IMPORTANT PHOTOVOLTAIC & ALT. ENERGY WEB LINKS
EDUCATIONAL LINKS
Solar School House
http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/ssh.html
http://www.rahus.org/products.html
Solar Energy Research and Education Foundation
http://www.uvi.edu/Physics/SCI3xxWeb/Energy/PhotoVoltaicLab.html
New Mexico State University
http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/Photovoltaics/PV-Energy.html
Sandia National Labs - PV
Main page for Sandia's solar electric files and info.
photovoltaics.sandia.gov/
North Carolina Solar Center, North Carolina State University
http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/
Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/
PG&E
http://www.pge.com/mybusiness/energysavingsrebates/incentivesbyi
ndustry/education/
Edison AGTAC - workshops and classes
https://www.sce.com/ECR/EnergyCenterClassSchedule.aspx?ORG=
AGTAC,OTHER
ON GRID SOLAR - ANDY BLACK
http://www.ongrid.net/payback/
JOHN WILES - Author of Article 690 or the NEC and many
easy to read articles on the subject of PV.
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http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi
Teachers resource
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/teachers_resources/index.html
No Outage.com
http://www.nooutage.com/inverter1.htm#Introduction
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California Energy Commision Energy Code Training
http://www.energyvideos.com/index.php
Virtual-lab of a Solar House
using VirtualLabBuilder Modelica library
www.euclides.dia.uned.es/
VirtualLabBuilder/Files/csc07_paper130.pd
WEB NEWS. MAGAZINES & PUBLICATIONS
Building Green - on line magazine
http://www.buildinggreentv.com/workshop/energy
The Alternative Consumer
http://www.alternativeconsumer.com
Solar Pro Magazine
http://solarprofessional.com/subscribe/members/index.cfm?pa
ge=one
Alternative Energy - Web based magazine
http://www.crest.org/index.html
Home Power
http://www.homepower.com/home/
Solarbuzz
http://www.solarbuzz.com/index.asp
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Renewable Energy World
www.renewableenergyworld.com/
Green Technologies
Web magazine
http://www.thepeakist.com/category/renewability/
SOURCES FOR PRODUCTS
Alternative Energy Store
http://home.altenergystore.com/products
Mr. Solar
http://www.mrsolar.com/
Solar Depot
www.solardepot.com/
Sunwize
www.sunwize.com/
REALGOODS
www.realgoods.com/
Mounting and racking gear:
Pro Solar - Roof Trac and Fast Jack
http://www.prosolar.com/ROOFTRAC.htm
Unirac
www.unirac.com/
TOOLS OF THE SOLAR-ELECTRIC TRADE
Home Power magazine has been the leading renewable energy
information source ... Tools of the Solar-Electric Trade
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www.homepower.com/article/?file=HP105_pg22_Schwartz - 70k
Cached
SOLAR PATHFINDER
http://www.solarpathfinder.com/
Pyranometers
Meteon Irradiance Meter
http://www.kippzonen.com/pages/1865/3/METEON?gclid=CIrq0__Oz
JQCFRwsagodihGBkw
Daystar Solar Meter
http://www.zianet.com/daystar/solarmeter.html
Daystar's DS-100C I-V Curver Tracer
http://www.zianet.com/daystar/curvetracer.html
ACME Solar ASSET TOOL - Wiley Electronics
Site assessment tool
http://www.we-llc.com/Press%20Releases.html
Wiley Electronics grounding clamps and clips
http://www.we-llc.com/WEEB.html
Roof Angle Finder
http://roofgenius.com/roofangle.htm
ENERGY EFFICIENT MAJOR APPLIANCES
Energy Star - DOE and EPA listing of higher efficiency
household appliances and store locator.
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.
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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY/ APPLICATIONS
BIO-ENERGY
http://www.crest.org/bioenergy/index.html
SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING
http://matteranenergy.us/Progress_Update.htm
Solar Air Conditioning
http://www.solcool.net/
Refrigerator Uses Solar Energy
blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/ 07/19/refrigerator-uses-solar-energy/ - 47k -
IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
STATE of CALIFORNIA SOLAR INFORMATION
http://www.gosolarcalifornia.org/
CEC - California Energy Commission
US DEPT. OF ENERGY
US Dept. Of Energy / photovoltaic information links
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/system.html
US DOE / solar link
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
scroll down to: * How students, educators, and trainers can learn
more about PV - tools for teachers, schools, students
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_education_tools.html
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MY SOLAR ESTIMATOR
http://www.findsolar.com/
US Dept Of Energy Solar Energy Website:
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/csp.html
MISCELLANEOUS
Chico State University & Butte County
http://www.cepco.com/RenewableEnergy7_reading%20layout.pdf
SUNPOWER HOME PAGE
http://www.sunpowercorp.com/For-Homes.aspx
Advanced Energy Group
http://www.solar4power.com/solar-power-sizing.html
Green Building Technologies
www.biatk.com/BECTBuilderTrainingOnLine.pdf
http://www.energyvideos.com/index.php
Solar Energy Systems
http://www.ecs-solar.com/solarelectricq&a.htm#f
Bill Brook Engineering
www.brooksolar.com
Clean Power Estimator Clean Power EstimatorTM is an economic evaluation software program the
California Energy Commission is licensing for use from Clean Power Research.
The program provides California residential and commercial electric customers a
personalized estimate of the costs and benefits of investing in a photovoltaic (PV)
solar or small wind electric generation system.
The program takes into consideration customer-specific information in order to
provide the best estimate of a given system's costs and benefits. This information
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includes the estimated cost of the particular system under consideration, the
customer's location, electric rate schedules, and other customer information.
http://www.energypolicytv.com
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/18/nanosolar-is-gunning-for-coal/
NANO SOLAR - .99 PER WATT
resource page for insolation
http://projectsol.aps.com/solar/data_insolation.asp
JOHN WILES - Author of Article 690 or the NEC and many
easy to read articles on the subject of PV.
http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi
The Southwest Technology Development web site maintains all
copies of the “Code Corner Columns” written by author John
Wiles and published in Home Power Magazine over the last 10
years.
jwiles@nmsu.edu
Good Reference Site for PV
LADWP
http://www.ladwp.com/ladwp/cms/ladwp009749.jsp
We have extensive solar data in our web site at Global Maps , U.S.
FINANCIAL CASE FOR SOLAR
http://acroelectric.com/Financial_Case_for_Solar_Power
Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/
New Mexico State University
http://www.nmsu.edu/~tdi/Photovoltaics/PV-Energy.html
Sandi Labs
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www.sandia.gov/
National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL)
www.nrel.gov
NREL: PVWatts - PV Watts Version 1 Calculator
www.nrel.gov/rredc/pvwatts/version1.html
Department of Energy - Solar
www.energy.gov/energysources/solar.htm
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