Human Impact on Global Warming

Alternative Electrical Power

General Sites

Geothermal Education Office: How did we get into this mess? a brief (not definitive) history of power
http://geothermal.marin.org/escrap.html#B4
US Department of Energy: Renewable Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/

Wind Energy

American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets.html
US Dept of Energy:Photovoltaics
http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
Illustrated History of Wind Power
http://telosnet.com/wind/
National Wind Technology Center
http://www.nrel.gov/wind/
US Dept of Energy:Wind & Hydrogen Energy Topics
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/
American Wind Energy Association
http://www.awea.org/pubs/factsheets.html
Solcomhouse: Wind Energy and Power
http://www.solcomhouse.com/windpower.htm
LiveScience: Offshore Wind Farm Could Blow Away Energy Needs
http://www.livescience.com/environment/070214_wind_farm.html
CanREN: Wind Energy
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=6&PgId=232
MIT Technology Review: Massive Offshore Wind Turbines Safe for Birds
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18167/

Geothermal Energy (Heat and Electricity)

Geothermal Education Office
http://geothermal.marin.org/
US Dept of Energy:Geothermal Topics
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/
REPP: Geothermal Energy
http://www.repp.org/geothermal/index.html
CanREN: About Earth and Geothermal Energy
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=3&PgId=8

Hydropower

Small Hydropower Systems
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy01osti/29065.pdf
EPA: Electricity from Hydrosystems
http://www.epa.gov/cleanrgy/hydro.htm
WDC: Hydropower and Climate Change
http://www.dams.org/news_events/press333.htm
Global Warming: FAQ
http://www.americanrivers.org/site/DocServer/Global_Warming_FAQ.pdf?docID=3981
CanREN: About Hydroelectric Energy
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=4&PgId=26
Pembina Institute: The Power of Moving Water
http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_waterpower.shtml
Concord Municipal Light Plant
http://www.concordnet.org/cmlp/green_power.htm

Nuclear Power

US Statistics:Nuclear
http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelnuclear.html
World Nuclear Association
http://www.world-nuclear.org/
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Students
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html
Nuclear World
http://www.nei.org/scienceclub/index.html
UCUSA Clean Energy:Nuclear Safety
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/nuclear_safety/
NEI: Nuclear World
http://www.nei.org/scienceclub/nuclearworld.html
Solcomhouse: Nuclear Power
http://www.solcomhouse.com/nuclear.htm

Biomass Power

REPP: Bioenergy
http://www.repp.org/bioenergy/index.html
CanREN: Bioenergy
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=2&PgId=62
Pembina Institute: Bioenergy
http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_biomassenergy.shtml
MIT Technology Review: A Portable Refinery Powered by Garbage
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/18183/

Concentrating Solar Power

CanREN: About Solar Energy
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=5&PgId=121
CanREN: About Solar Collectors
http://www.canren.gc.ca/tech_appl/index.asp?CaId=5&PgId=282
SolarPaces: CSP - How it Works
http://www.solarpaces.org/csp_technology.htm
MIT Technology Review: Cheap, Superefficient Solar
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17774/
NREL:Concentrating Solar Power
http://www.nrel.gov/csp/
US Dept of Energy: Concentrating Solar Power
http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/csp.html
Solcomhouse: Solar Power
http://www.solcomhouse.com/solarpower.htm

Personal Solar Solutions

US Dept of Energy: Solar Heating
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_heating.html
US Dept of Energy: Small Solar Electric Systems
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/electricity/index.cfm/mytopic=10710
Pembina Institute: Solar Energy
http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_solarelectricity.shtml
Renewable Energy Trust: How Solar Energy Works
http://soltrex.masstech.org/learn/how.cfm

Photovoltaics

US Dept of Energy: Photovoltaics
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
PV Power Resource Site
http://www.pvpower.com/
Renewable Energy Trust: How Solar Energy Works
http://soltrex.masstech.org/learn/how.cfm
Pembina Institute: Backgrounder
http://www.re-energy.ca/t-i_solarelectricity.shtml

Ocean Wave Energy

Wavegen-Leader in Wave Power
http://www.wavegen.co.uk/
Ocean Wave Energy Company
http://www.owec.com/
California and Oregon Pursue Tidal and Wave Energy Projects
http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/news_detail.cfm/news_id=10339\
Environmental Finance: Scotland to get the world's biggest wave farm
http://www.environmental-finance.com/onlinews/0222sco.htm
US Department of Energy: Exploring Ways to Use Ocean Energy: Wave
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50009

Ocean Tidal Energy

California and Oregon Pursue Tidal and Wave Energy Projects
http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/news_detail.cfm/news_id=10339\
Australian Institute of Energy:Tidal Energy
http://www.aie.org.au/national/factsheet/FS10_TIDAL%20ENERGY.pdf
US Department of Energy: Exploring Ways to Use Ocean Energy: Tidal
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50008
Blue Energy Canada
http://www.bluenergy.com/

Ocean Thermal Energy

MIT Technology Review: Energy from the Sea
http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/17092/
US Dept of Energy: Exploring Ways to Use Ocean Energy: Thermal
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50010
California Energy Commission: Ocean Energy
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter14.html
NREL: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
http://www.nrel.gov/otec/

Updated 2/28/07