Energy Links

Energy — General

Argonne National Laboratory (www.anl.gov), operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), links to 250 research programs, industrial technology development centers, conferences, libraries, scientific facilities, student and faculty opportunities, weekly “what’s new updates”, and research programs on energy and technology.

Asia Alternative Energy Program (www.worldbank.org/astae), established by the World Bank, links to alternative energy projects, technical assistance programs, reports and papers on alternative energy, news updates, partnerships, and related organizations.

Center for Alternative Transportation Fuels (catf.bcresearch.com) (Vancouver, Canada) maintains a database of technical papers on alternative fuels, hybrid electric vehicles, batteries, and fuel cells and has links to publications.

CADDET Renewable Energy (www.caddet.org) is an International Energy Agency agreement for the exchange of information on commercial renewable energy and includes links to the Renewable Energy Register, a database of demonstrated renewable energy projects, technical brochures, reviews on various renewable energy topics, and resources and organizations for geothermal, hydro, wind, solar, PV, and biomass energy.

Canadian Sustainable Energy (www.newenergy.org), operated by the Independent Power Producers’ Society of Ontario, has information about technologies, including solar, wind, small hydro, cogeneration, biomass, and district heating and cooling

ETDEWEB (www.osti.gov/infobridge/etde) is part of the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Data Exchange program. The site is an international clearinghouse for energy research and technology information, with a database containing citations published worldwide regarding nuclear, coal, and global climate change information. Policies for users vary by country.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (www.eren.doe.gov), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) resource for information on renewable energy, offers users access to over 600 links and 80,000 documents, a news database, online energy experts, and search links to utilities, building technologies, and alternative technologies such as bioenergy, hydrogen, and solar. The solar link, for example, connects users with the National Center for Photovoltaics and the Alternative Fuels Data Center.

Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov) accesses comprehensive statistics and data on various forms of energy, searchable by topics such as process, sector, price, forecasts, analysis, and links to related resources.

Environmental Energy Technology Division’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (eetd.lbl.gov) has summaries of research in advanced technologies, building technologies, staff opportunities, and a diverse listing of links, ranging from energy software and market data, to transportation.

European Association of Renewable Energy Research Centers (EUREC) (www.eurec.be), an independent association of 40 research and development groups in Europe, links to recommended literature, job and internship opportunities, publications, periodicals, and European data.

European Commission Directorate General (www.europa.eu.int) features statistics, publications, and resources related to the European Union’s energy policy.

Global Network of Environment & Technology (www.gnet.org) an environmental technology, news, and business center in partnership with National Energy Technology Center and U.S. DOE’s Office of Science & Technology, links to information on technology, markets, DOE updates, government updates, newsletters, and job information.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (www.lanl.gov) links to updates on ongoing research into fuel cells, zero-emissions power, as well as science and technology updates.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (www.energy.gov) offers comprehensive data and resources on energy and matter, biofuels, solar, wind, hydropower, and other energy sources, and environmental energy technologies.

Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid17.php) has focused on energy efficiency since its beginnings as a nonprofit research and consulting organization. The site accesses energy publications, research, links, and insights into other environmental and resource issues, including water, transportation, and climate.

The Atlas Project (europa.eu.int/en/comm/dg17/atlas) is part of the European Network of Energy Agencies’(on behalf of Directorate General XVII of the European Commission) Energy Research and Technological Development (RTD) strategy and provides a review of alternative energy technologies.

U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (www.nrel.gov), a U.S. DOE research lab, gives users access to research and technology projects, technology transfer, news, events, data and documents, R&D programs, contracting opportunities, and education partnerships.

Energy — Biofuels

American Bioenergy Association (www.biomass.org) accesses facts on bioenergy technologies, legislative updates, and more than 200 links to nonprofit organizations, research institutions, government organizations, and other sources of information and data.

Alternative Fuels Data Center (www.eere.energy.gov/cleancities/afdc) links to searchable data sets, facts and figures, funding opportunities, more than 50 topic areas, including university research programs, biodiesel fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, electric fuels, and funding opportunities.

