Renewable Energy - ChE Links
About Solar Energy
Information about photovoltaic systems, concentrating solar systems, passive solar heating
and more, from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Alternative Energy
Engineering Design Guide & Catalog
Offers design information and equipment for use of solar, wind and water power at home.
Biomass FAQs
By Virinder Singh, questions and answers about bioenergy.
Biomass
Gasification
Technical paper by Richard L. Bain, Kevin C. Craig, and Ralph P. Overend, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, about commercialization and development of biomass-based
high-performance combined heat and power systems.
Clean Energy Basics
From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a primer on renewable energy.
The
Current Status of Renewable Energy Technologies
Paper by Professor W W S Charters, University of Melbourne, a brief overview of the
current technological and economic status of a range of renewable energy sources.
The
Current Status of Renewable Energy Technologies
Paper by Professor W W S Charters, University of Melbourne, a brief overview of the
current technological and economic status of a range of renewable energy sources.
EnviroMission
Australian company that intends to build the world’s first large-scale solar chimney
power station. The Web site has information about the project and a short Quicktime video.
Future
Technologies and Commercial Reality
Paper by Dr J R Williams, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Shell Australia Ltd., how
the energy system might develop and the role that might be played by alternative renewable
sources.
Glossary of Energy Terms
From the California Energy Commission, an alphabetical listing of terms related to energy
in its various forms.
Glossary of Renewable Energy
Terms and Phrases
Guide to terminology from the Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Clearinghouse.
Guided Tour on Wind Energy
From the Danish Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association, comprehensive introduction to wind
energy resources, wind turbines, environmental impact, and economics. Includes some
interesting online calculators.
Hydroelectricity
and Other Renewable Resources
Chapter of the International Energy Outlook 2001 about status and outlook for the
worldwide renewable energy use.
Photovoltaic Basics
Covers the basics of PV technology, including the underlying physics, how various PV
devices are designed and become fully functional systems, and what's happening today in PV
research and development, from the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies
Program.
Renewable
Energy Annual
Report from the EIA with data on renewable energy consumption and capacity in the United
States (biomass, municipal solid waste, geothermal, wind, and solar). Available both in
HTML and PDF format.
Revisiting Solar
Power's Past
By Charles Smith, history of the direct conversion of solar radiation into mechanical
power.
The Solar
Chimney
Principle and technology of the solar chimney.
SolarGuide
Factbase
From the American Solar Energy Society, an introduction to solar energy technologies.
Wind
Energy for Electric Power
Paper published by the Renewable Energy Policy Project, provides an overview of the
history, technologies, economics, environmental impacts, regulations and policies related
to the use of wind power for electricity generation.
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