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["WORK TITLE ","ARTIST NAME","DESCRIPTION WORK","PV Set up","PV-Tech","URL","LOCATION and YEAR of CREATION ","NOTES"]
["Walk","Anderson, Laurie","Walk is a series of outdoor installations created by Laurie Anderson consisting of a series of visual installations and a binaural piece of music as you walk in a huge Japanese style garden. An infrared system lets the visitor access poems in four different languages on tiny, wireless cards called the 'Aimulet LA'. Aimulet LA receives the infrared light signals via an array of spherical micro silicon solar cells (called 'Sphelar' by manufacturer Kyosemi) set into the bottom of the handset. ","Functional use; Off-grid, no storage (Aimulet LA) & Grid-connected (other system components)","Spherical Si","www.kyosemi.co.jp/product/pro_ene_sun_e.html","Aichi Expo 2005, Japan ","Also see http://staff.aist.go.jp/r.kaji/aimulet-la/index_english.html"]
["Forest Rising; Burning Man; Xapuri: Rural School; Barefoot College: A House","Potrc, Marjetica","Four installations involving PV-systems based on practices of self-sustainable technologies by Brazilian communities the Barefoot College the Burning Man Festival practice. ","Off-grid, No storage","Unknown","http://potcr.org","Various locations "]
["Power Cart; Mini power plant for small projects; ","Andraos, Mouna","A mobile unit that delivers alternative energy to people in the streets.","Off-Grid; Storage: AGM battery (no charge controller)","Own preference within limits described on project site","http:/www.electroniccrafts.org - http://www.missmoun.com/","US, NY (2007)","Electronic Crafts is a site for the exploration of the language of electronic craft through the creation of hand made everyday electronic devices. The intent is to help users and creators understand the technologies around them better, modify them to fit their real needs and possibly create new ones altogether."]
["CO2LED ","Jack Sanders, Robert Gay and Butch Anthony,","Temporary public-art installation, 522 solar-powered LEDs on rods, each topped with a reused plastic bottle, light up the Rosslyn traffic island between North Lynn Street and Ft. Myer Drive in Arlington County ","Functional use, Off-Grid, Storage: unknown","Si","www.thoughtbarn.com/CO2INFO.html","US, Arlington, Virginia (June 6-15, 2007)"]
["Sunrise; Secrets of the Sun","Erskine, Peter","2 solar powered Light Installations. Part of the artist's 'Solar spectrum environmental art'.","Unknown","Unknown","http://erskinesolarart.net/","Germany, Essen (1999); UK, North-Yorkshire (1999)"]
["Various ","Felix Hahn [D] Miki Yui [J, D] Ralf Schreiber [D]","ask 02 (acoustic survival kit): acoustic waistcoats consisting of embedded electronic components generate sound according to light intensity. solar sound modules - nervous networks: A group of electronic particles which move and produce sound under the influence of light. Together they form an organic system, the minimum construction for synthetic life: an acoustic jungle.","Various – Off-grid","Various","http://framework.v2.nl/archive/archive/node/event/.xslt/nodenr-130617","Holland, Rotterdam (2001)","Acoustic survival kit\nurl: www.khm.de/ask/"]
["Solar Collector","Matt Gorbet, Susan Gorbet, Rob Gorbet (Gorbet Design Inc.)","Solar Collector","Off-Grid; No storage","Unknown","www.subtletechnologies.com/2006/symposium/Gorbet.html ","US, Waterloo (2006)","Also see www.gorbetdesign.com"]
["Regent College Wind Tower: PV art glass","Hall, Sarah","Stained glass sculptures using photovoltaics. ","Off-grid, Storage type unknown","Thin Si","www.sarahhallstudio.com/photoglass ","Canada, Vancouver (2006)","Photos on www.regent-college.edu/about_regent/architecture/index.html"]
["ELF","Höfflin, Martina & Glissman, Pascale","‘Elfs’ are small mechanical systems powered by solar energy that behave as natural living systems in many aspects.","Functional use, Off-Grid, No storage","Unknown","www.electronic-life-forms.de","Germany (2007)","Shown at ars electronica"]
["Various","Hollinger, Steve","Kinetic solar powered sculptures","Off-Grid; No storage","Unknown","www.stevehollinger.com","US, Boston (since 2001)","see: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ53mRh0nME&mode=related&search=; http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=yvnbB3H1E1g&mode=related&search="]
["Sun Dial","Klima, John","Interactive pv-powered installation work (8 propellers respond to amount of light)","Off-Grid; No storage (light sensing)","Unknown","www.cityarts.com","US","See Armory Center for the Arts Solar Project – www.armoryarts.org/solar/solarArt.html"]
["Various","Kubisch, Kristina","Various pv-powered audio works ","Unknown","Unknown","www.christinakubisch.de ","Germany"]
["Solarworks: Proposals for Solar Meditation Gardens.","Lindsey, Thomas","Installation work – photovoltaics activates both a kinetic element within the installation (cone, wheel, drum) as well as a soundwork, presenting the viewer/listener with evidence of the bio-spiritual relationship between the Earth and Sun.","Unknown","Unknown","http://solar-center.stanford.edu/art/solarworks/artists_statement.html ","US"]
["London Oasis","Chetwood, Laurie ","12 metre high kinetic glass and steel structure with pv- ‘petals’ that open and close in response to the sun and moon utilising daylight and wind to generate power. Storage through a fuel cell system. ","Hybrid PV and wind; Aesthetic and Functional design, Off-Grid, Storage: Hydrogen fuel cell ","Unknown","www.thelondonoasis.com","UK, London  (June 16 – 25, 2006)","Chetwoods employs over 100 architects across three offices in London, Leeds and Birmingham.  Specialise in sustainable design – Movie --> www.thelondonoasis.com/intro.html"]
["The Great NYC Oyster Project","Mara Haseltine"," Natural filtration for NYC's water; The concept is to create a modular design in metal, using solar panels to send low volts of electricity to metal and thus causing mineral accretion to occur as calcium carbonate formed on the structures.  ","PV panels, Functional design, Off-grid, no storage","Ongoing research","www.calamara.org","US (from 2007...)"]
