Extractions: With the vision of powering a brighter 21st century, the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) helps rural villagers in developing countries improve their lives through clean, renewable energy and modern communications. SELF's projects are shaped by local people, particularly women, whose gains can most enhance a community's health, education, economy, and environment.
The Vote Solar Initiative California initiative to promote clean air, fight global warming, and increase America's energy independence. Provides history, tools and news. http://www.votesolar.org/
Extractions: *ACTION ALERT* Public Hearings for Honolulu's Solar Bond Click here for details. The Vote Solar Initiative's mission is to promote a national transition to clean energy by empowering city governments to implement large-scale, cost-effective solar projects. It can be done. In November 2001, San Francisco voters approved a $100 million revenue bond for renewable energy and energy efficiency that pays for itself from the savings and costs taxpayers nothing. The Vote Solar Initiative aims to replicate this model in cities across the country, and by doing so, dramatically accelerate the nation's transition to renewable energy. This website offers tools , advice, and information for those seeking ways to build on San Francisco's success with the revenue bond model. You can also contact us for more help or to sign up for email updates on the initiative's progress.
Energy Alternatives - Alternative Energy Sources, Alternate Energy, Solar Panel, Offers information and equipment to assist in the design and installation of alternative energy products including solar electric (photovoltaic), solarthermal, wind, micro hydro, inverters, batteries, energy efficient appliances. http://www.energyalternatives.ca
Extractions: Online Store Company Contact Online Catalogue - Browse our interactive online product catalogue, open 24 hours a day, 365 days per year for your convenience. Choose from our vast inventory of products complete with with product details, specification sheets, installation manuals, reviews and more. Canada's Sustainable Living Store Where do I Start New to the world of alternative energy? Fed up with relying on some one else for your electricity? Fear not, we can help you! Where to start depends on what your goals are, geographical layout of your land, finances available. Learn about the First Steps
Energy Saving Trust Solar PV - Welcome Resources, Please select one of the items above to find out more about solarPV and how we can help you. Welcome to solar photovoltaics (PV). http://www.est.org.uk/solar/
Extractions: Welcome to solar photovoltaics (PV). Here you will find everything you need to know about generating electricity from the sun. The Department of Trade and Industry launched its three-year Major Photovoltaics Demonstration programme in 2002, offering grants to householders, the public sector and businesses. You can find out how to get grants for small scale and medium to large scale PV installations here. Find out how to apply... All the latest Solar news...
Extractions: Toromont Energy is a Canadian market leader in the development of distributed generation and combined heat and power projects less than 50 MW. Projects are developed in partnership with municipalities, utilities and energy hosts. Learn more About Toromont Energy Toromont Energy is a subsidiary of Toromont Industries Ltd. , a Canadian public company with over 2,300 employees throughout North America. Toromont is an industry leader in construction equipment, power, refrigeration and process systems.
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EERE: Building Energy Efficiency Topics include lighting, appliances, and heating and cooling equipment; insulation and other weatherization materials; highperformance windows; automatic and smart controls; solar buildings; community programs; and related codes and standards. http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/buildings.html
Extractions: U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Federal Government U.S. Universities and Research Institutes International Organizations ... Discussion Groups This section focuses on saving energy in buildings. Two renewable energy sources that can save energy in buildings are discussed separately: solar energy and geothermal heat pumps More basic information about building energy efficiency is also available Building Envelope
Roofus' Solar Home Take Roofus' tour around an energy efficient home to find out how to be energy smart. http://www.eere.energy.gov/roofus/
Hostuniverse .com--Automated Web Hosting Drawing files that can be integrated directly into building plans include strawbale house plans, mechanical and plumbing details, solar water heater and cooker designs, as well as some free energyrelated downloads. http://www.21design.com/
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Renewable Energy Basics biomass. fuel cells. geothermal. hydroelectric. solar cells. solar thermal.wind. http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/renewable/basics/
Can Renewables Sustain Affluent Society? Considers a few renewable energy sources, then addresses 'the storage problem'. Considers batteries, crushed rock, solar ponds, pumped hydro, hydrogen and thermochemical. http://www.mnforsustain.org/trainer_t_renewable_sustain_society.htm
Extractions: Figures commonly quoted on costs of generating energy from renewable sources can give the impression that it will be possible to switch to renewables as the foundation for the continuation of industrial societies with high material living standards. Although renewable energy must be the sole source in a sustainable society, major difficulties become evident when conversions, storage and supply for high latitudes are considered. It is concluded that renewable energy sources will not be able to sustain present rich world levels of energy use and that a sustainable world order must be based on acceptance of much lower per capita levels of energy use, much lower living standards and a zero growth economy. Commonly stated figures for the cost of energy produced from renewable sources are quite impressive. For example it is claimed that electricity can be generated from the wind at 6¢ per kilowatt hour (Diesendorf, 1992, p 7). Given that the cost of coal fired electricity in the late 1980s was in the region of 3.5¢ per kilowatt hour (ELCOM, 1991, p 35) such figures appear to show that renewable energy sources will soon be able to replace fossil fuel sources. However there are a number of factors casting a quite different light on the potential of renewable energy sources. This discussion is mainly concerned with solar energy although some reference to other renewable sources is included, and it is confined to the two energy forms most crucial for industrial conserver societies, electricity and liquid fuel.
