Renewable Energy (RE) & Conservation - Links

Congress Find your Senators and Representatives using your zip code. Phone and fax numbers, email and street addresses (including local district offices near you). USE THIS INFORMATION!
Congressional Committees Wow! Find the members who write your laws by subject!
Voting records Links to vote-reporting web sites for Congress.
House and Senate schedules by Congress Merge
Useful Guidelines on Communicating With Congress by Congress Merge
FirstGov Federal government web site finder.

Maryland Energy Administration Our state energy agency.
Maryland Incentives A list of MD incentives for residents, schools, businesses and communities.
Maryland Energy Administration's Homeowner Grant Program Grants to help you use solar energy in your home.
The Maryland Energy Sector This is a Federal Dept of Energy site. Excellent background information on MD utilities, pollution and alternative energy sources can be found here.
- Maryland Dept of Environment - Lots of current info
- Global Warming and Maryland - What will happen here?
- Maryland Utility Electricity Sources How much nuclear? (27%) coal? (60%)
- Maryland Utility Pollution Emissions (DOE) - Over 33 million tons of carbon dioxide is produced each year. Just from electrical utilities. In Maryland. This does not include cars and trucks etc. Or what drifts in from the midwest.
Potomac Region Solar Energy Association - These folks hold a Solar Home Tour each year in the fall -- the next one is October 13, 2001. Features homes in Maryland, DC and northern Virginia which incorporate energy efficiency and generate some of their own energy. See a slideshow of houses on the 2000 tour

Environmental News Service - International news articles concerning environmental issues. Updated daily. Back articles available to November 1998. Searchable.
CO2 calculator - How much carbon dioxide is your household producing?
The Alternative Energy Store's "Alt-E University" - Very simple introductions to solar power, wind power, etc. Also a glossary of renewable energy (RE) and electrical terms.
Real Goods Information Center - Another selection of short articles about power and conservation subjects.
Home Power magazine - current issue is available free on-line. Good diagrams, descriptions and costs of real systems people have installed. Issues are divided up into multiple PDF files for easier downloads over 56k modems.
DSIRE - National database of financial incentives Always consult your state's energy agency for the most current information!
National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL is the heart of Federal RE research activities. Check out their publication section. Lots of detailed stuff.
PVWATTS An NREL calculator of how much electricity you can generate with solar cell panels at specific locations in the US using 30 years of weather (sunshine) data.
North Arizona Wind & Sun - This is the educational web site for them (as opposed to their on-line store which is http://www.solar-electric.com in the first section of this page).

Real Goods - Note that they have two catalogs -- this one is oriented towards household goods.
Real Goods Renewables - This is their renewable energy catalog.
North Arizona Wind & Sun - Good selection of products, good inventory levels. Prices often slightly lower than Real Goods.
The Alternative Energy Store - Good selection of products, but small inventory. Prices often significantly lower than Real Goods. (These folks typically get your order, then order the material from the manufacturer or distributor.) They do have much less to offer than Real Goods in the way of consulting and technical support!
Solar Bulk Buy - Lowest prices, but on a small selection of products. This business is a labor of love by one couple, Fran Orner and Joel Davidson, who are encouraging others to put up solar systems by selling components as cheaply as they can. Joel wrote The New Solar Electric Home, a early (1980's) standard in the renewable energy field.

The opinions on this page DO NOT necessarily reflect those of my employer. Jeffrey Tunison