Solar Resources
The following web links will provide you with lots of interesting facts and information regarding the exploding field of solar and alternative energy resources.
Learn About Solar
Free classes and training offered by PG&E's Pacific Energy Center (including on-line classes)
Pacific Energy Center
How do Photovoltaic's Work? NASA
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/solarcells.htm
Solar Overview - U.S. Dept. of Energy, Solar Technologies program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
PV - U.S. Dept. of Energy, Solar Technologies program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_basics.html
Solar Water Heating - U.S. Dept. of Energy, Solar Technologies program
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sh_basics_water.html
Solar Financial Incentives
http://www.dsireusa.org/
Solar Power Publications
•Solar Today
•Home Power Magazine
•Solar Pro Magazine
Solar Associations
•California Solar Center
•California Solar Energy Industries Association
•National Renewable Energy Laboratory
•Northern California Solar Energy Association
•OnGrid Solar Financial and Purchasing Consultation
•Sierra Club Solar Permit Fee Campaign and Study
•Solar Electric Power Association
•SolarTech (Silicon Valley Collaborative Solar Partnership)
Solar Information
Google Video Presentation
Kurt Newick, Horizon Sales was a guest speaker at a Google Tech Talk on solar power August 3, 2007. You can watch the hour long talk on youtube.
News Media Coverage of Sierra Club Solar Permit Fee Campaign
News coverage results of the Solar Permit Fee study, conducted by Kurt Newick and Sierra Club volunteers.
Photovoltaic Permit Standards Document
This 4 page document approved in November 2008 by the Tri Chapter Uniform Code Committee of the International Code Council (an organization of building officials in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas) establishes a uniform set of residential photovoltaic permit submittal guidelines. It is up to each local jurisdiction to adopt this or not. This guideline will promote uniformity of solar photovoltaic plans in our region and help expedite permit issuance. Permit Standards.pdf
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