Solar

American Solar Energy Society
Web site has information on membership and publications, as well as policy statements on topics related to renewable energy and electric utility restructuring.
http://www.ases.org

Arizona Solar Center
A comprehensive site that explores various solar technologies and their uses in Arizona. Includes educational materials for teaching solar energy in the classroom.
http://www.azsolarcenter.com

California Solar Center
The site is designed to be a prime source of information on solar energy activity in California.
http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/

Daystar: The Four Mile Island Solar Home
A tour of an existing solar home with an emphasis on the experience of solar living . This site has lots of information about solar home construction, renewable energy systems and the environment.
http://fourmileisland.com

DOE Photovoltaic Energy
Online documents pertaining to photovoltaic energy, solar power, solar cells, and other related subjects.
http://www.osti.gov/phv

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.
http://www.ecotopia.com/ecosystems/

Energy Science Projects and Activities
Contains links to science projects and activities-for science fairs, class or home-to help students in grades K-12 learn about energy, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/science_projects.html

EnviroMission Limited
Sponsors of the project to build a large-scale (200-MW) solar thermal power station based on a 1-km-tall solar tower. Information about solar tower technology and the project under way in Australia.
http://www.enviromission.com.au/

European Association for Solar Energy
Non-partisan independent organization that is independent of industry, political institutions promoting solar energy by conducting conferences and awarding prizes. [English, German]
http://www.eurosolar.org/

Florida Solar Energy Center
Research, training programs, and information about photovoltaic technology, other solar applications, energy-efficient building strategies, and related topics.
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
Provides data, facts, publications, and information for students.
http://www.ise.fhg.de/isesite

Global Warming Solutions
Offers information about energy conservation using solar energy.
http://www.globalwarmingsolutions.co.uk

India Solar
Information about status of renewable energy development and related businesses in India.
http://www.indiasolar.com

JC Solar House Plans and Solar Collectors
Includes a lot of information about solar energy panels, solar hot water, and solar collectors.
http://www.jc-solarhomes.com/

MST
MST aims at significantly reducing the cost of solar energy technology (PV) by employing a high degree of automation with CPV (concentrated PV) of about 600 suns. Includes a lot of useful technical data and the MST vision.
http://www.rmst.co.il

MySolar
Independent information on solar systems: products, prices, sales outlets, DIY design and sizing, solar electricity and solar hot water systems world wide.
http://www.mysolar.com/

National Solar Power Research Institute, Inc.
Informative articles and project reports concerning solar power and related issues. Studies of both Earth-based and space-based solar power.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ciotola/solar/

Photo Voltaic Energy Service Companies
Project of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) which attempts to demonstrate a framework through which solar electricity services can be provided in rural areas of Zambia in a sustainable manner.
http://www.sei.se/energy/pvesco/pv_intro.htm

Project Sol
Overview of solar technology and how the sun can be used for electric power.
http://projectsol.aps.com

SoDa Service for Industry and Research
Information and databases on solar radiation and energy, including calculators for determining parameters needed for a variety of scientific and industrial design problems.
http://www.soda-is.com/

Solar 20
A project to reduce cost of concentrating solar energy systems. Contains gallery of built prototypes.
http://solar20.com

Solar Boat - Marquette University
Student group that specializes in solar powered boat races. Page offers description of the watercraft, photos, details of the 1996 996 Solar Splash competition.
http://www.hoeppner.net/bruce/solar_boat.html

Solar Cells Info
Provides information and news on cells technology. Includes weblog, press reports and data on dye sensitized cells.
http://solarcellsinfo.com

Solar Energy Industries Association - SEIA
The US trade association for solar energy and related businesses. Focused particularly on expanding domestic and international markets, and advocating for appropriate state and federal policies.
http://www.seia.org

The Solar Living Institute
A non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education at the Solar Living Center. Featuring workshops and interactive demonstrations in renewable energy and sustainable technologies.
http://www.solarliving.org/

Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL)
A unique outdoor research facility for supporting renewable energy conversion technologies and climate change studies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
http://www.nrel.gov/srrl/

SolarMission Technologies, Inc.
SolarMission is committed to providing profitable, large-scale renewable energy generation power stations for the United States and the world's electricity markets.
http://www.solarmissiontechnologies.com

Solarserver
Portal on solar energy. Includes news, bulletins and scientific articles.
http://www.solarserver.de/index-e.html

Solarware's Solar-Power-Simulation
Increased Power-output of Terrestrial Solar-Power systems by Optimized Generator Directing, Sun's path and Shade analysis.
http://www.solarware.de/Solar-Power-Simulation/q-inf_1_e.html

Sollab
Alliance of laboratories from different countries in the field of solar concentrating systems. Includes project information.
http://www.sollab.eu

Special Materials Research and Technology, Inc.
A small business that focuses research on the wet chemical growth of oxides used in microelectronics and photonics (optoelectronics).
http://www.specmat.com

Stirling Energy Systems
Offers creating an alternative energy source using a solar energy to run a Stirling Engine.
http://www.stirlingenergy.com/default.asp

A Slight Chill In The Air
Christian Science Monitor article on trends in U.S. solar power use. Solar electricity and thermal technologies are improving, but the market is cool. <small>(May 23, 2002)</small>
http://csmonitor.com/2002/0523/p15s01-sten.html