["Interpolar","Marko Peljhan ","Intervention / research","Off-Grid; Battery storage","Si","http://atc.berkeley.edu/bio/Marko_Peljhan/","North Pole"]
["The Portable Light Project","Sheila Kennedy (Principal Investigator)","... a portable textile that uses sunlight to harvest electrical energy and provide a completely self-contained source of renewable power and light that can be deployed at a global scale where ever energy-efficient electrical power and illumination are needed. ","Functional use, Off-Grid, Storage: unknown","CIGS (flexible thin-film) ","www.portablelight.org/","US (Michigan) / Mexico (Sierra Madre) (2006)","Also see Kennedy and Violich Architecture Ltd. - http://www.kvarch.net/PL%20press/PL%20pilot%20press%20kit.htm"]
["Solar Xylophone","Nugent, Rory","Solar panels power pager motors that activate the sticks tapping on the Woodstock Chimes – Each solar panel and pager motor is attached to a Miller solar engine circuit.","Off-Grid; No storage","Si","www.prize-pony.com/itp/blog/category/sustainable-energy","US (2007)","The Solar Xylophone was displayed at the ITP Audio Art show on April 29th, 2007"]
["PowerPLANTs and PowerSEEDS ","Nik Hafermaas ","Bionic and sustainable artistic light installation in a former industrial area. The main goal of the artistic installation is to create a new pride of place in this community. ","Off-grid, Storage: unknown","Unknown","www.uebersee.us/","US, Pasadena (2007)","Also see: http://www.indexaward.dk/2007/default.asp?id=706&show=nomination&nominationid=446&playmovie=quicktime"]
["Various ","Schreiber, Ralf","Experiments in minimal robotic and sound using solar energy ","Off-Grid; Battery storage: Unknown","Unknown","www.ralfschreiber.com","Germany, Essen (1999); UK, North-Yorkshire (1999)","Solar Sound Modules – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kJf9MZEdviA – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WxLaS3_g3rM"]
["Various Works ","Schuelke, Bjoern","PV-powered 'machines' combining elements of surveillance technologies, robotics interactive video and sound. ","Off-Grid; No storage","Unknown","www.schuelke.org","Germany, Köln  (from 2000)"]
["Design","Solar Strasse, Gleisdorf ","City Lights","Off-Grid; No storage","Si","www.feistritzwerke.at/info/solar_strasse.html","Austria; Gleisdorf"]
["Various","SolarLab","Sustainable design consultancy for renewable energy innovation; Founded in 2006 by designer Christophe Behling; Continuous research from simple consumer goods to large scale hydrogen power plants","Project determined","Project determined","www.solarlab.org","UK, London (2006)"]
["SOH19 States of Nature ","Vermeulen, Alex","Landscape sculpture consisting of a levitating Buddha powered by solar energy placed in a pond of 1700 sq.m. with 88 pv-equipped floating black eggs producing electricity to (via a magnetic field) make the Buddha levitate and move up and down. ","Off-Grid; No battery storage","Si","www.syndicaat.org/soh/19/index.html","Holland, Eindhoven (2006)","Live images: http://131.155.18.5/"]
["Bamiyan Afghanistan Laser Project \n","Yamagata, Hiro","Installation work that aims to reconstitute the destroyed Buddha's in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. PV- and Wind-powered Lasers will project Buddha images on the site where they once stood."," Hybrid wind/PV; Off-grid with Storage batteries: type unknown  ","Unknown","www.bamiyanlaser.org ","Afghanistan, Bamiyan (2012)"]
["Frontier Mythology ","Nadir, Christine; Peppermint, Cary ","A mobile, pv-powered digital video and FM radio installation made of recycled shipping pallets. Three portable multimedia players display videos of diverse contemporary environments while a transistor radio picks up a pirate radio transmission reciting quotations from classical works of U.S. literature...","Functional use, Off-Grid, Storage: unknown","mc-Si","www.ecoarttech.net/","US, NYC  (July 2007)"]
["Wilderness Trouble V1.0","Peppermint, Cary; Nadir, Christine","Quicktime documentation of a solar-powered environmental sound installation involving over 30 international artists selected to create a sonic field of information imagining human-nature sonic communication. ","PV Set up: Functional & symbolical use, Off-Grid, Storage: unknown ","pc-Si","http://greenmuseum.org/content/artist_index/ artist_id-136.html","US, NY ( (Summer 2006)"]
["Earthspeaker ","Fedderson, Jeff","A set of large solar-powered nocturnal acoustic sculptures for the Wave Farm in Acra, NY. The sculptures absorb solar energy during the day and re-radiate the energy as sound at dusk.","Functional use, Off-Grid, Storage: unknown","Unknown","www.fddrsn.net","US, NY-Akra (2006/2007)"]
["S.P.I.N. ","Time Circus","A solar panel is used for amplifying megaphones mounted on a mobile structure. ","Off-grid, Storage: unknown","Si","none","DR Congo, Kinshasa (2007)"]
["Solar Crystal","Claus, Jürgen","Six photovoltaic panels face south to collect the light of the sun. The energy collected in the solar cells is stored in six large solar batteries. ","Off-Grid; Battery storage","Si","http://www.khm.de/~7ESolArt/artClaus.html","Belgium, Baelen (1995)"]
["Solar Revolution","Leher, Franz","Installation work representing an autonomous habitable unit with possibility for use as a multimedia space","Hybrid wind (50W) / pv (4x50W); Off-Grid; Battery storage: Lead-acid (225Ah)","Si (4x50W)","http://www.khm.de/~7ESolArt/artLeher.html"]

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["NAME","URL","FIELD / PRODUCT / SERVICE","LOCATION","CONTACT PERSON","FUNCTION","EMAIL","TEL NR","NOTES"]
["School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering. University of New South Wales, Sydney ( ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence)","www.pv.unsw.edu.au/","Si-based PV -> High efficiency, 3rd generation & Thin Film (poly-Si) ","AUS, New South Wales, Sydney","Gavin Conibeer",null,"g.conibeer(at)unsw.edu.au",null,"Article “Third-generation photovoltaics”. In: Materials Today, Vol 10, Nov. 2007.  Pp 42-50. Top research."]
["3E","www.3e.be/","expert partner in the design and realisation of photovoltaic systems from micro-power to multi-MW size systems (project development, product & system development, operational monitoring & quality systems support","Belgium (Brussels)","Geert Palmers",null,"info(at)3E.eu","32 2 217 58 68 ","Building Physics and Active Systemsfor the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the 1st Zero Emission Research Station. www.antarcticstation.org"]
["University of Ghent – Electronic & Information Systems – ELIS","www.elis.ugent.be/en/node/646","Poly-Si & Thin Film (CdTe)","Belgium (Ghent)","prof. dr. ir. lic. Alexis De Vos",null,"alex(at)elis.UGent.be","+32(0)92643376","Also IMEC & Athlete"]
["Soltex","www.uhasselt.be/onderzoek/groepen/teams_p_dep/abstract_project.asp?id=R-0781&pnummer=0555","Instituut voor Materiaalonderzoek ","Belgium, Hasselt","Prof. dr. Dirk Vanderzande","Adj. Director of the Institute for Materials Research","dirk.vanderzande(at)uhasselt.be ","32-11-268321 ","The SOLTEX project (ended in 2005) aimed at the development of flexibel organic solar cells laminated on textiles: 1. Lamination of organic solar cells on textiles. 2. Application of the technology and the materials for organic solar cells. Esp. efficiency and lifetime of the cells need to be enhanced. Www.uhasselt.be/onderzoek/groepen/teams_p_dep/abstract_project.asp?id=R-0781&pnummer=0555 - See Imec"]
["Interuniversity Microelectronics Center Research Group Solar Cells (IMEC)","www.imec.be","Thin film Crystalline Si cells - Organic (plastic) cells -          High efficient hybride (Ge, GaAs, InGaP) cells","Belgium, Leuven","Dr. ir. Jef Poortmans","Program Director Photovoltaics- \nResearch Group Solar Cells Imec","Jef.Poortmans(at)imec.be","+32 16 281.302","IMEC is Europe’s leading independent microelectronics research center. See PhotoVoltech\n"]
["IWT-SBO-project Nanosolar","www.imo.uhasselt.be/polytech/","Flexible cells","Belgium; Hasselt",{"$nulls":4},"See photovoltech"]
["Sargent Group; University of Toronto","http://light.utoronto.ca/index-research.html","Infrared sensitive organic 'plastic' soluble solar cells ","Canada, Toronto","Prof. Ted Sargent",null,"ted.sargent(at)utoronto.ca ",null,"personal web sites: www.tedsargent.com / www.danceofmolecules.com\n"]
["Risoe - Polymer Department","www.risoe.dk/Risoe_dk/Home/Research/sustainable_energy/new_energy_technologies/projects/solar_energy.aspx","Organic (Plastic) cells","Denmark","Torben Damgaard Nielsen",null,"torben.damgaard.nielsen(at)risoe.dk","+45  4677 4798"]
["Crystal Clear","www.ipcrystalclear.info/default.aspx","Research and development on advanced industrial crystalline silicon PV technology.","EU",{"$nulls":4},"one of the first Integrated Projects to be carried out in the 6th Framework Program of the European Union. The project runs from January 2004 to December 2008 and involves several companies, universities and research centers."]
["Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung (ZSW) Baden-Württemberg","www.zsw-bw.de/index_en.html","PV materials research & development, especially thin-film technologies - Systems development for PV applications","Germany, Baden-Württemberg"]
["Hahn Meitner Institut – Athlete","www.hmi.de/bereiche/SE/SE5/index_en.html; www.hmi.de/projects/athlet/index.html","Advanced Thin Film Technologies for Cost Effective Photovoltaics (also C(oncentrated)PV) ","Germany, Berlin","Prof. Walther Fuhs",null,"fuhs(at)hmi.de",null,"Sponsored by the E.U. 6th Framework Project – www.hmi.de/projects/athlet/partner.html"]
["Fraunhofer Institut ","www.ise.fraunhofer.de","MonoCrystalline Si Cells - PolyCrystalline Si Cells - Thin Film (a-Si; incl. 210X210) Concentrated PV/III-V Solar Cells & Ep-       Dye Sensitized solar cells  -(DSS-  Silk-screen printed organic -   Photovoltaic Modules testing        Market Research ","Germany, Freiburg",null,null,null,"+49 761 45 880","Top DSC research; Stefan Gluze; Jan Goldschmidt (back contact); Marius Philips (photonic band gaps) (contacts of BS Richards)"]
["The International Solar Energy Society – ISES","www.ises.org","Supports its members in the advancement of renewable energy technology, implementation and education all over the world.","Germany, Freiburg",null,null,"hq(at)ises.org",null,"Organize Solar Academies, practical training events"]
["Institut fur Physikalische Elektronik (IPE). University of Stuttgart.","www.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de/index.php?lang=eng&pulldownID=12&ebene2ID=44","Examine different PV technologies for their annual energy yield considering different climatic conditions. ","Germany, Stuttgart"]
["The Institute of Physical Electronics; Stuttgart University","www.ipe.uni-stuttgart.de/index.php?lang=eng&pulldownID=12&ebene2ID=44","Thin film Flexible solar cells based on  20 to 50 µm thick mono-crystalline Si layers. \nAmorphous/Crystalline Cells  \nFurther research via usage of SiO2/Si quantum structures, fluorescent light conversion, or optical nanostructures.","Germany, Stuttgart","Jürgen Werner; Markus Schubert (Clothing PV) ",null,"Juergen.Werner(at)ipe.uni-stuttgart.de",null,"Periode : 1/1/2003 - 31/12/2005"]
["Energy research Centre of the Netherlands – ECL","www.ecn.nl","PUM-cell (spider design)","Holland","Paul Wyers","Unit Manager"]
["Department of design for sustainability. Delft University of Technology","www.io.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=90db5a6a-b0d2-45c1-982c-eb4e17ce1f31&lang=en","Promote knowledge about the development of product systems throughout their lifetime so that explicit and optimal account can be taken of the potential for reducing environmental pollution. The aim is also to combine this knowledge with innovations from other domains of product quality. This will help to expand the opportunities for sustainable development in our society. ","Holland, Delft","Prof. Han Brezet",null,"j.c.brezet(at)tudelft.nl"]
["Technische Universiteit Delft - Solar Powered Portable Consumer Products","www.io.tudelft.nl/live/pagina.jsp?id=3a97aedc-d16c-49d7-927f-cd17d9837948&lang=en","3D thin film; Organic Spray-on Solar (TiO2 and CuInS2)","Holland, Delft"]
["Holst Center ","www.holstcentre.com","“generating and storing power at the micro scale to improve the autonomy or\nreduce the size of wireless autonomous transducer systems. The envisaged solution takes its energy (thermal, mechanical or solar) from the environment and converts it into electrical energy, stored in a micro-battery.”","Holland, Eindhoven",{"$nulls":4},"Initiators are IMEC (Flanders, Belgium) and TNO (The Netherlands).\n\n "]
["3TU – Centre for Sustainable Energy Technology","www.3tu.nl/en/research/centres_of_excellence/sustainable_energy_technologies/","Sustainable energy production and storage ","Holland, Utrecht","Jacqueline Dekker ","Chairmen secretary ","j.k.dekker(at)remove-this.tudelft.nl ",null,"Collaboration between 3 Dutch Universities of Technology. "]
["Department of Science, Technology and Society. Utrecht University.","www.chem.uu.nl/nws/www/nws.html","Assessments of technological potentials and costs of photovoltaic energy systems, ways to stimulate implementation of PV technology, performance monitoring and technical optimization of PV systems, environmental impact studies of PV systems, analysis of integration options for PV and wind energy. ","Holland, Utrecht","Erik Alsema (drs E.A)",null,"E.A.Alsema(at)uu.nl","+31-30-253 76 18","Also see Copernicus Institute: http://www.geo.uu.nl/20419main.html"]
["The Ben-Gurion National Solar Energy Center","http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/Units/bidr/Departments/EnvironmentalResearch/solarcenter/","Fullerene (carbon-buckyball) solar cells; CPV and testing & monitoring ","Israël","David Faiman","Director "," faiman(at)bgu.ac.il"]
["NEDO: New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization","www.nedo.go.jp/english/index.html","Environmental technology R & D ","Japan"]
["IFS MacDiarmid Centre","http://nrc.massey.ac.nz/","Development of a range of coloured synthetic dyes for use in dye-sensitised solar cells. (e.g. dyes from synthetic chlorophyl and haemoglobin)","New Zealand","Dr. Wayne Campbell",null,null,null,"http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2007/Press_Releases/04-04-07.html"]
["MacDiarmid Centre of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology","http://macdiarmid.ac.nz/THEMES/theme3.php","Organic (plastic) solar cells","New Zealand"]
["Heriot-Watt University, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences","www.heriot-watt.co.uk","a-Si (Thin film) integration in fabric/textiles - Concentrating PV using luminescent dyes on Perspex/Acrylic (PMMA) for BIPV. ","Scotland","Prof. John I.B. Wilson; Bryce S. Richards","Director; Lecturer","j.i.b.wilson(at)hw.ac.uk; B.S.Richards(at)hw.ac.uk","+44 (0)131 451 3247; +44 (0)131 451 3614","See also Power Textiles Ltd."]
["Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT)","hwww.ciemat.es/portal.do?IDM=211&NM=4","Photovoltaic conversion; photovoltaic power plants; photovoltaic cells; silicon; thin films; purpose is cost reduction and increase performance","Spain","Faustino Chenlo Romero \n","Head of Project "]
["Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne – EPFL Laboratory of Composite and Polymer Technology ","http://solar-impulse.epfl.ch;  http://ltc.epfl.ch/domain.php?Id=6","PV-fibers/textiles","Switzerland, Lausanne",{"$nulls":4},"Partnership with Konarka"]
["Laboratory for Photonics and Interfaces,\nSwiss Federal Institute of Technology","http://lpi.epfl.ch/solarcellE.html","Dye Sensitized Solar Cells, based on Nanocrystalline Oxide Semiconductor Films","Switzerland, Lausanne"]
["Université de Neuchâtel ","www2.unine.ch/Jahia/site/pv/cache/offonce/pid/6289","Solar Power Personal Laboratory Project","Switzerland, Neuchâtel",{"$nulls":4},"Overview PV and thin-film silicon research institutions  ->  www2.unine.ch/Jahia/site/pv/op/edit/pid/8612"]
["Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ)\nA science and technology university. \n","www.ethz.ch/about/index_EN","Thin Film PV; CIGS; CdTe/CdS","Switzerland, Zürich       "]
["Photovoltaic Materials for the 21st Century – SuperGen PV21","www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Programmes/Energy/Funding/SUPERGEN/PhotovoltaicMaterialsForThe21stCentury.htm","Working on semiconductor-based cells using materials like silicon, cadmium telluride & copper indium di-selenide. Aiming to reduce the cost (€/Wp), focusing on the physics and chemistry most likely to improve efficiency and reduce costs using ultra-thin structures, and silicon processing by laser processing and high materials utilisation sputtering. ","UK","Professor Stuart Irvine. ",null,"sjc.irvine(at)bangor.ac.uk ",null,"6 British Universities and 7 companies for UK 's largest ever single research programme on solar cells. "]
["Solar Aid","http://solar-aid.org","1st Solar energy charity for the developing world","UK, London"]
["Northhumbria Photovoltaics Applications Centre","http://northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/re/esg/npacn/?view=Standard","Inorganic photovoltaic cells  -  Cell Technology & PV System Design Development -> CuInSe2 and related chalcopyrite thin film solar cells","UK, Newcastle","Robert W. Miles",null,"robert.miles(at)northhumbria.ac.uk",null,"Article: “Inorganic photovoltaic cells.” In: Materials Today, Vol 10, Nov. 2007.  Pp 11-27.  NPAC is part of the EPSRC funded project \"Photovoltaic Materials for the 21st Century\" (PV21) with five other UK universities. "]
["Bangor University, School of Chemistry","www.chemistry.bangor.ac.uk/pjh/projects.php","DSSC - \"breakthrough\" low cost PV surfaces, using cost effective materials and rapid/continuous coil coating manufacturing.","UK, Wales","Dr Peter Holliman",null,null,null,"end project 31 May 2010 – partners: www.chemistry.bangor.ac.uk/pjh/collaborations.php"]
["National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Photovoltaics division","www.nrel.gov","Research in PV-related materials; development of PV cells in several material systems; characterization of PV cells, modules & systems; assisting industry with standardized tests and performance models for PV devices; helping the PV industry accelerate manufacturing capacity and commercialization of various PV technologies. ","US","Thomas Surek","Program manager"]
["Berkeley Lab – Materials Sciences Division","www.lbl.gov/msd/","Inorganic Nanocrystals Cells; Organic cells (CdSe)","US, Berkely","Paul Alivisatos",null,null,null,"Development of Inexpensive, ultra-thin films of nano-sized semiconductors"]
["Rocky Mountain Institute","www.rmi.org/","independent, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization. Aim = efficient and restorative use of resources. Research & consulting services","US, Boulder (Colorado)",null,null,"ERT(at)rmi.org",null,"Audio and Video Library"]
["School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (The Georgia Institute of Technology) ","www.ece.gatech.edu/research/labs/krg/","Organic pv - “coat organic materials into large area films at low cost” ","US, Georgia, Atlanta","Bernard Kippelen","Director ","Kippelen(at)ece.gatech.edu"]
["New Jersey Science and Technology University; Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science","http://web.njit.edu/~mitra/index.html","Spray-on Solar (Nanoparticles particularly carbon nanotubes as an adsorbents, chromatography stationary phases, functionalization and polymer composites) ","US, New Jersey","Somenath Mitra ","Professor – Head of Department ",null,null,"Article: www.ecogeek.org/content/view/814/"]
["Cornell University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering","www.mse.cornell.edu/mse/research/research_fields.cfm?id=Energy","Developing a wide range of energy-related materials, such as PV materials. Research is also conducted on materials processing that minimizes environmental impact.","US, New York, Ithaca","George G. Malliaras",null,"ggm1(at)cornell.edu",null,"Article “Photovoltaics from soluble small molecules”. In: Materials Today, Vol 10, Nov. 2007.  Pp 34-41."]
["Center for Life Cycle Analysis (CLCA) - Columbia University","www.clca.columbia.edu/research.html","“The Center for Life Cycle Analysis(LCA) of Columbia University was formed in the spring of 2006 with the objective of conducting comprehensive LCAs of energy systems.  LCA provides a framework for quantifying the potential environmental impacts of material and energy inputs and outputs of a process or product...” ","US, NY"]
["Stanford Solar Center","http://solar-center.stanford.edu/mission.html","Polymer-based solar cells","US, Stanford","Michael D. McGehee"]
["Electric Power Research Institute","http://my.epri.com/portal/server.pt?","pUM-cell (spider design)","US, CA;NC;TX;TN;DC (Japan, Spain)","Frank Goodman ","Manager"]
["Cambridge",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (PCBM & CdSe)"]
["University of Linz",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (Polymer)","Austria, Linz"]
["University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (Oxide)"]
["University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (PCBM)"]
["University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (PCBM)"]
["Wake Forest",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (PCBM)"]
["University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)",null,"Polymer-based solar cells (CdSe)"]

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["NAME","URL","FIELD / PRODUCT / SERVICE","TYPE","AESTHETIC     (if not Si- blue/dark gray)","HOW TO BUY","LOCATION","NOTES"]
["E-Bay","www.ebay.com","Various pv products","Various","Various","E-bay auction","Worldwide","about used PV panels: www.otherpower.com/otherpower_solar_used.html"]
["First Solar ","www.firstsolar.com","Thin Film Modules (for large scale, grid-connected solar power plants)","CDTE","Black","B2B","Phoenix (US)  "]
["Photovoltech","www.photovoltech.be","Cells & Modules ","mc-Si; mc-Si back contact cells ","Thin Back contact cells with typical look – www.photovoltech.be/html/UK/editor/documents/MaxisBCcelldatasheetE.pdf","B2B","Belgium, Tienen","Shareholders: Total (47.8%), Suez - Electrabel - Soltech (47.8%) and IMEC (4.4%). Open for custom made solutions for small projects. "]
["Biosolar Inc.","www.biosolar.com","bioplastic films and resins for solar cell manufacturers","Bio-based plastics",null,"B2B – From 2008 – Send mail ","US, California","Produce bioplastics for solar cell manufacturers 'Successful prototype has been developed'. “...first company to introduce a new dimension of cost reduction by replacing petroleum-based plastic solar cell components with durable bio-based plastics.” "]
["XsunX","www.xsunx.com","Thin film solar cell (develop & deliver): Hybrid Nano Crystalline for high performance opaque applications;  Power Glass for semi-transparent and opaque applications on both flexible and rigid substrates -  for BIPV and consumer products","a-Si & nc-Si","Semi-transparent and opaque","B2B only","US, Aliso Viejo, CA","Also see: www.emergingcompany.com/volume11week38qt.mov; www.treehugger.com/files/2005/10/solar_power_gla.php"]
["Conergy","www.conergy.com","Modules, systems, Mega inverters","Si ",null,"Dealer network ","Germany, Hamburg ","System integrator"]
["BPSolar","www.bpsolar.com ","Cells, Modules","C-Si (Saturn) modules, Thin film  ","Black: BP EnergyLux™ modules","Dealer network. For special projects see www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=3050490&contentId=3050610","US; Germany, Spain, UK, India etc...","BP Solar Products and services may vary by country. Module Recycling Program: www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9012884&contentId=7025016 "]
["Flexcell","www.flexcell.com","Thin film flexible pv foil for BIPV, outdoor, fabrics: can be integrated with various fabrics, such as Acrylic, PVC ","A-si (a single amorphous silicon layer on low cost plastic substrates)","Brownish","Distributor network (www.flexcell.com/distributors.php)","Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains\nSwitzerland"]
["USLPV","www.uslpv.com/about.html","Cells and modules, for BIPV, lighting and customized solutions","Si ",null,"Distributor network in EU and India","India, Tamil Nadu"]
["Mitsubishi Solar","http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/solar/index.html","Cells and modules for grid-connected systems","Pc-Si",null,"Distributors network – info via http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/contact/bu/solarpower.html","Japan","Use no lead in production process"]
["Alps Technology","www.alpstechnologyinc.com","Cels, Modules","Si ",null,"E-form","US, L.A."]
