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Centres, Schools and Universities
- Advanced Diploma of Renewable Energy, North Brisbane Technical & Further Education (TAFE)
- APACE, University of Techonology, Sydney, AU
- Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, AU
- Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology Australia, Curtin University of Technology AU
- Chisholm Institute
(TAFE College, Victoria)
Certificate IV in Renewable Energy Technology
Diploma in Renewable Energy Technology - Solar Energy at Australian National University
- Department of Energy and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg, DE
- Department of Science, Technology and Society, Utrecht University, NL
- Energy and Environment Research Unit, Open University, UK
- Energy Systems Technology, Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, SE
- European Solar Test Installation, Energy Systems Testing Unit, Institute for Advanced Materials, Ispra, IT
- Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Florida, USA
- Fraunhofer Institut Solare Energiesysteme, DE
- Institute of Environmental Studies, UNSW
- Institute of Solar Energy, Technical University of Madrid, ES
- Photovoltaic Laboratory, University of Applied Sciences, Burgdorf, CH
- Renewable Energy Engineering, School of Engineering, Murdoch University, AU
- Research Institute for Sustainable Energy, AU
- School of the Built Environment, University of Nottingham, UK
- Semiconductor Research Group, University of Vienna, AT
- Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, CH
- Solar Energy Applications Laboratory, Colorado State University, USA
- Solar Energy Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- SUNSWift, AU
- Swinburne University of Technology
(TAFE College, Victoria)
Certificate IV of Electrotechnology (Renewable Energy)
Diploma of Electrotechnology (Renewable Energy) TFH Berlin - University of Applied Sciences, DE - The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), Stanford University, US
- The University of Michigan Solar Car Team, USA
- UNSW Centre for Materials
Research in Energy Conversion
One of the CMREC's missions is to promote research on materials and devices for the production of environmentally clean energy through the development of photo-sensitive materials and photo-electrochemical cells for the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy (e.g., hydrogen).
NGO's, Groups and Associations
- Association for Peak Oil
- Alternative Technology Association, AU
- ANZSES, AU NZ
- Clean Energy, DE
- Ecosustainable Hub, Comprehensive resources and tools on the environment and sustainability, AU
- Ecosystems, Sustainable Future Information
- European Photovoltaic Industry Association, EU
- European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF)
- Geothermal Energy Association, US
- Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development, United Nations Environment Programme, UN
- Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand
- International Solar Center, DE
- Renewable Energy Generators of Australia
- Renewable Energy Online Directory
- Solar Electric Power Association, US
- Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc, CA
- Solar Energy Society of India
- Solaris, Newsletter of the European Photovoltaic Industry Association
- Solstice
- Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative, UN
- The Institute for Sustainable
Power, Inc. (ISP)
International standards for the evaluation and qualification of renewable energy (RE), energy efficiency (EE), and distributed generation (DG) training providers - The International Solar Energy Society
- The Solar Energy Industries Association, US
- UNESCO Global Renewable Energy Education and Training Programme
- World Council for Renewable Energy
- World Solar Car Challenge, AU
- World Solar Car Challenge, CPVE reports from the 2001, 1999, and 1996 World Solar Car Challenges, AU
Educational
- An Introduction to Photovoltaics, University of Rochester, USA
- Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg M.Sc. program in “Renewable Energy Management”
- Eco Investor Magazine
- ENF.cn Reading the Industry, an industry focused database of solar power companies
- Energy Software Programs for Educational Use, Free Download
- Global School for Advanced
Studies
The first GSAS Session will focus on Advanced Solar Cell Research. Scholars from around the world will form multidisciplinary research teams to plan new collaborative research projects in Solar Cell development. Apply online now as a GSAS Scholar. - IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems
Programme
- Task 1: Exchange and dissemination of information on photovoltaic power systems
- Task 2: Performance, Reliability and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems
- Task 3: Use of photovoltaic power systems in stand-alone and island applications
- Task 5: Grid interconnection of building integrated and other dispersed photovoltaic systems
- Task 6: Design and operation of modular photovoltaic plants for large scale power generation
- Task 7: Photovoltaic power systems in the built environment
- Task 8: Study on very large scale photovoltaic power generation systems
- Task 9: Photovoltaic services for developing countries
- Task 10: Urban scale photovoltaic applications
- Task 11: PV hybrid systems within mini-grids
- IEA-PVPS Photo Gallery
- IEA-PVPS Australian Statistics
- IEA-PVPS Australian Information
- IEA-PVPS 2005 Australian Country Report Summary
- IEA-PVPS 2005 Australian Country Report
- IEA-PVPS 2006 Australian Country Report
- International Energy Agency
- Photon Magazine
- reFOCUS, the international renewable energy magazine
- PV Sizing Spreadsheet for AS4509.2
- Renewable Energy
Technology Deployment (RETD) Library
- Renewable
Energy Technology Deployment - Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities
A synthesis of various studies on barriers, challenges and opportunities for renewable energy deployment - Renewable
Energy for Dummies
Why you don't use renewable energy and why you should! - Five bad excuses for not using renewable energy and four good reasons for action
- Renewable
Energy Technology Deployment - Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities
- Renewable Energy World Magazine
- Resource Bank, The Resource Bank is an interactive web based educational search tool that assists training deliverers in searching and locating educational resource materials.
