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Florida Solar Energy Center is the largest renewable energy institute in the U.S. The Institute which is a part of the University of Central Florida, researches, trains, and tests renewable energy.
www.fsec.ucf.edu

Interstate Renewable Energy Council is an organization seeking to advance renewable energy sources and technologies through educational activities of state and local government and community activities.
www.irecusa.org

National Center for Photovoltaic helps implement the Department of Energy’s National Photovoltaics Program by funding research, development, and testing of Photovoltaics.
www.nrel.gov/ncpv

National Renewable Energy Laboratory 44
www.nrel.gov

New Jersey Clean Energy Program assists people in New Jersey to set up renewable energy systems through information and financial incentives.
www.njcep.com/html/solar_guide/

New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) is an organization that promotes solar energy and educates people through extensive information.
www.nyseia.org

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association is the nation’s premiere regional organization that is focused on promoting the understanding, development, and adoption of energy conservation and renewable energy technologies.
www.nesea.org

Our Solar Future is an episode of NPR's radio program Living on Earth from June 2004.
http://www.loe.org/ETS/organizations.php3?action=printContentItem&orgid=33&typeID=18&itemID=210

REPP-CREST (Renewable Energy Policy Project) encourages renewable energy by providing a wide array of information on renewable energy, including policy tools and on-line renewable energy discussion groups.
www.crest.org

Solar Electric Power Association provides educational materials on renewable energy and creates partnerships to expand PV. The association also acts as a clearinghouse for information on solar electricity.
www.solarelectricpower.org

Solar Electric System Design Tutorial includes a detailed explanation of photovoltaic technology including illustrations.
www.eere.energy.gov/erec/factsheets/pvbasics.html

Solar Rating and Certification Corporation is the only national certification program established solely for solar energy products.
www.solar-rating.org

The American Solar Energy Society promotes the use of solar energy through conferences and Solar Today magazine.
www.ases.org

The Solar Energy Industrial Association is the national trade association of solar energy technologies. The website provides information for individuals as well as businesses.
www.seia.org

U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Technologies Program fosters advances in research and development of solar energy technologies by working with national laboratories, universities and the Department of Energy.
www.eere.energy.gov/solar/

University of Albany Professor Richard Perez's Homepage contains articles about numerous benefits of photovoltaics, including reducing susceptibility to blackouts, especially in NYC.
http://www.asrc.cestm.albany.edu/perez/

GE Announces Environmental Initiatives
General Electric announces a major investment in so-called green technology, in a move that may pressure the energy industry to develop policies to limit the levels of carbon dioxide and other environmentally harmful agents produced by their businesses.
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Rethinking the Grid
Distributed Generation and Urban Development
By Jeff Perlman
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Solar Energy: Basic in Brooklyn
New technology - A Viable Source For Many Communities
by Rahul Chadha

As Natural as Indoor Toilets
A Case for Solar
by J Milligan

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