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Renewable Energy Resource Assessment Report Assessment of Hawaii's potential renewable energy resources (wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, OTEC, geothermal, and wave) produced by Hawaii's Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/ert/hes3/
Extractions: The purpose of this project, also known as Project 3 of the Hawaii Energy Strategy (1995), was to produce a comprehensive assessment of Hawaii's renewable energy resources (wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric, ocean thermal energy conversion [OTEC], geothermal, and wave energy) and a long-range development strategy. The project consisted of three parts, and produced three reports: Renewable Energy Resource Assessment Plan The report on Phase I summarized the activities involved in creating the resource assessment plan, including determining constraints and requirements, identifying potential project sites, analyzing existing utility infrastructure, identifying existing monitoring sites, and screening potential sites. New solar and wind monitoring sites were recommended and instrumented for collection of additional data. Development of Renewable Energy Resource Supply Curves The Phase II report compiled cost and performance data on current and future renewable energy conversion systems, analyzed and reduced existing data on available resources, and presented the renewable energy resource supply curves which were developed. A computer model was developed to allow comparison of cost information on renewable resources with various alternatives.
NREL: Facilities - High-Flux Solar Furnace Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Executive_Branch/Departments/energy/DOE_National_Laboratories/National_Renewable_energy_Laboratory/Research_Facilities http://www.nrel.gov/documents/highflux.html
Extractions: ...concentrating sunlight for industrial applications On top of a high, barren mesa above Golden, Colorado, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have achieved a world-record concentration of 50,000 suns at the High-Flux Solar Furnace. The heat generated at the facility can be used to process a variety of materials, providing a clean alternative to very costly laser furnaces or conventional furnaces that burn fossil fuels. In more than eight years of operation, NREL research with the High-Flux Solar Furnace has shown that concentrated sunlight can be used in manufacturing processes for the automotive, aerospace, defense and electronics industries. The solar furnace also has proved effective at decontaminating hazardous wastes. How the Solar Furnace Works The 10-kilowatt solar furnace has three principal components: a heliostat, a primary concentrator and a refractive secondary concentrator. The heliostat is a large (32 square meters) flat mirror that tracks the sun as it moves from east to west and reflects the sunlight onto the primary concentrator. The primary concentrator is made up of 25 curved mirror facets, each measuring roughly 0.5 square meters, that reflect the sunlight a second time and focus it at a target area inside the test building. The primary concentrator reduces the beam of sunlight to a 10-centimeter diameter and concentrates it to approximately 2,500 suns at the focal point. Special optical devices can be placed at the focus to significantly increase the concentration. Reflective secondary concentrators can deliver 20,000 suns; refractive secondary concentrators can achieve 50,000 suns.
LENS @ MPIK Low energy Neutrino Spectroscopy aims to measure the solar neutrino spectrum at low energy in real time. http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/nubis/lens.html
Extractions: Motivation Detection Principle The aim of the LENS project (Low Energy Neutrino Spectroscopy) is to measure, in real time, the primary low energy (sub-MeV) solar neutrino spectrum , esp. pp- and Be-neutrinos e interaction compared to background events. Top of Page Mikheyev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein-Effect (MSW-Effect). Presently several detectors provide their observations of solar neutrinos, e.g. GNO SuperKamiokande B neutrino spectrum by Cerenkov radiation), SNO KamLAND Borexino hep-ph/0212147 Still there are many open questions about the oscillation theory, and the low energy neutrinos (like pp and Be neutrinos) are predicted to be most sensitive to oscillation processes. It is unarguable that an accurate study of the pp solar neutrino spectrum, as well as a comparison of the pp/ Be fluxes would indisputably select one or refute all of the theoretical solutions. Furthermore, LENS would be complementary to the Borexino e Top of Page The LENS project aims to use the electronic neutrino capture by weak charged current in In. This nucleus has an adequate threshold (114 keV) to detect pp neutrinos, and additionally the electron measurement allows the determination of the neutrino energy. The reaction
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Erneuerbare Energien Und Solar-Wasserstoff For 13 years SWB has been testing major systems of a possible future (solar) hydrogen energy scheme on an industrial scale. Site features a streaming video about the demonstration and test facility. English/Deutsch http://www.solarhydrogen.com/
Extractions: Das Informationszentrum der E.ON Energie bietet seit 1989 Einzelbesuchern und Gruppen die Gelegenheit, Einblicke in den Stand der Entwicklung erneuerbarer Energien und ihrer Einbindung in das Gesamtsystem der Energiewirtschaft zu erhalten. Insbesondere wird auf die Solar-Wasserstoff-Technik eingegangen.
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