Renewable Energy Annual 2002 with Preliminary Data for 2002 The Renewable Energy Annual 2002 is the eighth annual report that the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published on U.S. renewable energy. The report covers energy consumption and electricity generation, as well as solar thermal, photovoltaic, and geothermal heat pump manufacturing activities. The renewable energy resources in the report include: biomass, wood, wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, ethanol, and other waste, as well as, wind, solar, solar thermal and photovoltaic and hydropower. Renewable Energy Annual 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995  Annual Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Manufacturing Activities This information is based on data reported on Form EIA-63A, "Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturing Survey" and Form EIA-63B, "Annual Photovoltaic Module/Cell Manufacturing Survey." Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Shipments This information is based on data filed on the EIA’s Form EIA-902, "Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey." Renewable Legislation and Incentives This web page covers public laws, proposed laws, and state incentives impacting the renewable energy marketplace. Renewables in Electricity This web page addresses a broad range of issues regarding renewables in electricity such as, but not limited to: tax and financial incentives; re-evaluation of renewable energy policies; electric utility and non-utility power from renewables; legislative incentives that favor renewables in electricity; net metering; renewable portfolio standard; and transmission issues for renewable energy. Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential on Indian Lands This report contains new analysis of energy issues for Indian lands. Online Maps Renewable Energy 2000: Issues and Trends The Renewable Energy Issues and Trends is the second in a series of biannual analysis reports on topical renewable energy issues. This report presents four articles that cover various aspects of renewable energy. Articles Incentives, Mandates, and Government Programs for Promoting Renewable Energy This article covers financial incentives, regulatory mandates, and Federal research and development (R&D) programs for renewable energy in general, including renewable transportation fuels. This article will examine the role that these programs have played in the past as well as analyze their characteristics in terms of meeting their objectives for the future. Technology, Manufacturing, and Market Trends in the U.S. and International Photovoltaics Industry This article presents a comprehensive anlaysis of the current status and the near-term prospects for global PV market growth in terms of both supply and demand. The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Capital Costs of Municipal Waste Combustion Facilities: 1960-1998 This article examines the impact of increasingly stringent enviornmental regulatons on the capital cost of constructing and retrofitting municipal waste combustion facilities. Forces Behind Wind Power This article examines the factors that affect turbine performance, including sititng factors and their physical and operational characteristics. The article also discusses the effects of the restructuring of the electric power industry, and Federal and State incentives on the wind industry. Renewable Energy 1998: Issue and Trends The Renewable Energy Issues and Trends is the first in an expected series of biannual analysis of topical renewable energy issues. This report presents five articles that cover various aspects of renewable energy. Articles Renewable Electricity Purchases: History and Recent Developments This article presents an analysis of prices of renewable-based electricity that utilities have paid to nonutilities, the primary generators of renewable electricity. Transmission Pricing Issues For Electricity Generation From Renewable Resources This article examines the effects on renewable-generated electricity of transmission tariffs in an "open access" environment. Among the factors discussed are congestion pricing and the role of Independent System Operators. Analysis of Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey Data This article presents the results of the first-two Energy Information Administration (EIA) surveys of shipments of geothermal heat pumps. The article also includes a technical discussion of heat pumps, including their classification and system economics along with a case study of the United States Army's Fort Polk military base in Leesville, Louisiana, the largest installation of geothermal heat pumps in the world. A View of the Forest Products Industry From a Wood Energy Perspective This article which examines the forestry, lumber, wood products, pulp and paper industries, describes the composition and operations of biomass, which is the largest of the non-hydroelectric renewable energy sectors. An understanding of this industry is necessary to establish a proper appraisal of the role of biomass, and wood in particular, in a new renewable-based generation of electricity. Wind Energy Developments: Incentives In Selected Countries This article examines the wind energy programs in the United States, Germany, Denmark an India, especially in terms of available support mechanisms. The major difference between the United States and the other countries analyzed is the price guaranteed for wind energy. United States producers receive between one-half and two-thirds of the price level guaranteed to producers in the other countries. Chapter 5: Issues for Renewable Fuels in Competitive Electricity Markets This chapter covers the role of renewable energy sources in competitive electricity markets. Renewable Resources in the U.S. Electricity Supply This report provides an introductory overview of current and long-term forecasted uses of renewable resources in the Nation's electricity market-place, the largest domestic application of renewable resources today.