DSGN129 - Design as a Generic Tool

Professor M Neil James - Web page http://www.plym.tech.ac.uk/si

This page gathers together some web-based (and other) resources dealing with the topic of sustainable power generation.

Wind Power

1.     http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/rea_issues/wind.html

Forces behind wind power - examines wind power strategy in the USA

2.   http://www.nrel.gov/wind/wind_potential.html

Potential for wind power to supply the US needs for electricity

3.  http://www.ceere.org/rerl/about_wind/RERL_Fact_Sheet_4_Siting.pdf

Siting of wind farms near communities

4.  http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file34470.pdf

DTI Renewables Obligation report - see p.10

5.  http://www.cslforum.org/uk.htm

Energy summary for the UK - installed generation capacity, fossil reserves

Photovoltaic Power

1.  http://www.nrel.gov/ncpv/pvmenu.cgi?site=ncpv&idx=3&body=infores.html

US National Centre for Photovoltaic power

2.  http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/nn/nn_rt/nn_rt_pv/article_1106_en.htm

EU photovoltaic energy research

3.  http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/re_solar.htm

Texas solar energy resource