Sustainability  Tags: environment nature sustainability  

Solar Energy can be both active as in using photovoltaic cells or passive as in using the sun to heat water or rooms in a house.  Solar Energy can be used on a small and large scale.

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Alternative Energy
CQ Researcher v.2 no. 25

Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility
POR Stacks HD 9502 .U52 S544 2007

Energy for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide to Conventional and Alternative Sources
GOR Stacks HD 9502 .A2 N465 2007

Economic, Energy and Environmental Benefits of Concentrating Solar Power in California, May 2005-April 2006
POR Gov Doc E 9.18:NREL/SR-550-39291 ONLINE

From Space to Earth: the Story of Solar Electricity
POR Stacks TH 1085 .P47 1999

Fuel From The Sky
POR Gov Doc E 9.18:NREL/SR-550-32160 ONLINE

Laying the Foundation for a Solar America: the Million Solar Roofs Initiative, Final Report October 2006
POR Gov Doc E 9.16: NREL/TP-710-40383 ONLINE

Lessons Learned from the U.S. Photovoltaic Industry and Implications for Development of Distributed Small Wind
POR Gov Doc E 9.17:NREL/CP-500-40172 ONLINE

Letting the Sun Shine on Solar Costs: An Empirical Investigation of Photovoltaic Cost Trends in California
POR Gov Doc E 9.16: NREL/TP-620-39300 ONLINE

Maine Solar Energy Rebate Program: Annual Report (2007)
Por Maine Doc P 97.10: So 684/2007

Modeling of Performance, Cost and Financing of Concentrating Solar, Photovoltaic, and Solar Heat Systems
POR Gov Doc E 9.28: NREL/PO-640-40673 ONLINE

Modular Solar Electric Power (MSEP) Systems
POR Gov Doc E 9.22:NREL/PR-40035 ONLINE

Potential Economic Impact of Constructing and Operating Solar Power Generation Facilities in Nevada
POR Gov Doc E 9.18:NREL/SR-550-35037 ONLINE

Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Application (Journal Title)

Report to Congress on Assessment of Potential Impact of Concentrating Solar Power for Electricity Generation
POR Gov Doc E 9.29:NREL/MP-550-41233 ONLINE

Solar America Initiative: Role of Utilities
POR Gov Doc E 10.2:SO 4/6 ONLINE

Solar Revolution: the Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry
GOR Stacks HD 9681 .A2 B73 2006

U.S. National Debate topic 2008-2009: Alternative Energy
POR Stacks TJ808 .U82 2008

Very Large-Scale Deployment of Grid-Connected Solar Photovoltaics in the United States: Challenges and Opportunities
POR Gov Doc E9.17: NREL/CP-620-39683 ONLINE

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