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Passive and Active Solar Hot Water Systems
Passive Solar Design Info Passive solar energy is nothing new. About 14% of space heating in an ordinary British home comes from solar energy through walls and windows. Passive solar design tries to optimize the amount of energy that can be derived directly from the sun.
Passive Solar Industries Council (PSIC) PSIC: the national resource for information to make buildings energy efficient, more comfortable, less expensive to operate, environmentally sound, and stimulate greater occupant productivity.
Solar Systems Philosophy - We're at home with solar! For over 15 years they've sold and engineered systems that fit your needs while being easy on your wallet. Sierra Solar Systems (formerly Integral Energy Systems), providing alternative energy solutions since 1980.
SODIS - Solar Water Disinfection What is SODIS? A treatment method to eliminate the pathogens which cause water-borne diseases ; Ideal to disinfect small quantities of water used for consumption; A water treatment process depending on solar energy only; An alternative water treatment option for use mainly at household level; and An old but so far hardly applied water purification method.
Solar & Photovoltaics Links to solar and photovoltaics information sources.
Solar Chemistry Section Solar energy is essentially unlimited and its utilization ecologically benign. However, solar radiation reaching the earth is intermittent and inconveniently distributed. It needs to be stored and transported from the sunny and uninhabited regions to the industrialised and populated places, where the energy is required. The thermochemical conversion of solar energy into chemical fuels provides a thermodynamically efficient path for storage and transportation. By concentrating the sunlight with parabolic reflectors and capturing that radiative energy in solar receivers and reactors, we can supply high-temperature process heat to drive endothermic reactions.
Solar Dish/Engine Systems These systems, with net solar-to-electric conversion efficiencies reaching 30%, can operate as stand-alone units in remote locations or can be linked together in groups to provide utility-scale power.
Solar Energy An extensive listing of solar energy-related links.
Solar Energy Our sun is a giant nuclear fusion reactor running on hydrogen. Each second it converts 564 million tons of hydrogen to 560 tons of helium through the fusion process. The loss of four million tons of mass equates to 91,000,000,000,000 gigawatt hours of energy (a gigawatt is equal to 1,000,000 kilowatts). This is more energy in one second than six billion nuclear power plants would produce in a year.
Solar Energy Solar housing is becoming a marketplace success. Eldorado, a rural subdivision near Santa Fe, New Mexico - with over 850 solar homes already built and more on the way - is a leading example of this trend. Eldorado accounts for 25% of all new single family housing in Santa Fe County.
Solar Energy Applications Laboratory (SEAL) SEAL carries out experiments in solar heating and cooling of buildings and solar water heating. The major emphasis has been directed toward improving the performance of systems installed in a real-world environment so that they can reach their theoretical potential.
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) For over twenty years, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has been the national trade association representing manufacturers, suppliers, and engineers in the photovoltaic and solar thermal industries. SEIA is dedicated to promoting the use and acceptance of solar technology in the world marketplace through publications, statistics and marketing data, policy development, education and outreach to the general consumer, and its annual conference, SOLTECH.
Solar Energy Lab - University of Wisconsin The University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering's Solar Energy Lab (SEL) is the oldest of its kind in the world. It has been recognized nationally and internationally for accomplishments in practical applications for solar energy. The goal of the laboratory is to educate students through research experiences in solar and conventional energy utilization and to remain on the competitive edge of new developments. The SEL emphasizes applications of engineering fundamentals to energy problems, and leads students to advanced degrees in mechanical and chemical engineering.
Solar Energy Online The fully searchable archive and online alerting service for papers published in the international journal Solar Energy - a journal of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), published by Elsevier Science.
Solar Fact Sheets: Solar Thermal Electricity Solar thermal electric power plants generate heat by using lenses and reflectors to concentrate the sun's energy. Because the heat can be stored, these plants are unique because they can generate power when it is needed, day or night, rain or shine. Solar thermal electric systems operating in the US today [Solar Parabolic Troughs] meet the needs of over 350,000 people (equal to the population of the city of Fresno, CA or Miami, FL) and displace the equivalent of 2.3 million barrels of oil annually.
SolarFacts: Informative Fact Sheets about Solar Energy The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has created a series of 10 fact sheets relating solar to popular concerns. The fact sheets provide interesting snippets about Solar energy use, demonstrating how successful and pervasive solar is in today's global society.
Solar Heat Gain Factor BETA This program calculates the heat gain through windows on a monthly basis. You can select a location/latitude, the clearness data for each month, the ground surface (for reflectance), the window orientation, and the window type. Output is kwh or Btu per unit window surface area per month; the output can be copied to your computer clipboard for pasting into spreadsheets and analytical programs.
Solar Industry Journal Solar Industry Journal is an up-to-date source for news of the solar energy industry and its growing role in our lives everyday. Solar Industry Journal is published by Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association representing manufacturers, suppliers, and engineers in the photovoltaic and solar thermal industries. Each quarterly issue focuses on a specific area of interest: State and Federal Governments; Utilities; International Markets; and Buildings and the Environment.
SolarPACES The SolarPACES Program stands for Solar Thermal Power and Solar Chemical Energy Systems. For almost fifteen years it has provided a focus for the worldwide development of solar thermal power, and, since 1986, for solar chemical energy systemsSolarPACES is the International Energy Agency's Program for Solar Thermal Power and Chemical Energy Systems.
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