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Photovoltaics Tools & Resources

Renewable Energy World: Solar Energy Technologies

Types of Solar Energy

Solar energy technologies use the sun's energy and light to provide heat, light, hot water, electricity, and even cooling, for homes, businesses, and industry.

There are a variety of technologies that have been developed to take advantage of solar energy. Click here to learn more. 

How Solar Cells Work

Energy Information and Statistics

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Web Resources

Renewable Energy Initiatives

 

Design World is leading innovation in the b-to-b media space with Design World Magazine and the Design World Network of community websites. The Design World Online network is the fastest growing and most extensive online offering serving the design engineering market. All properties are focused on serving the design engineer, machine builder and OEM in several growth markets including medical, packaging, semiconductor, and factory automation. www.designworldonline.com

Engineering Exchange is a global networking community for engineers. Connect with your peer group in any number of relevant groups. The Engineering Exchange features a robust set of customized tools geared towards the user and community to facilitate learning and the exchange of ideas. Connect with people in your position, location, industry or who share common engineering challenges. http://engineeringexchange.com

Small Wind Tips is educating end consumers of small wind systems on multiple wind energy issues such as policy changes, turbine tower height, connecting with the grid and many other important issues.http://smallwindtips.com/

WTWH Media LLC is innovating b-to-b media. WTWH properties target design engineers, engineering management, and other related engineering professionals in wind power and solar engineering, semiconductor, medical equipment, packaging, material handling and off-road engineering markets among others. www.wtwhmedia.com

Alternative Energy News Offers news and information resources about renewable energy technologies.Alternative Energy News

All Small Wind Turbines is your portal to the world of small wind turbines. Over 380 small wind turbines from more than 150 manufacturers indexed.All Small Wind Turbines

AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) is a national trade association representing wind power project developers, equipment suppliers, services providers, parts manufacturers, utilities, researchers, and others involved in the wind industry – one of the world’s fastest growing energy industries.AWEA

Boots on the Roof A Wind Energy program by Boots on the Roof, for those Contractors, Builders, and Engineers who are adding Wind Energy System Installation to their service offerings. Boots on the Roof offers Wind and solar training, Wind and Solar education for the renewable energy industry. Boots on the Roof

Denertec performs activities as Design & Development of Wind Turbines & Permanent Magnet Generators according to specific requirements and applications. Supplying of units or parts and technology transfer of information for manufacturing may take place after a development project. Technical advice, training, sizing of renewable energy systems, Wind Farm projects are other items also covered. Learn more about us at our website www.denertec.com

Direct Industry is the permanent virtual exhibition, connecting manufacturers and buyers in 5 languages, around the world. With 5 million visitors a month sourcing from over 60,000 industrial products, it is the biggest industrial exhibition online.Direct Industry

GreenEnergy Star specializes in providing advices and working with customers to help them reduce carbon dioxide emissions, use energy more efficiently, and become less dependent upon current energy supply routes. They are proud to offer a complete line of products to suit customers’ solar and windpower electricity needs.GreenEnergy Star

Partenov CFD Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Computational Wind Engineering (CWE).Partenov CFD

PicoTurbine provides kits, books, and projects for the purpose of advancing the cause of renewable (alternative) energy and inspiring students to look into the future.PicoTurbine

Scoraigwind is Hugh Piggott’s personal home page, devoted to wind energy. It focuses mainly on the construction of small wind turbines, mainly following Hugh’s books on the subject and providing news of courses and contact with groups around the world using Hugh’s designs.ScoraigWind

Small Wind Turbine mission is to provide relevant information so consumers can make informed investment decisions. The website was created to help those who are interested in investing in a small wind turbine, but may not have months to spend researching them.Small Wind Turbine

Small Wind Tips Specializes in offering accurate information to the small and community wind customer. From product reviews to articles to help readers better understand concepts of wind power, Small Wind Tips is your number one resource for small and community wind knowledge.Small Wind Tips

Steve’s Wind Tubine describes the steps and actions necessary to developing your own, personal wind turbine.Steve’s Wind

TheBackShed’s Homegrown Power site is for anyone with an interest in making their own clean renewable power. The many projects and articles have been put together with the help of other RE enthusiasts from around the world, and all information is free.The Back Shed

Windpower Generators Guide is designed as an online reference guide for anyone looking for information on utilizing the wind’s energy at home.Windpower Generators Guide

Wind Turbine Technician Training is for those interested in pursuing such a career. The training to become a wind-turbine technician includes an intensive curriculum. Individuals will learn from all different types of wind turbine technician training courses everything that it takes to be a wind turbine technician. This will mean that they have training in all sorts of safety, hydraulics, electrical power, generators, and mechanical engineering all in one program. Many programs will allow individuals who already possess a degree to take a shortened version of the training for a certificate. Wind turbine technician training can last for various amounts of time (depending on the program) but can be a few years long in a formal setting. www.windturbinetechniciantraining.com 

 

 

 

 

Wind Maps and Data

WINDExchange provides wind maps and anemometer data to help homeowners, communities, states, and regions learn more about their available wind resources and plan wind energy projects. WINDExchange also maintains more than a decade of installed capacity maps showing how wind energy has progressed across the United States over time as advances in wind technology and materials make wind resources more available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Basics from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

For more information about hydrogen, visit the following resources:

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Basics 
U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Hydropower News and Information from Renewable Energy World

 

Ocean

Ocean

The ocean can produce thermal energy from the sun's heat and mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Tides are driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun upon the Earth, while waves are driven by winds blowing over the ocean's surface. See the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Savers for basic information on ocean energy.

THE OSHA ACT: General Duty Clause

(a) Each employer --

29 USC 654

  • (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees;
  • (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act.

(b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this Act which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Green jobs are either:

  1. Jobs in businesses that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources.
  2. Jobs in which workers' duties involve making their establishment's production processes more environmentally friendly or use fewer natural resources.

 

 

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