Solar Energy
(see also Energy Self-Sufficiency)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
American Solar Energy Society.
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (US DOE).
International Solar Energy Society.
Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
Mexico Renewable Energy Program.
Million Solar Roofs Initiative.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory .
National Resources Defense Council.
Sandia National Laboratory: Renewable Energy Office.
Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF). Ladakh Solar Energy Project.
In the Library: Articles
Casey, Nan. "Grid to green," Progressive (11/02):30-32. Photovoltaic power generation can now be built in by architects at competitive cost.
Coleman, Jennifer. "Whatever happened to the solar," SN&R (7/23/88):18-23.
Marotto, lkR. "Subtexts of solar energy," Capitalism Nature Socialism 5 (1990).
Ridgeway, James. "Soaking up the sun: a proposal for the energy crisis," Working Papers for a New Society 1,4 (win 1974):32-37.
Watson, Guy. "Solar system," New Internationalist (4/95):6. Solar power systems for Eritrean hospitals.
Woods, Casey. "Cooking with the sun," San Francisco Chronicle (07/26/01). Twenty-six Chilean families in Villaseca abandon wood-burning stoves to bake in ten easily maintained solar ovens.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Ridgway, James with Carolyn S. Projansky. Energy-Efficient Community Planning: A Guide to Saving Energy & Producing Power at the Local Level (Emmaus PA: JG Press, 1979).
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CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Sunny Nicaragua: Getting Power to the People" [2001?], by Sam Dean.