Renewable Energy : Solar Energy

Tom Elliot
Tom Elliot's Web Site: Photovoltaic, PV, Solar resources.

Solar Energy International
SEI: Welcome to Solar Energy International. Offers hands-on workshops in solar, wind and water power and natural building technologies in 11 locations.

America's Solar Energy Potential
American Energy Independence, concentrated solar power.

Solar Power
Solar power is produced by collecting sunlight and converting it into electricity. This is done by using solar panels, which are large flat panels made up of many individual solar cells.

CirKits - Alternative Energy Websites
CirKits.com provides this reference page of useful links to alternative energy suppliers and resources.

Solar Power Videos
Videos about solar power, diy photovoltaic systems technology and how to generate electricity from the sun.

Wikipedia: Solar forge
A solar forge is a device that uses the power of the sun to melt materials, such as asphalt. A large Fresnel lens, usually rectangular and several feet long on each side, is positioned as a lid of a hollow standing cylinder.

Wikipedia: Solar cooker
A solar cooker is a way of using the sun's power to cook. They are mainly two types of solar cookers: Concentrating and solar box cookers (usually knowns as solar oven because the way they are used).

Wikipedia: Solar power
Solar power is the technology of obtaining usable energy from the light of the Sun. Solar energy has been used in many traditional technologies for centuries and has come into widespread use where other power supplies are absent, such as in remote locatio

Wikipedia: Solar Engine
A Solar Engine (also called solarengine and SE) is a simple BEAM circuit which receives radiant energy, capacitates and stores the energy, and then utilizes that energy in pulses to power motors or other loads.

Wikipedia: Solar updraft tower
The solar updraft tower is a proposed type of renewable-energy power plant. Air is heated in a very large circular greenhouse-like structure, and the resulting convection causes the air to rise and escape through a tall tower.

Wikipedia: Solar One
Solar One is a pilot solar-thermal project in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California. Solar One was the first test of a large scale thermal solar power tower, power plant.

Wikipedia: Solar hot water
Solar heating systems are generally composed of solar thermal collectors, a fluid system to move the heat from the collector to its point of usage, and a reservoir or tank for heat storage and subsequent use.

Ecosystems Mission
Aims to develop, promote and market methodologies, technologies, and products that conserve natural resources and advance our planet towards sustainability through the use of solar energy.

California Solar Center
The site is designed to be a prime source of information on solar energy activity in California.