Solar energy : a reference handbook
Solar heating systems for houses : a design handbook for solar combisystems 2 NORTH Reference TH 7414 .S65 2003
Title Bibliography of recent solar box cooker literature 2 NORTH Reference TJZ 5853 .S63 S6 1991
Solar Radiation Database http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/
U.S. Department of Energy, Solar Energy Technologies Program http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/
California Energy Commission http://www.gosolarcalifornia.org/
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/
Solar thermal applications are diverse. Some are technically challenging and sophisticated; others are supremely simple. Below is a sampling of solar thermal applications:
Below are some web resources which provide additional information about solar thermal processes:
Concentrating Solar Power
NREL http://www.nrel.gov/csp/
Solar Process Heat
NREL http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_solar_process.html
Solar and space physics : a science for a technological society
Orrery : a story of mechanical solar systems, clocks, and English nobility
Solar cell technology and applications 4 NORTH TK 2960 .J54 2010
Leading edge research in solar energy 4 NORTH TJ 810 .L43 2007
Solar electric systems are comprised of no moving parts for converting sunlight to electricity. To gain better production from the system, solar trackers will be used to follow the suns path.
Examples of solar electric technologies are:
Florida Solar Energy Center, PV (http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/research/photovoltaics/index.htm)