["Central Electronics Ltd. (CEL)","www.celsolar.com","Cells, modules, systems","Mc-Si",null,"E-form","India (Uttar Pradesh); Joint Research Centre at Ispra, Italy","Largest manufacturer of SPV in India. "]
["Emcore","www.emcore.com","For satellite applications: Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) solar cells, Covered Interconnect Cells (CICs) and panels. For terrestrial applications: GaAs solar cells for use in solar concentrator systems.","GaAs; InGaP/InGaAs/Ge",null,"E-form","US, Albuquerque"]
["GE Energy","www.gepower.com/prod_serv/products/solar/en/index.htm","Modules and pre-packaged systems -roof integrated (from 66 to 200 watts)","Si ",null,"E-form"]
["Heliovolt","www.heliovolt.com","Thin film Modules for BIPV","CIGS",null,"E-form","US, Austin, Texas"]
["Ibersolar","www.ibersolar.com","Panels, systems, components","Si (mono-and polycrystalline)",null,"E-form","Spain, Barcelona (also Italy, Slovenia, US)"]
["Kaneka","www.pv.kaneka.co.jp","Cells, Modules","A-Si & hybrid – A-Si+Poly-Si;  AIST module","Black and semi-translucent module","E-form","Japan, Osaka (US, Belgium)"]
["Scheuten","www.scheuten.com","Modules ","CIS","Semi-transparent","E-form","Holland, Venlo (Germany, S-Korea, Italy, Greece, Spain, Belgium, "]
["Smart Textiles","www.textronicsinc.com","“Energy activated fabrics - Electro-Textile Materials Development - Electronics Integration - Prototype Design & Development”",null,"US, Delaware","E-form","US, Delaware","Experience with PV-textiles; collab with Konarka in 2005, see www.worldchanging.com/archives//003558.html"]
["Solar Frontier","www.solarfrontier.co.jp/index.html","Modules ","CIS","Dark black","E-form","Japan, Tokyo","Sub of Shell"]
["Soltec","www.soltec-renovables.com","Solar tracker","/","/","E-form","Spain,Murcia"]
["Sunpower","www.sunpowercorp.com","Modules, Tracking systems","/","Black","E-form","US, San Jose (CA) a.o."]
["Avansis","www.avancis.de","Modules ","CIS",null,"n.n.","Germany, Torgau ","Joint venture between Shell and Saint-Gobain"]
["Beyond Oil Solar","www.beyondoilsolar.com","Solar products","Si ",null,"info(at)beyondoilsolar.com  ","US, Mill Valley (CA)","Online calculating tools"]
["Blitz Strom","www.blitzstrom.de","Thin film system integrator and international wholesaler for PV systems","CTS, CSG, Si, a-Si","CTS: black, frameless","klaus.waldera(at)blitzstrom.de","Germany, Kolitzheim\n"]
["BSR Solar","www.bsrsolar.com/","Concentrator PV & other sun related tech",null,null,"info(at)bsrsolar.com","Germany, Lörrich","See Sunvention (Solar power Village)"]
["DEGERenergie","www.DEGERenergie.com","Small trackers for the private market","/","/","E-form","Germany, Schopfloch-Oberiflingen "]
["E-ton Solar Tech","www.e-tonsolar.com/product.htmttp://www.e-tonsolar.com/product.htm","Cells","Si ",null,"business(at)e-tonsolar.com  ","Taiwan"]
["Fuji Electric","www.fesys.co.jp/eng/products_services/automation/index.html","Thin-film flexible modules/panels & hybrid systems","a-Si ","Black","n.n.","Japan","“Capable of generating electricity with very small amount of light”"]
["Kyosemi Corporation","www.kyosemi.co.jp/product/pro_ene_sun_e.html","Sphelar cells and modules","Spherical Si ('Sphelar')","Limitless shapes and forms, semi-transparancy","info(at)kyosemi.co.jp","Japan, Kyoto","*Stable out-put down even at low illuminance  * Small & light for portability * Stand alone type for wireless LAN”  * Ubiquitous computing -- See movie – http://movie.diginfo.tv/2007/10/11/07-0403-d.php;  Laurie Anderson designed a device called the AimuletLA for the Aichi Expo in 2005"]
["Rec group","www.recgroup.com","Wafers, Cells, Modules","Mc-Si-cells",null,"see instructions on website","Høvik, Norway"]
["Saint-Gobain","www.photovoltaic-glass.com","Relief glass for PV-applications.","Various types of glass","Various","photovoltaic-glass(at)saint-gobain.com","Germany, Mannheim","See Avancis. Joint venture with Shell solar. "]
["SANYO","www.sanyo.co.jp/clean/solar/hit_e/index_e.html","Thin-film modules/panels  -Amorphous series","Various forms & substrates: “solar cells that are round, square, or any complex shape, or solar cells that can be bent”","Red/Brownish","E-mail, see: www.sanyo.co.jp/clean/solar/hit_e/contact.html","Japan & Worldwide","Lead free"]
["Solon A.G.","www.solonag.com/","Modules & systems integrator","Si ",null,"solonag(at)solonag.com","Germany, Berlin"]
["Soltech","www.soltech.be","Modules and integrated systems","Si ","Semi-transparent","stefan.dewallef(at)soltech.be","Belgium (Hoegaarden)","Produce modules with Photovoltech Cells"]
["Ertex","www.ertex-solar.at","PV Glass modules for BIPV","Si & a-Si","BIPV - (semi-)transparant solutions incl. glass laminate-embedded Si-cells\n","E-mail / online form","Austria, Amstetten"]
["Exmork","www.exmork.com","PV-Panels, PV-systems, Hybrid PV-Wind systems","Si ",null,"Online form","China, Whenzou"]
["Cool Earth","www.coolearthsolar.com","Inflatable Concentrated PV (inflated concentrators)","CPV",null,"for utility-scale applications rather than individual installations","US, Livermore, California"]
["G24i Innovations","www.g24i.com"," Spherical Solar Cells","DSSC","Ochre, green, grey,  blue.","From 2008","Wales, Cardiff","“1st facility ever to produce solar cells exclusively on renewable energy, including solar, wind, geothermal + other green sources.” "]
["Heriot-Watt University, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences","www.powertextiles.com","a-Si (Thin film), integration in fabric/textiles – from 2008","a-Si & Polymers","n.n.","From 2008","Scotland"]
