American Solar Energy Society, www.ases.org . National organization for professionals in the solar industry.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
History of Solar
. U.S. Department of Energy. http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/solar_timeline.pdf. Timeline detailing the history of solar energy, beginning in the 7th century B.C.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Photovoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/photovoltaics.html
Introduction to photovoltaics.
Energy For Educators.
Need a Lesson Plan? Why Not Renewable Energy
. Idaho National Laboratories. www.energyforeducators.org. Many stem lesson plans dealing with energy.
European Photovoltaics Industry Association. PV Technologies: Cells and Modules. http://www.epia.org/solar-pv/pv-technologies-cells-and-modules.html. European organizational for professional in the solar industry.
Florida Solar Energy Center, www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/consumer/solar_electricity/basics/index.htm. Solar electricity basics.
History Channel, http://www.history.com/videos/historyrewindsolarpowerenergy1954#historyrewindsolarpowerenergy1954. Video about the history of solar power.
How Stuff Works. How Solar Cells Work. www.howstuffworks.com/solarcell.htm. Explanation of how solar cells work.
Life's Good.
Life's Good with LG Solar
. http://www.lg.com/us/solar/products/monox/index.jsp. Company website for silicon solar cells.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Photovoltaic (PV) Tutorial.
http://web.mit.edu/taalebi/www/scitech/pvtutorial.pdf. Slide presentation on solar power geared toward commercial applications.
National Energy Education Development Project.
Home
. www.NEED.org. Entire website dedicated to energy literacy.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Solar Energy Basics
. www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar.html. Introduction to solar energy.
Popular Science.
Making Silicon from Sand.
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2005-10/making-silicon-sand?single-page-view=true. Procedure for purifying silicon.
Power Film, http://www.powerfilmsolar.com/ . Company website for thin-film solar panels. They offer products in many shapes and sizes.
Rader, Andrew.
Electricity.
Rader's Physics 4 Kids. http://www.physics4kids.com/files/elec_intro.html. An introduction to electricity.
Sandia National Laboratories. Photovoltaics. http://photovoltaics.sandia.gov. Photovoltaics research.
Solar Electric Power Association.
Welcome
. www.solarelectricpower.org. Company website focusing on solar for utility companies.
Solar Energy Industries Association.
Home
. www.seia.org. National trade organizaion for the solar power industry.
Uni-Solar, http://www.uni-solar.com/real-stories-2/notable-projects/. Company website for thin-film solar panels.
U.S. Energy Information Administration. Energy Kids. www.eia.doe.gov/kids.
Energy basics at an introductory level.
Wholesale Solar Inc.
The Basics of Solar Electricity are Simple
. http://www.wholesalesolar.com/pdf.folder/Download%20folder/System_Worksheet.pdf.
Instructions for calculating solar panel needs.