Bioenergy Information Network (bioenergy.ornl.gov) has extensive databases on fast-growing trees and grasses, residues for fuel and power, links to related topics and organizations, searchable databases, news updates, publications, FAQs, and links to U.S. DOE’s National Biofuels Program. Frequent updates include proceedings of bioenergy meetings, current research information, and access to publications, news, and images.

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Biomass Program (www.eere.energy.gov/biomass) links to ongoing research in bioethanol technology, biodiesel technology, document databases, news updates, publications, and industrial and research partnerships.

Energy — Wind

American Wind Energy Association (www.awea.org) provides information about both small-scale and utility-scale wind technologies and projects. The site includes standards and technical information.

British Wind Energy Association (britishwindenergy.co.uk) links to information on various types of wind energy—offshore and wind energy farms—and has a directory of wind energy companies.

European Wind Energy Association (www.ewea.org) links to data on wind energy use in Europe, publications, news updates, and conferences.

National Climatic Data Center (www.ncdc.noaa.gov) accesses historic and current climate data, wind speed data, research, monitoring, climate events, and allows users to search the National Virtual Data System (NVDS) to access NOAA data from all NOAA centers.

National Wind Technology Center (www.nrel.gov/wind), operated by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a clearinghouse of information on emerging wind technologies for both small-scale and utility-scale use and includes data on wind energy in the marketplace, wind turbine research and illustrations, updates on avian issues, and research on U.S. wind potential.

Sandia National Laboratory’s Wind Energy Technology Program (www.sandia.gov/wind) links to applied research, turbine research, online abstracts and reports, bibliography, and symposiums.

Energy — Geothermal

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (www.eren.doe.gov/RE/geothermal.html) of the U.S. DOE links to international and national statistics, data research organizations, and resource links.

European Deep Geothermal Energy Program (www.soultz.net) provides information on the research and development of enhanced geothermal systems, hot dry-rock technologies in Europe, and related activities, maps, and research results.

Energy — Hydrogen

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (www.eren.doe.gov/RE/hydrogen.html) part of the U.S. DOE, links to hydrogen-related projects, technologies, state, federal organizations, universities and publications, and the Hydrogen Information Network (see below).

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Letter (www.hfcletter.com) published monthly, has a Web site that includes, free of charge, a searchable database of topics covering international hydrogen and fuel cell issues, as well as news articles on the topic.

Energy — Electricity

Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (www.cleanpower.org) is a nonprofit organization with research data, published reports, journals, and links to ongoing projects such as the California Regulatory Research Project, which was created to examine issues in the debate over electric utility restructuring.

Power Scorecard (www.powerscorecard.org) assesses the environmental impact of different types of electricity generation. It was developed with the technical support of the Pace Law School Energy Project to help citizens rate electricity sources by entering state and energy preferences.

Energy — Solar

A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources (AGORES) (www.agores.org), the European Commission’s site on renewable energies accesses research projects, includes publications, calls for proposals, news and updates, and links such as the Global Energy Marketplace. It has more than 2500 renewable energy links and is sponsored by EPA.

American Solar Energy Society (www.ases.org) provides resources for links to information on the National Solar Energy Conference, the Advances in Solar Energy publication, ASES-published white papers, and other resources.

International Solar Energy Society (www.ises.org) links to publications and the worldwide information system for renewable energy (WIRE).

National Center for Photovoltaics (www.nrel.gov/ncpv) accesses technical papers, resources information, conferences, and R&D labs, and includes a searchable database.

Solar Radiation Resource Information (rredc.nrel.gov/solar), maintained by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), links to a national solar radiation database, NOAA sites, daily statistics, U.S. solar radiation resource maps, solar codes, algorithms, models and calculators, and publications.

Solar Energy Society of Canada, Inc. (www.solarenergysociety.ca) links to publications, news, links for renewable energy organizations, resources, conferences, and calls for papers.