["Shell Solar","www.shell.com/home/content/shellsolar","Thin Film Modules ","CIS for BIPV",null,"From 2008; See Avancis","Holland, Helmond","See Avancis. Shell stopped producing Si-based PV tech"]
["GeSolar","www.gesolar.com; www.gesolar.eu","Modules, Inverters, Charge controller, solar led-lighting","Pc-Si",null,"info(at)gesolar.eu","United Arab Emirats, Dubai; Germany; UK; New-Zealand"]
["InnovaLight","www.innovalight.com","Thin Film -ink printing, for frid connected pv power","Pc-Si",null,"Late 2008/early 2009","US, Santa Clara (Silicon Valley)","Interview with CEO here (5/24/2007); http://www.redherring.tv/innovalight.htm"]
["Clean Venture 21","www.cv21.co.jp/"," Spherical Solar Cells","Si ",null,"n.n.","Japan","see http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=vcYR-3oe95s&feature=related"]
["4lots.com","www.4lots.com","All kinds of solar products – online shop","Si / a-Si",null,"Online","US, New Orleans"]
["Affordable Solar.com","www.affordable-solar.com/","Designs and distributes renewable energy systems for residential, commercial and industrial use domestically and internationally.","Various","Various","Online","US, Albuquerque","Enormous offer and handy calculation tools "]
["Conrad","www.conrad.de","“Sortiment solar produkte” ","Various","Various","Online","Germany "]
["Solar-world.com","http://www.solar-world.com/","Various pv products",null,null,"Online"]
["Solarlinkshop","www.solarlinkshop.de","Online store PV and wind energy products","Various   ","Various","online","Germany ","For various products English, French & Dutch PDF-Files are available; Lexikon in German"]
["Solarserver store","www.solarserver.de/store","Online store PV energy products","Various","Various","online","Germany "]
["Solatron technologies","www.partsonsale.com/","PV System parts","Various Si for BIPV",null,"Online"]
["Dyesol","www.dyesol.com/","Supplier of technology and materials to the DSSC sector","DSSC","Ochre, green, grey,  blue.","online (components for dssc)","Australia (Queanbeyan NSW) ","Supports major research, development and product demonstration program under contract from Universita Roma Degli Signi – Tor Vergata initially for glass based cells - (See also www.greatcell solar, the Swiss subsidiary) "]
["Photowatt International\n","www.photowatt.com; www.matrixsolar.com","Cells, modules, systems","Mc-Si and Spherical Si",null,"Online and retailer network","France, Bourgoin-Jallieu","Introduction of spheral technology in Europe; Part of Matrix Solar Technologies Inc. Note: according to beyondoilsolar.com, Photowatt ceased the production of pv panels. "]
["Evergreen Solar","http://evergreensolar.com/","Wafers, cells, panels – on-grid","p-Si ",null,"Online form","US, Marlboro; Germany, Berlin"]
["Wholesaler.com","www.wholesalesolar.com/solar-panels.html#Anchor-21683","PV-panels, systems and hybrid (pv & wind) systems","Si ",null,"Phone; e-mail","US, California","Very handy 'how-to' section> www.wholesalesolar.com/information.html"]
["FVG Energy","www.fvgenergy.com","Flexible pv, Si-modules and system components","Si & a-Si",null,"price(at)fvgenergy.com","Italy, Udine","Distributor of Iowa thin flexible film module"]
["Powerfilm","www.powerfilmsolar.com","Thin Film, flexible pv for portable, BIPV and remote power applications","a-Si  ","Dark brown, ultra thin and light","see instructions on website","US, Iowa","“custom manufacture possible of modules of many shapes and sizes to fit specific design requirements, with power ranging from 0.1 - 20 Watts per module.” Army specific products"]
["CSG Solar","www.csgsolar.com","Modules ","C-Si on Glass",null,"Via www.ibc-solar.com","Germany, Thalheim "]
["Isofoton","www.isofoton.com","Cells, Modules","Mc-Si and pc-Si",null,"Worldwide distribution network","Spain","leading provider of photovoltaic solar solutions in Europe and the eighth largest PV manufacturer in the world."]
["Velleman","www.velleman.be; www.vellemanusa.com","Range of Solar cells and components for end users","Various",null,"Worldwide network","Belgium (Gavere)"]
["Sharp Photovoltaics Div","http://sharp-world.com/solar/","Cells, Modules, thin film modules","Mc-Si, pc-Si; a-Si (tandem-Si)",null,"Worldwide: http://sharp-world.com/solar/contact/index.html","Japan"]
["Alternative Technologies Pvt. Ltd.",null,"Design, installation, contractor services ","N.n.",null,"snakes(at)zambezi.net","Zimbabwe, Harare"]
["Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.","www.bhel.com","Cells, modules, systems","Mc-Si",null,"B2B; query(at)bhel.com","India (New Delhi)"]
["Kenital Solar Energy","www.kenital.com","Various pv products","Si ",null," solar(at)kenital.com","Kenya, Nairobi"]
["Konarka","www.konarka.com","Thin Film Modules ","Nanocrystal polymer (plastic-based) PV materials","Custom colors and patterns and varying degrees of translucency","B2B","US, Lowell Massachusetts (Germany, Nuremberg)","Manufacturer for the US army. “Konarka does not currently send samples of its proprietary technology. At this time, only a small, select group of partners have access to our technology.”"]
["Kyocera","www.kyocerasolar.eu","Cells and modules; focus to the development of small, low power applications such as portable consumer electronics","mc-Si",null,"see: www.kyocerasolar.eu/index/footer/contact_us.html","Japan, Tokyo (Germany, Spain, US, Singapore, China)","Kyocera Fineceramics GmbH, based in Germany, is a 100% subsidiary of KYOCERA CORPORATION JAPAN; Oct. 2007: new world record of 18.5% energy conversion efficiency for a 15cm x 15cm multicrystalline silicon solar cell."]
