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Legislative Resources

MN News and Information

Minnesota Qualifying Facilities (QF) Report 2004 - MN Department of Commerce, October 2004 [Qualifying Facilities Report 1986-2003 inclusive]

St. Paul businesses going solar with the help of customers - Minnesota Public Radio, October 6, 2004

The Sunny Side Project - description of solar photovotaic project at the Old Man River Cafe [West St. Paul, MN]

Electricity from the Sun - A Minnesota Solar Energy Primer - Minnesota Department of Commerce, September 2004

Real Goods Solar - a list of solar energy resources

Renewing America's Economy - Union of Concerned Scientists, September 2004 - A national renewable electricity standard of 20 percent by 2020 would produce more than 5,000 jobs in Minnesota. A national standard would require 20 percent of our nation's electricity to come from clean renewable sources such as wind, biomass, and solar energy, and would create 1.4 times more jobs in Minnesota than generating electricity from fossil fuels. [see also Press Release, September 13, 2004]

Solar Building Case Studies in the Twin Cities - MN Renewable Energy Society, October 2003

Solar Minnesota - part of the million solar roofs initiative

Solar Electric Case Study - Winkelman Building Corporation
This innovative solar electric solution is part of the beautiful new office complex designed by, built by, and built for Winkelman Building Corporation, a leading commercial/industrial, and design/build firm located in St. Cloud, Minnesota.This building-integrated solution is state of the art for the solar industry and is designed to allow solar electric sources to be efficiently and economically installed on virtually any commercial, industrial or residential building.

Solar Energy Online Resources

Organization

Alternative Technology Association - Australia

American Solar Challenge

American Solar Energy Society

Arizona Public Service - Solar Electric Service

Arizona Solar Center

California Solar Center

California Solar Energy Industries Association

Canadian Association of Renewable Energies

Canadian Solar Industries Association

Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems - Australia

Chicago Solar Partnership

Colorado Renewable Energy Society

Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association

Dell-Winston Solar Challenge

Electrosolar - Photovoltaic Energy

European Photovoltaic Industry Association

Florida Solar Energy Center

Formula Sun - solar power events

Fully Independent Residential Solar Technology, Inc

Global Possibilities

Greenfield Energy Park -Massachusetts

Greenpeace International

IEA Photovoltaics Power Systems Program

Iowa DNR Energy Program's Solar Information

International Energy Agency's Solar Heating and Cooling

International Solar Energy Society

Interstate Renewable Energy Council

Institute of Energy Conversion (IEC) - University of Delaware

James Dulley's Solar Projects page

Kentucky Solar Partnership

Key Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering - New South Wales

Long Island Power Authority's Solar Pioneers program

LA Dept. of Water and Power's Solar Program

New Jersey Clean Energy Program

New Mexico Solar Energy Association

North Carolina Solar Center

North Carolina Solar Energy Association

Northern California Solar Energy Association

Northern Minnesota Renewable Energy Center

Oroville, CA - Solar City USA

Palo Alto, CA PV Program

Philadelphia Million Solar Roofs Community Partnership

Photovoltaic Technology Research Advisory Council (PV-TRAC) - European Commission

PV Power Resource Site

SMUD's PV Pioneer Program

Schools Going Solar

SolarBank Program

Solar Cooking Archive

Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF)

Solar Electric Power Association

Solar Energy Association of Oregon

Solar Energy Industries Association

Solar Energy International

Solar Minnesota's MN Community Solar Initiatives

Solar Washington

SolarQuest Virtual School House

SolarVehicles.org

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

Texas Solar Energy Society

The Vote Solar Initiative

WA State University Energy Program's Solar Energy Section

Companies

AAA Solar Service and Supply

Acro Solar Lasers

Advanced Silicon Materials Inc.

Akeena Solar, Inc.

Altair Energy Systems

Atlantis Energy Systems Inc.

ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.

Backwoods Solar Electric System

Bekaert ECD Solar Systems LLC and United Solar Systems Corp - UNISOLAR

Big Frog Mountain Corporation

Carmanah Technologies Corporation

Daystar Technologies Inc.

Direct Global Power

Energy Alternatives

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

Energy Photovoltaics Inc.

ETA Engineering

EV Solar Products

Evergreen Solar Inc.

GenSelf Corporation

Global Solar Energy

GT Solar Technologies

Holly Solar Power Products

ICP Solar Technologies

Konarka Technologies

Kyocera Corporation

Millennium Power Systems

Minnesota Power's SolarSense Program

Next Energy Corp

Northern Arizona Wind & Sun

Occidental Power

Perfect Power Network

Photowatt International SA

Polar Power Inc.

PowerLight Corporation

PowerTech Solar Ltd.

PV Energy Systems, Inc

Rainbow Power Company

Real Goods Solar Installation Services

Real Goods Trading Company

Schott Applied Power Corporation

Sharp Electronics

Sierra Solar Systems

Six Rivers Solar

Solar Converters Inc.

Solar Design Associates

Solar Energy Limited

Solar Plus - Canada

Solar Mining Company

Solar Solutions Inc.

Solardyne Corporation

SolarMission Technologies

SolarOne Solutions

SOLutions in Solar Electricity

Spheral Solar Power

Spire Corporation

ST Microelectronics

Sterling Power Plant LC

SunPower Corporation

Sun Power and Geothermal Energy

SunGravity Online

Sunstar Precision Energy Corporation

SunWize Technologies

Zomeworks Corporation

Publications and Miscellaneous Information (by date if possible)

A Comparative Summary of State and Utility PV Buy Down Programs - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, February 2005 [spreadsheet]

Solar PV Development - Location of Economic Activity - Renewable Energy Policy Project, February 2005

Solar Water Heating as a Climate Protection Strategy - The Role for Carbon Finance - Green Markets International, January 2005

The Economics of Solar Homes in California - How Residential Solar Photovoltaic Incentives Can Pay Off for Homeowners and the Public - Environment California Research Center, December 2004

2003 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities - Energy Information Administration, September 2004

Renewable Energy Trends 2003 with Preliminary Data for 2003 - Energy Information Administration, August 2004

A Vision for PV Technology for 2030 and Beyond - report for the European Union - by Photovoltaic Technology Research Advisory Council (PV-TRAC), July 2004 [final draft for comment]

New Energy For America - Apollo Jobs Report - Apollo Alliance, January 2004

Solar Thermal Newsgroup

PV History (A timeline from 1839-Present)- by Mark Fitzgerald, Science Communications, Inc.

Federal Government Resources

Agencies

DOE's Concentrating Solar Power Program

EERE's Photovoltaics section

Environmental Protection Agency's Solar Initiative

The Green Power Network

Million Solar Roofs Program

National Center for Photovoltaics

NREL's Photovoltaics for Buildings Site

Questions and Answers Regarding Renewable Energy Production Incentives-Department of Energy, July 1997 - Federal Register

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program - a USDA Rural Development Grant Program

Sandia National Laboratory's Photovoltaic Systems Assistance Center

Sandia National Laboratory's National Solar Thermal Test Facility

Surface Solar Energy Data Set - A project at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) in conjunction with NREL

MN Solar Energy Companies

Distributed Power Solutions- Minneapolis

Innovative Power Systems - Minneapolis

Red Rock Energy- White Bear Lake

SolarAttic, Inc. -Elk River

Sun Energy - Mora, MN