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
2009-03-26 - (pw) - China experiments with solar-thermal power
Plataforma Solar de Almeria - http://www.psa.es/webeng/index.html
Chinese Academy of Sciences - Solar Energy Laboratory - http://www.chsel.com/aboutus/
Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center - http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/Departments/EnvironmentalResearch/solarcenter
Solar Millennium - http://www.solarmillenium.com/
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
Lightharvest News
2009-06-26 - bbc - Solar plane to make public debut
2009-04-21 - bbc) - 'Quiet Sun' baffling astronomers
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
Solar Decathlon - http://www.solardecathlon.org/
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/
Solar Impulse - http://www.solarimpulse.com/
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/
For information on solar energy rebates, incentives, and tax credits in Illinois, check out Illinois solar rebate programs
ENF Directory - http://www.enf.cn/ - A global PV industry directory in 7 languages, showing details of over 5,500 PV manufacturers and installers
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/
