Solar Energy

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In addition to the resources below, search Howard County Library System's catalog for books on various aspects of solar power.

Contents

• Basic Resources
• Associations & Research Institutes
• Costs of Solar
• Events
• Local Solar Vendors
• Major Solar Energy Projects
• Solar Design & Construction
• Solar Statistics
• Solar Technologies
• Tax Incentives

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Basic Resources

• APS Project Sol
• Solar Energy (Maryland Energy Administration)
• The Solarserver - Forum for Solar Energy
• U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Program

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Associations & Research Institutes

 

• American Solar Energy Society
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)
• National Solar Power Research Institute, Inc.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Solar Energy Industries Association
• Solar Electric Power Association
• Solar Living Institute

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Costs of Solar

 

• Cloudy Outlook For Solar Panels: Costs Substantially Eclipse Benefits, Study Shows (Science Daily)
• Get Your Power From the Sun - A Consumer's Guide (U.S. Department of Energy)
• Mid-Atlantic Consumer's Guide to Buying a Solar Electric System (U.S. Department of Energy & Maryland Energy Administration)
• New Plant Could Drop Cost of Solar Power to 1.5x US Acreage (Wired Science)
• Shrinking the cost for solar power (C/NetNews.com)
• Solar Estimator (Findsolar.com)

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Events

• American Solar Challenge
• Junior Solar Sprint/Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Competitions
• U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon (National Mall, Washington D.C.)

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Local Solar Vendors

•    Chesapeake Solar (vendor for East Columbia Library solar energy system)
• BP Solar USA
• MD-DC-VA Solar Energy Industries Association Members List

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Major Solar Energy Projects

•  Australia to Build World's Largest Solar Power Plant
• PS10 (Spain - 15k west of Seville)

• Solana (Arizona - 70 miles SW of Phoenix)
  • World's Largest Solar Power Plant Planned in Arizona
  • World's Largest Solar Power Plant Coming to Arizona in 2011
• Solar One (Nevada - 40 miles SE of Las Vegas)
  • ACCIONA's Nevada Solar One - Demonstrating the Commercial Competitiveness of Solar Energy
  • In Nevada, Solar Power on a Massive Scale

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Solar Design & Construction

• Build it Solar - The Renewable Energy site for Do-It-Yourselfers
• Passive Solar Building Design
• Passive Solar Design Guidelines and Recognition Program (City of Santa Barbara Community Development Department)

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Solar Statistics

• Solar Photovoltaic Statistics (U.S. Energy Information Administration)
• Solar Thermal Statistics (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

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Solar Technologies

• Photovoltaic Systems Research & Development (Sandia National Laboratory)
• How do Photovoltaics Work? (U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration)
• How Solar Thermal and Photovoltaics Work
• Photovoltaics: Solar Electricity
• The technology that will save humanity (salon.com)

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Tax Incentives

• Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency (EnergyStar.gov)
• Green Buildings & Neighborhoods (Howard County Department of Planning & Zoning)
• Incentives & Resources (Maryland Energy Administration)
• Maryland Incentives for Renewable and Efficiency (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency)
• New Incentives for Solar and Geothermal Energy in Maryland (Maryland Energy Administration)

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