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Links Related to Sol Ideas Activities Click on a topic in the top list to reach the section below with external links related to that topic.
	Access to Journals Solar Cell and Solar Module Products Consultants and Industry Overviews in Photovoltaics Patents: Locating Intellectual Property Solar-related Laboratories and Organizations Materials and Device Testing Nanocrystalline Solar Cell Information and Suppliers Solar and Renewable Energy Education and Information Energy and Environmental Policy Strategic Alliances Solar-related Events

Access to Journals All grant proposals and publications should be cross-checked using tools like these to determine the novel aspects of the work.
	Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells: General Information Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells: Archived Volumes Science Direct Scirus Google Scholar InCite Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications NREL Publications Search Locate Energy Content - energylocate DOE's Science Accelerator DOE's Information Bridge NASA Reports search Wikipedia Entry on Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information Other Academic Databases
Solar Cell and Solar Module Products
	Silicon Solar Inc. Iowa Thin Films (Power Film) Real Goods - Solar Kits and Panels Edmund Scientific - Solar Panels for Kids and Hobbyists Evergreen Solar SunPower SANYO HIT solar panels Global Solar (Thin Film CIGS) First Solar (Thin Film CdTe) Uni-Solar BP Solar Kyocera Shell Solar Sharp Schott Solar Cost of Solar Energy Spire Turnkey PV Lines Applied Materials (Solar) Database of PV (Solar Module) companies REC (PV Solar Modules)
Consultants and Industry Overviews in Photovoltaics
	Photon International Magazine Photovoltaic (PV) News Abbie Gregg, Inc. (AGI) Solar Buzz Consultancy Navigant Consulting Strategies Unlimited Prometheus Institute Solar Industry Magazine Greentech Media
Patents: Locating Intellectual Property
	US Patent Office Google Patents Search for Scientific Information European Patent Office World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Solar-related Laboratories and Organizations
	Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems National Renewable Energy Laboratory International Solar Energy Society U.S. DOE Solar Technologies Program U.S. DOE Solar America Initiative Solar Information - Energy Information Administration Climate Protection - Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network Florida Solar Energy Center Sandia National Labs PV program American Solar Energy Society Solar Energy International Instituto de Energía Solar, Madrid ARC Centre in Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, UNSW School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering ECN Solar Energy IMEC PV California Energy Commission's Research and Development Division University of Delaware (Institute of Energy Conversion)
Materials and Device Testing
	ASU PV Testing Laboratory - PV Design Qualification and Type Certification Ron Sinton Consulting for Silicon Testing Photoluminescence Testing of Silicon Belval S.A. (Switzerland) Solar Cell/Module Testing
Nanocrystalline Solar Cell Information and Suppliers
	Wikipedia entry on Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Solar Energy Educational Activities Institute of Chemical Education Solar Cell Kit For an up to date list of contacts in this area, please contact the EPFL.
Solar and Renewable Energy Education and Information
	How Solar Cells Work Solar Energy Projects by Gavin D J Harper PBS TV Program on Solar DOE's Glossary of Solar Terms California's Center for Sustainable Energy Glossary Sandia's Glossary of Terms A Solar Lexicon NREL's Glossary of Solar Terms The Solar Cooking Archive Pico Wind Turbines Solar Hydrogen Technology, Teaching Systems, Fuel Cells Home Power Magazine 'Scheffler-type' Parabolic Solar Kitchens A Solar Grand Plan - A Scientific American Article
Energy and Environmental Policy
	The Big Energy Gamble (Governor Schwarzenegger and AB32) Prof. Norman Myers on "Perverse subsidies" International Institute for Sustainable Development: Subsidies EPA and Renewable Energy United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Pew Center on Global Climate Change Cities for Climate Protection, ICLEI World Bank Youth Program UN Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database Earth Policy Institute
Strategic Alliances
	Sol Ideas Technology Development has established a strategic alliance in its pursuit of developing products in the fields of education, optoelectronics and environmental technologies. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Journal
Solar-related Events
	Events from NREL Events from DOE Events from PV Group SEMI Events from Fraunhofer ISE Events from Photon International Events from Solar Plaza Events from Solar Server Events from Silicon Valley PV society Copenhagen Climate Conference

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