["Link Intertrade (Private) Ltd.,",{"$nulls":5},"Sri Lanka"]
["Lotus Energy Pvt. Ltd.,","www.lotusenergy.com","Various pv products","Si ",null,"sales(at)lotusenergy.com","Nepal, Kathmandu"]
["NanoSolar","www.nanosolar.com","Thin Film Modules; Light-weight solar-electric cell foil ","CIGS","different colours, different opacity. The foil can be cut to any size.","“Foil available wholesale to strategic partners”","Palo Alto, California, US ","“...focused on utilizing new nanocomponents and -processes with proven technology (cigs) with high throughputs; printable on many surfaces.” - See http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=gQJiGsMv07Q&feature=related"]
["Oerlikon Solar","www.oerlikon.com/solar","Thin Film Modules ","Si ","Black","sales.solar(at)oerlikon.com","Switzerland"]
["OKSolar","www.oksolar.com",null,null,null,"Online. See: www.oksolar.com/contact/","US (Spain)"]
["PowerQuant","www.powerquant.at/","Modules with design (geometry) cells","Pc-Si","Dark Blue + modular outlines joints in silver, gold or copper – Also modules with back contact (cf. Q-cells)","office(at)powerquant.at","Austria, Bisamberg"]
["Prism Solar","www.prismsolar.com/","Holographic Solar Modules (concentrating tech)","Si-based with glass","Semi-transparent","info(at)prismsolar.com","US, NY "]
["PVT-Austria","www.pvt-austria.at","Q-Cells probe modules with specially 'spiderweb' wired cells. ","Si-cells","Dark blue cells, with option of integrating colorfull signs (logo) using black, Blue, Gold, Red, Green, Silver and Bronze ","office(at)pvt-austria.at","Austria "]
["Q-Cells","www.q-cells.com","Cells B2B","mc-Si and pc-Si",null,"B2B","Germany, Thalheim","2nd largest producer worldwide; largest independent producer. Cell Sample at foam. Distributor in Belgium"]
["Golden Sun Solar ","www.gs-solar.com","Thin Film Modules (rooftiles); ","A-Si, uc-Si","Dark Blue, integrated in ('Eastern') roof tiles, semi translucent","sales(at)GS-Solar.com","China, Quanzhou"]
["Schott","www.schott.com/solar/english/index.html","Wafers, Cells, Modules, thin film modules","C-Si and a-Si","Equal surface","see: www.schott.com/photovoltaic/english/salespartners/index.html","Germany (worldwide)"]
["Silicon Solar","www.siliconsolar.com/Solar-Cells-by-the-Watt-p-106.html","Various pv products","Si ",null,"Online","US (+52countries)",", including Scrap solar cells (by the watt, 16$) "]
["Sol 3g","www.sol3g.com","PV Concentrating modules","Concentrating",null,"info(at)sol3g.com","Spain","900 times less semi conductor; high cost reduction"]
["Solamatics",null,"Manufacturers and engineers of solar energy systems; thermal and PV ","Si ",null,"mikem(at)mcdiarmid.co.zw","Zimbabwe"]
["Solar Century","www.solarcentury.com","Production of solar projects (feasibility studies, tech research and installation)","miscellaneous",null,"E-mail, see www.solarcentury.com/who_we_are/contact_us/","United Kingdom, London (France, Spain)"]
["Solar Energy Systems","www.solar-energy-systems.eu","Modules, solar PV and solar thermal combined","Si-cells","Black","info(at)solar-energy-systems.eu","Germany, Schüttorf "]
["Solar Integrated","www.solarintegrated.com","Thin film (Unisolar) BIPV; Solar tents ","a-Si ",null,"E-mail. See: www.solarintegrated.com/contact.htm",null,"Ideal for flat roofs"]
["SolarFun","www.solarfun.com.cn","Cells, Modules","Si ",null,"E-mail. See: www.solarfun.com.cn/contact_1.php","China, Shanghai (Spain, Germany, US, Australia)","One of many newcomers from booming China"]
["Solarman Co.","http://solarmanco.com/pages/948238/index.htm","n.n.","Si ",null,"solarman29(at)hotmail.com","Sudan, Khartoum"]
["Solarshop.net-Europe","www.solarshop-europe.net/","“High quality” solar modules and components.","Various",null,"Online","Germany, Freilassing"]
["Spectrolab","www.spectrolab.com","Triangular Advanced Solar Cells (TASK)","Triple junction gallium arsenide",null,"E-form","US ","“A variety of power-consuming electronic equipment can benefit from these cells, especially if the area available is small or the time required for charging is limited.” "]
["Sunpower","www.sunpowercorp.com","Cells (Back contact), modules","Si ","Black","E-form","US ","PV-goodies; will be 1 of the most competitive vertically integrated PV-companies after take-over of Powerlight (California)."]
["Sunset Solar","www.sunset-solar.de","Variously colored (Si) cells","Si ","Red, Green, Blue, Grey","E-form","Germany "]
["Suntech","www.suntech-power.com","Cells and Modules ","mc-Si, pc-Si, a-Si","From non-to Semi-to full transparent (thin film a-Si betweeenglass; BIPV)","E-mail, see: www.suntech-power.com/ContactUs/tabid/56/Default.aspx","China, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province (UK, Australia, US)","Largest solar module provider worldwide. BIPV specialized subsidiary is MSK -> www.msk.ne.jp"]
["Sunvention","www.sunvention.com","Sunvention offers a platform to draw together different experiences and know-how in the pursuit of a common objective. Sunvention is an open system, the hub of an energetic network. ","Si ",null,"E-form","Germany, Heppenheim","SOLAR POWER VILLAGE secures villages in sun-belt countries with energy and water – and this in an environmentally friendly way. People in arid climates can cultivate agricultural produce with a minimum of water. See BSR Technologies"]
["Sunways","www.sunways.de","Cells, Modules, Invertors","Mc-Si, pc-Si and transparent cells","mc-Si: Homogeneous, black pc-Si: Homogeneous, blue  Transparent","E-mail,see: www.sunways.de/en/contact/index.php","Germany, Konstanz"]
["United Solar Ovonic","www.ovonic.com/eb_so_solar_overview.cfm","Thin-film modules/panels","a-Si light weight flexible solar cells",null,"E-mail, see: www.ovonic.com/oc_ecd_ovonics_locations.cfm#pv","US, Auburn Hills (Michigan) – Also Germany, Mexico","Distributor in UK: www.pluggingintothesun.org.uk/newcellflyer.pdf"]
["Würth Solar GmbH & Co. KG (WS).","www.wuerth-solar.de","Modules ","CIS ","Black","Email: See: wuerth.solar(at)we-online.de","Germany, Schwäbisch Hall ","Würth Solar opens CISfab solar factory in Schwäbisch Hall Worldwide first large-scale production of non-silicon CIS solar modules"]
["Greatcell Solar S.A.","www.greatcell.solar","Supplier of technology and materials to the DSSC sectorin Europea","DSSC","see Dyesol","E-form","Switzerland, Lausanne","Swiss subsidiary of Dyesol. 2008 - Establishing the first fully equipped Lab facilities using Dyesol Equipment and Materials"]
["Solfocus Inc. ",null,"Concentrator PV for commercial rooftop and utility-scale field installations"]
["Siemens",null,"Cells","Organic cells (Polymer (PCBM))",null,null,null,"Research"]

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["Energia sin fronteras","Spanish NGO striving for better access to electricity worldwide making use of PV ","http://catalunya.ingenieriasinfronteras.org/NOVA/energia/eng/activitats_terme.php","Spain"]
["Electriciens Sans Frontières","French NGO striving for better access to electricity worldwide making use of PV","www.electriciens-sans-frontieres.org"]
["Europe INNOVA ","For innovation professionals (supported by the European Commission (6th Framework Programme).","www.europe-innova.org"]
["European Renewable Energy Council ","“Umbrella organization of the European renewable energy industry, trade and research associations active in the sectors of bio-energy, geothermal, ocean, small hydropower, solar electricity, solar thermal and wind energy.”","www.erec-renewables.org","EU"]
["Holland Solar ","“Dutch association for Solar Energy with 40 members, manufacturers, suppliers, architects, energy companies”. ","www.hollandsolar.nl"]
["International Energy Agency","“Energy policy advisor to 27 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens... conducts a broad program of energy research, data compilation, publications and public dissemination of the latest energy policy analysis and recommendations on good practices.”","http://www.iea.org/","/"]
["International Sustainable Energy Organization for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ISEO)","“UN agencies with necessary links to many other UN bodies which are directly or indirectly touched by energy issues and with the hundreds of NGOs around the world, who can help pushing the transition to the Clean, Sustainable Energy Age by conserving resources and bringing the biosphere and climate back into a natural balance.”","www.uniseo.org","Switzerland, Geneva"]
