| A Slight Chill In The Air: Christian Science Monitor article on trends in U.S. solar power use. Solar electricity and thermal technologies are improving, but the market is cool. |
| American Solar Energy Society: Web site has information on membership and publications, as well as policy statements on topics related to renewable energy and electric utility restructuring. |
| Arizona Solar Center: A comprehensive site that explores various solar technologies and their uses in Arizona. Includes educational materials for teaching solar energy in the classroom. |
| California Solar Center: The site is designed to be a prime source of information on solar energy activity in California. |
| Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems: The Centre for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSES) at the Australian National University (ANU) is a leader in photovoltaics (PV) and solar thermal energy. The Centre has 40 staff and research students. Its work covers the spectrum from basic R&D through to commercial contract research. |
| Daystar: The Four Mile Island Solar Home: A tour of an existing solar home with an emphasis on the experience of solar living . This site has lots of information about solar home construction, renewable energy systems and the environment. |
| DOE Photovoltaic Energy: Online documents pertaining to photovoltaic energy, solar power, solar cells, and other related subjects. |
| Ecosystems Mission: Aims to develop, promote and market methodologies, technologies, and products that conserve natural resources and advance our planet towards sustainability through the use of solar energy. |
| EERE - Solar Energy: Many links on solar energy; from US DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy site. Provides information on energy efficiency and renewables. |
| Energy Science Projects and Activities: Contains links to science projects and activities-for science fairs, class or home-to help students in grades K-12 learn about energy, particularly energy efficiency and renewable energy. |
| EnviroMission Limited: Sponsors of the project to build a large-scale (200-MW) solar thermal power station based on a 1-km-tall solar tower. Information about solar tower technology and the project under way in Australia. |
| European Association for Solar Energy: Non-partisan European Energy Organization that is independent of industry, political institutions, and special interest groups. Promotes solar energy by conducting conferences and awarding a prize. Site has organization information (English and German). |
| Florida Solar Energy Center: Research, training programs, and information about photovoltaic technology, other solar applications, energy-efficient building strategies, and related topics. |
| Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems: Provides data, facts, publications, and information for students. |
| Global Warming Solutions: Offers information about energy conservation using solar energy. |
| India Solar: Information about status of renewable energy development and related businesses in India. |
| JC Solar House Plans and Solar Collectors: Contains a lot of information about solar energy panels, solar hot water, and solar collectors. |
| MST: MST aims at significantly reducing the cost of solar energy technology (PV) by employing a high degree of automation with CPV (concentrated PV) of about 600 suns. Contains a lot of useful technical data and the MST vision. |
| MySolar: Independent information on solar systems: products, prices, sales outlets, DIY design and sizing, solar electricity and solar hot water systems world wide. |
| National Solar Power Research Institute, Inc.: Informative articles and project reports concerning solar power and related issues. Studies of both Earth-based and space-based solar power. |
| Photo Voltaic Energy Service Companies: Project of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) which attempts to demonstrate a framework through which solar electricity services can be provided in rural areas of Zambia in a sustainable manner. |
| Project Sol: Overview of solar technology and how the sun can be used for electric power. |
| Realities and Prospective of Usage of Solar Energy: Concerned with the development of solar energy within the Ukraine and around the world. Discusses the technical aspects of making this renewable resource. |
| SoDa Service for Industry and Research: Information and databases on solar radiation and energy, including calculators for determining parameters needed for a variety of scientific and industrial design problems. |
| Solar 20: A project to reduce cost of concentrating solar energy systems. Contains gallery of built prototypes. |
| Solar Boat - Marquette University: Student group that specializes in solar powered boat races. Page offers description of the watercraft, photos, details of the 1996 996 Solar Splash competition. |
| Solar Energy Industries Association - SEIA: The US trade association for solar energy and related businesses. Focused particularly on expanding domestic and international markets, and advocating for appropriate state and federal policies. |
| Solar Radiation Research Laboratory (SRRL): A unique outdoor research facility for supporting renewable energy conversion technologies and climate change studies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). |
| Solar Tower Project: News and information from the Wentworth Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia, about the power station planned there. |
| SolarMission Technologies, Inc.: SolarMission is committed to providing profitable, large-scale renewable energy generation power stations for the United States and the world's electricity markets. |
| Solarware's Solar-Power-Simulation: Increased Power-output of Terrestrial Solar-Power systems by Optimized Generator Directing, Sun's path and Shade analysis. |
| Special Materials Research and Technology, Inc.: A small business that focuses research on the wet chemical growth of oxides used in microelectronics and photonics (optoelectronics). |
| Stirling Energy Systems: Offers creating an alternative energy source using a solar energy to run a Stirling Engine. |
| The Solar Living Institute: A non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education at the Solar Living Center. Featuring workshops & interactive demonstrations in renewable energy and sustainable technologies. |
| Wisconsun Solar Use Network: Resources for individuals and organizations interested in locating solar energy systems on their home or building, including where to find funding, dealers, and PV modules. |