- RETscreen International Clean Energy Project Analysis Tools
- Sun & Wind Energy Magazine
- Sunchart Program
- The Interactive Learning System for Renewable Types of Energy, DE
- University of South Australia, Sustainable Energy Centre
Government
- Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
- Bioenergy Atlas of Australia. Provides access to maps and information on existing and potential biomass energy resources as well as existing industry locations, infrastructure and other key data.
- Bioenergy Australia
- Bureau of Meteorology – Solar Radiation Definitions
- Bureau of Meteorology – Solar Radiation in Australia
- CANMET Energy Techology Centre, CA
- CANREN, CA
- Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, formerly SEDA, NSW, AU
- Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, USA
- EOSWeb Surface Data Set, USA
- Geoscience Australia - Compute Sun and Moon Azimuth & Elevation
- German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
- Map of sites of renewable energy generators accredited for MRET
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
- NSW Greenhouse Office & NSW Greenhouse Plan , AU
- Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator
- Renewable Energy Information for Victoria
- Renewable Energy Resources in Victoria
- Sandia National Laboratories, USA
- SILO - Meteorology for the Land, Bureau of Meteorology, Australian Solar Insolation Information, AU
- Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
- Sustainable Energy Authority Victoria, AU
- Thailand Energy and Environment Network Asian Institute of Technology, TH
Photovoltaics Conferences
- Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Conferences
- European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conferences:
http://www.wip-munich.de/conferences.htm
www.photovoltaic-conference.com - International Solar Energy Society Conferences and Events
- Photon International’s Conferences Index
Industry
- Air Therm Solartechnik, photovoltaic components and systems
- Antec Solar Energy AG, DEU
- Arcticsolar, SWE
- ASS Automotive Systems, DEU
- Atersa, ESP
- Azur Solar, DEU
- Bangkok Solar Co. Ltd., THA
- Baoding Tianwei Yingli New Energy Resources Co., CHN
- Blues Solar, SVN
- BP Solar
- BP Solar Australia, Australia's largest photovoltaic manufacturer (also uses UNSW laser buried grid technology)
- CEEG Photovoltaic Science & Technology CO., Ltd, CHN
- Clean Energy Council (was Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy and Australian Wind Energy Association) AU
- CSG Solar, AU
CSI Solartronics Co Ltd, CHN - Delsolar, Hsin-Chu Science Based Industrial Park, TWN
- Deutsche Cell, DEU
- Dopt BV, NLD
- Dyesol – Dye sensitised solar cells
- Energy Developments, AU
Energy Solutions , BGR - EniTecnologie, ITA
- Ersol Solar Energy, DEU
- E-Ton Dynamics, TWN
- Evergreen Solar, USA
- First Solar LLC, USA
- GE Energy, USA
- Go Solar, New York, USA
GPV , SWE - Grundfos Pumps
- Heckert BXT Solar, DEU
- Isofoton, ESP
- JA Solar Co., Ltd, CHN
- Kaneka Corporation, JPN
- KD Solar, KOR
- Kyocera, JPN
- Kyocera Solar, AU
Maharishi Solar Technology Pvt. Ltd , IND - Microsol International Fze, UAE
- Microsol Power Ltd., IND
- Mitsubushi Electric, JPN
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI), JPN
- Mono Pumps
- Mosel Vitelic Inc.TWN
- Motech, TWN
- MSK Corporation, JPN
- Nanjing PV Tech Co. Ltd (NJPV), CHN
- Ningbo Solar Cell Factory, CHN
- Optical Physics Technologies
- Origin Energy, AU
- Pacific Hydro, AU
Photon Semiconductor, KOR - Photovoltaic Energy Systmes, USA
Photovoltech , BEL - Photowatt, FRA
- Plasmatronics, AU
PrimeSolar, AU Q-Cells , DEU - Rainbow Power Company, AU
REC Solar, SWE RWE Schott Solar , DEU - S.E.Project, ITA
- S-Energy, KOR
- Sanyo Electric, JPN
- Scancell, NOR
- Scanmodule, SWE
- Scheuten Solar, DEU
- Sharp Corporation, JPN
- Shell Solar
- Shenzhen Topray Solar Co. Ltd., CHN
- Siliken S.L., ESP
- Sinonar, TWN
- SMD Solar-Manufaktur Deutschland GmbH, DEU
- Software Spectra
- Solahart, AU
- Solco Ltd (formerly Solar Enery Systems Ltd), AU
Solar Factory, DEU - Solar Heat and Power Pty Ltd, AU
- Solar Power Industries Inc, USA
- Solar Systems Pty Ltd, AU
- Solar Wind Europe, ESP
- Solar-Fabrik, DEU
- Solara, DEU
- Solarbuzz, AU
- Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. CHN
