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AGORES - A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources
This European Commission Web site serves as an information center on renewable energy, including news, events, projects, policy, and publications.

Alternative Technology Association
This Australian Web site explains the basics of renewable energy systems, including a glossary and publications. It also features a wood heating forum.

Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society
This society promotes investigation into the development of solar energy applications and potential applications in Australia and New Zealand and influences Government policies.

Australian Renewable Energy Website
This site provides an overview of the basics and the country's use of solar, wind, wave, biomass and hydro energy. It also features a database of the Australian renewable energy industry.

Canadian Solar Industries Association
This site explains solar energy technologies for heating water and air and generating electricity. Visitors can browse product guides for solar water heating, solar pool heating, and daylighting. The site also has a directory of solar professionals.

Canadian Sustainable Energy Web Site
This Web Site provides information on ways to use energy produced from solar, wind, small hydropower, cogeneration, and bioenergy technologies.

CANMET Energy Diversification Research Laboratory
This Web site features information about the Lab and its research and development of technologies that use energy wisely.

CANMET Energy Technology Centre
The CANMET Energy Technology Centre is the key research arm of Natural Resources Canada. The Centre works with private and other public- sector partners to develop and deploy leading-edge energy products and processes.

CENSOLAR
This Web site is in Spanish. CENSOLAR is an international center for technical information for specialists in solar energy and technologies for using this clean form of energy.

Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies
The CADDET Web site features information on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects throughout the world. It includes a project database, newsletter, technical brochures, and more.

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory
The EPFL Web site provides information on its research activity in building technology.

Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
The Centre Web site features information on its research areas: policy studies, energy efficiency in industry, solar energy, wind energy, renewable energy for buildings, biomass energy, clean fossil fuels, and fuel cell technology.

European Commission Directorate-General XVII (Energy)
This Web site is dedicated to the strategic challenges of the European Union's Energy Policy. It features statistics, publications, and more.

European Renewable Energy EXchange
The EuroREX Web site provides commercial, investment, export, country, and technology information on renewable energy in Europe.

European Union Renewable Energy Centers Agency (EUREC)
This Web site provides information on its efforts to strengthen and rationalize the research, development, and deployment of renewable energy technologies.

EUROSOLAR
This association works towards the Solar Age by promoting Solar Energy (Renewable Energies) in society, its culture, politics and economy.

Folkecentre for Renewable Energy
This Danish Web site features information on the research, development, and manufacturing of renewable energy systems.

Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
The ISE conducts research on the technology needed to supply energy efficiently on an environmentally sound basis in industrialized, threshold and developing countries.

Greenhouse Gas Technology Information Exchange (GREENTIE)
This online database contains information on technology suppliers and organizations from around the world who help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

INFORSE: International Network for Sustainable Energy
This Web site features information on the network's efforts throughout the world to raise awareness and initiate projects in sustainable energy.

International Economic Platform for Renewable Energies
This Web site features worldwide news on the renewable energy industry, including environmental data.

International Energy Agency Photovoltaics Power Systems Programme
This site features the latest research on the applications of photovoltaic solar energy systems both by IEA and other sources.

International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
This Web site is designed to describe the activities of the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme to web users.

International Energy Agency Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
This Web site presents information on concentrating solar technologies to bring the promise of clean energy and chemical systems for the world's sunbelt.

International Energy Agency's Solar City Program
This program assists cities in fully integrating renewable energy technologies, as well as conservation and efficiency measures. The site includes requirements for participating cities and conference information.

International Solar Energy Society
ISES has been active in advancing the cause of renewable energy since 1954. This scientific society has members from all walks of life - and from all over the world.

manageEnergy
This European Commission Web site features case studies and reports of successful energy efficiency and renewable energy projects, as well as events and organizations that encourage the intelligent use of energy.

Mexico Renewable Energy Program
This Web site focuses on the program's efforts in Mexico to develop and promote the use of off-grid photovoltaic and wind energy applications.

National Energy Foundation (U.K.)
This Web site provides information and advice, particulary for UK residents, on saving energy through energy efficiency and renewable energy applications.

New and Renewable Energy Centre
The NaREC portal features international resources on renewable energy, including news, community forums, directories, sub-portals, and events.

New South Wales Sustainable Energy Development Authority
The SEDA Web site features its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New South Wales through the promotion of sustainable and energy efficiency technologies.

New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
The EECA Web site provides news and information on energy efficiency and renewable energy for homeowners, businesses, and local governments in New Zealand.

PV-WEB
This site provides an introduction to PV technology, explains the components of a typical system, and covers the latest developments in the field. A database of suppliers and installers of PV systems and components in the UK is also included.

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
REEP is an international coalition of governments, businesses, and organizations committed to accelerating the development of renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies.

Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc.
The goals of this organization are to promote energy conservation, build a strong Canadian renewable energy industry, preserve a healthy, sustainable environment by increasing the use of solar and other renewable energies in Canada.

Sustainable Energy Ireland
The site covers energy policy in Ireland, introduces sustainable energy technologies, and discusses specific activities of the Irish Energy Centre.

Tata Energy Research Institute
The TERI Web site provides information on its worldwide research and development efforts in sustainable energy technologies.

TRECNET
The Tradable Renewable Energy Certificate Expert Network (TRECNET) aims to advance the development and sharing of information, knowledge, and experience of tradable renewable energy certificates.

UK Department of Trade and Industry New & Renewable Energy Programme
This site provides the current status and future potential of wind power, wave energy, hydropower, energy from waste, bioenergy, and solar power in the United Kingdom. Environmental issues, economics, and related publications are covered.

UK Solar Energy Society
This society is interested in the advancement of the utilization of the sun's energy. Members of the Society are drawn from industry, government, academic institutions, architectural and engineering practices, as well as the general public.

University of New South Wales Photovoltaics Special Research Centre
This group began developing solar cells at UNSW in the mid-1970s. Growing interest in sustainable technologies has spurred the growth of the group, which now has about 70 staff and students.

WebRAPS (Remote Area Power Supply)
This Web site features an online version of a display in Australia, which provides information on renewable energy systems for remote areas.

World Bank Asia Alternative Energy Program
The ASTAE Web site features news, publications, and events on alternative energy projects in Asia.

World Energy Council
The site includes a database of descriptive and statistical data about global energy reserves, production, capacity, consumption and emissions, as well as energy efficiency indicators for 29 countries.

World-wide Information System for Renewable Energy
The WIRE Web site contains several searchable databases on a number of renewable energy topics and includes conference papers and organizational and project profiles.



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