Welcome to Lightharvest. This is the solar energy division of BrianLaks.com. Here you will find my favorite solar power resources.
I took the photograph above in Carlsbad, CA on November 15, 2005 with a Sony Cybershot DSC-T1. It is a view looking west over the Batiquitos Lagoon towards the Pacific Ocean.
California Solar Initiative - http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov/
The United States Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division has a Solar Energy Technologies Program. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/index.html
http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2004/renew-energy-batt/Stirling.html
The National Solar Thermal Test Center at Sandia National Laboratories - http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/solarthermal/nsttf.html
Concentrating Solar Power
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) a clean, large-scale solar thermal technology. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/csp.html There are several CSP technologies currently being studied and used:
-Trough Systems -Dish/Engine Systems -Power Towers
Stirling Energy Systems - http://stirlingenergy.com/
The DOE has a specific site dedicated to concentrating solar power called SunLab. http://www.energylan.sandia.gov/sunlab/
Solel - http://www.solel.com/ - Solar thermal technology
Photovoltaics
The National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/
Thermophotovoltaic on wikipedia.
Solarcentury - http://www.solarcentury.com/
(Non) Governmental Organisations
American Solar Energy Society
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Solar
Energy research Centre of the Netherlands
Fraunhofer Institut Solare Energiesysteme
IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme
International Energy Agency
International Solar Energy Society
Industry Associations
British Photovoltaic Association
European Photovoltaic Industry Association
Holland Solar (Dutch)
Renewables Power Association
Solar Energy Industries Association
Solarwirtschaft (German)
Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente - http://www.solariaenergia.com/
JA Solar - http://www.jasolar.com/
Solarfun Power - http://www.solarfun.com.cn/
Verasun Energy - http://www.verasun.com/
First Solar - http://www.firstsolar.com/
Canadian Solar - http://www.csisolar.com/
Japanese Solar Power Companies
Fuji Electric
Kaneka Corporation
Kyocera Corporation
Matsushita Battery
Mitsubishi Electric
MSK Corporation
Nishimu Electronics Industries Co
Sanyo Solar Industries
Sharp
Showa Shell Sekiyu - http://www.shell.co.jp/english/shell/company/ssj/profile.html
Japanese Solar Energy Associations
OM Solar Association - http://www.omsolar.co.jp/
New Energy Foundation - http://www.nef.or.jp/
Japan Solar Energy Society - http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jses/
Russia Solar Power
Nitol Solar - http://www.nitolsolar.com/
German Solar Power
Also referred to as Photovoltaik or Solartechnik, the German solar power market is second in the world only to Japan.
For a list of solar power companies in Germany, check out solarbuzz.com
Shell Solar - http://www.shell.com/solar/
Solio - http://www.solio.com/ - Solar powered cell phone charger
Better Energy Systems - http://www.betterenergy.co.uk/
Central Vermont Solar and Wind - http://www.middlebury.net/cvsolar/
Vermont Solar Engineering - http://www.vtsolar.com/
Vermont Solar & Small Wind Incentive Program - http://www.rerc-vt.org/incentives/
Enjoy the Kentucky Sun - Red River Gorge Cabins
Nanosys
Nanosolar
Konarka
Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)
General Electric (GE)
IBM (IBM)
Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A)
France's Atomic Energy Agency heads a team called Molycell, which strives to produce solar power systems with a capital cost of $1 per watt.
Solar Power Resources
(wiki) Heliostat
(wiki) Solar power tower
http://www.solarpaces.org/SOLARTRES.HTM
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/codesandalgorithms/spa/
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/34302.pdf
solarbuzz.com
Solar Electric Power Association - solarelectricpower.org
Million Solar Roofs - a program of the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division - http://www.millionsolarroofs.org/
Also see San Diego solar power
For information on solar energy rebates, incentives, and tax credits in Illinois, check out Illinois solar rebate programs
American Solar Energy Society - http://www.ases.org/
Arizona State University Photovoltaic Testing Laboratory - http://www.poly.asu.edu/ptl/
Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies Renewable Energy Center - http://www.caddet-re.org/
Chicago Solar Partnership - http://www.chicagosolarpartnership.com/
Ecosustainable Hub - http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/
Energy Diversification Research Laboratory - http://cedrl.mets.nrcan.gc.ca/index.html
Energy Information Administration -
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) - http://www.eere.energy.gov/
The Energy Foundation - http://www.ef.org/
European Renewable Energy Exchange (EuroREX) - http://www.eurorex.com/
Florida Solar Energy Center - http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/
Global Accreditation Program for Photovoltaics - http://www.pvgap.org/
International Solar Energy Society (ISES) - http://www.ises.org/
Interstate Renewable Energy Council - http://www.irecusa.org/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse
National Center for Photovoltaics - http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project - http://www.need.org/
National Renewable Energy Laboratory - http://www.nrel.gov/
North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) - http://www.nabcep.org/
North Carolina Solar Center - http://www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/
Renewable Energy Policy Project - http://www.crest.org/
RETScreen - http://retscreen.gc.ca/
Sandia National Laboratories - http://www.sandia.gov/pv/
Solar Energy Industries Association - http://www.seia.org/
Solar Energy Society of Canada - http://www.solarenergysociety.ca/
Utility Solar Water Heating Initiative - http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/ush2o/