Solaria Energia , ESP - Solarion GmbH, DEU
- Solaris, ITA
- Solartec, CZE
- Solartron, THA
- Solarwatt, DEU
- Solon, Berlin DEU
- Soltech Corp., CHN
- Spheral Solar Power, CAN
- SSEC, Shanghai CHN
- Stanwell, AU
- Strategies Unlimited
- Sun Tech Solar Company Limited, CHN
- SunBall - Green and Gold Energy, AU
- Sunpower, US
- Suntech Australia
Suntech Power Co. , CHN - Sunways, DEU
- Symphony Energy Co. Ltd., KOR
- Tata BP solar India Ltd., IND
- Telepower, AU
Tenesol , FRA - Titan Energy Systems Ltd., IND
- Toyota Central R&D Labs, Inc, JAP
- Udhaya Semiconductors Limited (USL), IND
- Ulica Solar, CHN
- United Solar Ovonic LLC, USA
- USL Photovoltaics Pvt Limited (UPL), IND
- Webel SL Energy Systems, IND
- Worldwater and Power Corp.
- Xi'An Rew Co. Ltd, CHN
Other
- A Clean Energy Future for Australia: The Plan for cutting Greenhouse gas emissions and providing reliable energy supply
- Australia – CRC for Greenhouse Accounting wind-up
The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting officially ceased operations on 30 June 2006, the end of its term under the program through which the Australian Government contributes funding to Cooperative Research Centres for up to seven years. During the past seven years, the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting has completed an extensive program of significant and, at times, groundbreaking research. Details of much of this research are on the Centre's website. To view visit www.greenhouse.crc.org.au - Australia and the nuclear renaissance, Background Briefing ABC Radio
- Australian Business Roundtable on Climate Change
- Australian Greenhouse Office “Electricity from the Sun” booklets
- Careers in Wind Energy, US
- CERES Community Environment Park, Melbourne
- Compared
assessment of selected environmental indicators of photovoltaic electricity
in OECD cities
Includes, on page 6, data for Sydney, Perth, Brisbane: Annual output Energy payback time, Energy return factor, Potential CO2 mitigation . - Energy subsidies in the European Union: A brief overview (2004)
- German and European Solar Links
- Global Wind Energy Council
- Green Engineering
Jobs
The International Job, News and Information Centre for the Renewable Energy & Environmental Industries - Grupo Fenix (Nicaragua)
- Himalayan Light Foundation (Nepal)
- HOMER, the
Micropower Optimization Model
HOMER is one of the world's most powerful and most widely used micropower design models. HOMER simulates and optimizes stand-alone and grid-connected power systems comprising any combination of wind turbines, PV arrays, run-of-river hydro power, biomass power, internal combustion engine generators, microturbines, fuel cells, batteries, and hydrogen storage, serving both electric and thermal loads. - IEA's Global Renewable Energy Policies and Measures Database
- International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn 2004, DE
ISEA International Energy Treaties - Kensington Group streaming video
- Lots of Batteries Included, an online short film from HSI director Joseph Kahn for German solar-power pioneers.
- Office Workers Reclaim Fresh Air (Melbourne’s Council House 2) - The National interest, ABC Radio National, 30 Dec 2007
- Official Journal of the Clean Energy Council
- Options for Moving towards a Lower Emission Future, executive summary of a report by AGL, Frontier Economics and WWFAustralia on the economic costs of different emission reduction pathways in the Australian electricity sector.
- Our Solar Power Future: The U.S. Photovoltaic Industry Roadmap for 2030 and Beyond
- Renewable Energy Magazine
- Renewable Energy Suppliers Database
- Renewable Energy Wall Map of USA
- Renewable Energy World Database of Suppliers and Services
- Renewables Global Status Report 2006 Update
- Renewables in Global Energy Supply, an IEA Fact Sheet
- Solar Generation 4 (Jobs report arising from cooperation between European Photovoltaic Industry Association and Greenpeace)
- Solar Plaza, A global platform which will empower effective global (marketing) communication between the solar PV industry and its stakeholders
- Solar Sailor – Hybrid Wind/Solar/Gas ferries
- Sustainable Insight Newsletter
- The Energy and Resources Institute (India)
- The Quadrangle Project, UNSW
- What Price Global Warming? Four Coners ABC (Program Transcript)