin.html
Sun At Work in Europe
Sun At Work In Europe (SAWIE) is
a quarterly publication which aims to provide an
overview of the development and
applications of renewable energy technology, particularly
solar energy, in a European context.
This is only a page with subscription information;
journal must be ordered to gain
information.
http://sun1.bham.ac.uk/thorntme/sawie.html
SunWorld Magazine
Magazine from the International
Solar Energy Society (ISES), a global non-profit dedicated
to the advancement of the utilization
of solar energy.
http://sun1.bham.ac.uk/thorntme/sunworld.html
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
This site is in English and German.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
conducts research on the technology
needed to supply energy efficiently and on an
environmentally sound basis in industrialised
and developing countries. To this purpose it
develops systems, components materials
and processes in the areas of thermal use of solar
energy, solar architecture, photovoltaics,
electrical power supplies, chemical energy
conversion and storage, and rational
use of energy. The institute's work ranges from
investigation of scientific and
technical fundamentals for solar energy use, through the
development of prototypes, to the
construction of demonstration systems. The institute plans,
advises and provides know-how and
technical facilities as services.
http://www.ise.fhg.de/
The University of Wiscosin´s Solar Energy Laboratory
Home of the famous TRNSYS transient
thermal simulation package. From here you can find
out more info about the Lab, or
download a demo copy of the software.
http://www.engr.wisc.edu/centers/sel/sel.html
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