["Renewable Energy Association","Membership Association that “represents British renewable energy producers and promotes the use of sustainable energy in the UK.”","www.r-p-a.org.uk","United Kingdom"]
["The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport of the Commision of the European Union","“...creation of a genuine internal market for electricity and gas, the promotion of new energy sources and a more coordinated approach to security of supply.”","http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.html","EU"]
["The Energy Savings Trust","“Non-profit organization, funded both by government and the private sector. We are one of the UK's leading organizations set up to address the damaging effects of climate change and we have offices in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Our aim is to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by promoting the sustainable and efficient use of energy.”","www.est.org.uk","UK"]
["The European Association for Renewable Energy ","“Develops political and economic plans of action and concepts -including legal frameworks- for the introduction of Renewable Energies. Arranges conference series as:  • the European Conference \"Solar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning\".” \n• the \"World Renewable Energy Forum\" \n• the Conferences „Biomass for Energy and Basic Materials and New Agriculture“. \nInitiator of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE) ","www.eurosolar.org"]
["The European Forum for Renewable Energy Sources","“Non-profit organization (°1995) promoting Renewable Energy Sources.  Has an intense institutional network at EU and national level. One of the driving forces in the renewable energy sector to stimulate the exchange of information between Parliamentarians and also key-players. Work for the benefit of good legislative acts in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficient and related fields.” ","www.eufores.org/index.php?id=18","EU"]
["The European Renewable Energy Centres Agency","“An independent member-based association, it incorporates 48 prominent research groups from all over Europe. Research fields include solar buildings, wind, photovoltaics, biomass, small hydro, solar thermal power stations, ocean energy, solar chemistry and solar materials, hybrid systems, developing countries and integration of renewable energy in the energy infrastructure.”","www.eurec.be","EU","Research includes developing countries"]
["The National Energy Foundation",null,"www.greenenergy.org.uk","United Kingdom"]
["The Photovoltaic Technology Platform ","Aims at mobilizing all the actors sharing a long-term European vision for photovoltaic. Realizing the European Strategic Research Agenda for PV for the next decade(s); Give recommendations for implementation, ensuring that Europe maintains industrial leadership.","www.eupvplatform.org","EU"]
["World Alliance for Decentralised Energy (WADE)","“Non-profit research, promotion and advocacy organization representing global companies as well as industry and environmental groups. Since 1997, WADE has worked to accelerate the worldwide deployment of decentralized energy systems that deliver substantial economic and environmental benefits.” ","www.localpower.org","/"]
["World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE)  ","Membership “...motivate and encourage governments\nand enterprises to develop strategies for Renewable Energy.”","www.world-council-for-renewable-energy.org"]
["World Renewable Energy Congress / Network (WREC/WREN)","Supporting and enhancing the utilization and implementation of renewable energy sources that are both environmentally safe and economically sustainable. This is done through a worldwide network of agencies, laboratories, institutions, companies and individuals, all working together towards the international diffusion of renewable energy technologies and applications.","www.wrenuk.co.uk","UK"]
["Prometheus Institute for Sustainable development","Non-profit institute focusing on collecting and disseminating information on all types of technology and processes used in promoting global economic, industrial, and societal sustainable development.\n\n\n","http://prometheus.org/","US, Cambridge"]

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["50W Home system + battery in US","DIY Video of a simple installation of 3 panels + controller + deep cycle battery for powering 2 light bulbs of 5W DC","http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=0_P9XDKQP34&sdig=1","250 USD, 3 panels, 50W"]
["Anatomy of a Solar Cell","PV section of DIY site “How Stuff works”","www.howstuffworks.com/solar-cell8.htm"]
["Battery guide","Calculate the type you need","www.fnbindustrial.co.za/Leisure/BatType.htm"]
["Battery Guide ","Battery types, pros & cons, comparisons, tips & tricks","http://michaelbluejay.com/batteries/"]
["Biodesign DIY Electricitiy","A do-it-yourselfer with some knowledge of electronics can put together a simple photovoltaic system. ","http://biodesign.webeden.co.uk/","See video: "]
["Build a solar car ",null,"http://www.sunwindsolar.com/a_solar/sunnyside_instruct.html","Fun exercise for PV newbees"]
["Build it solar","DIY Research - Free information about solar projects & tools","www.builditsolar.com"]
["Conductive Glue DIY ","Conductive glue is used for scrap solar cells","http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Conductive-Glue-and-Glue-a-Circuit/"]
["Grid connected PV Watts calculator","International Performance calculator for grid connected pv-systems","http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/calculators/PVWATTS/version1/"]
["Happy Birthday Theremin","Lightness... Use PV for audio tunes","www.sunwindsolar.com/a_lessons/happy_birthday_theremin.html"]
["How PV works","Animation of how a photovoltaic cell works and a quick review of some basic high school chemistry. ","www.jc-solarhomes.com/photo-voltaic.htm",{"$nulls":6},"Very handy practical information for DIY small scale systems; extensive battery section "]
["How Solar Cells and Panels are made","Solar cells and two types of photovoltaic panels installed in Santa Monica, California. ","www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=494918774"]
["How to – Alternative Energy Store","Installing Batteries - Considerations for An Off Grid System","Http://howto.altenergystore.com/How-To-Library/Batteries/Installing-Batteries-Considerations-for-an-Off-Grid-System/a66/"]
["Hybrid wind and solar home small home system in UK","DIY video showing a combination of a self-made wind generator and a small solar panel","http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=mH3K8-3bzmQ&feature=related","wind generator better on rooftop"]
["Interactive Power Quality teaching toy","This tool, which can be freely circulated, illustrates in a graphical way a variety of phenomena in electric power systems, such as fundamental & reactive power, harmonic waveforms, various types of dips, fundamental sequence vectors, the effect of source impedance and much more. Recommended for who is dealing with electric power systems. ","www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/node/743"]
["Interactive Solar Map for Europe & Africa","interactive map of Europe (and Africa) showing the photovoltaics solar electricity potential. You can produce daly, monthly and annual averages for specific locations and inclination angles. ","http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/apps/radmonth.php?lang=en&map=europe","Also PV estimation for a grid connected system"]
["ITP - the Interactive Telecommunications Program","Syllabus Sustainable Energy including PV","http://itp.nyu.edu/sustainability/energy/syllabus.html","About ITP: “...graduate education program in alternative media. Living community of technologists, theorists, engineers, designers, and artists uniquely dedicated to pushing the boundaries of interactivity in the real and digital worlds. A hands-on approach to experimentation, production and risk-taking make this hi-tech fun house a creative home not only to its 230 students, but also to an extended network of the technology industry's most daring and prolific practitioners.”"]
["Lego Solar -  Sistema autosuficiente de energia solar – S.A.E.S.","Lego building blocks and solar panels – kid's playground","www.projetosaes.blogspot.com/","Language: Brazilian Portuguese"]
["ManSolar","Dssc kit","www.mansolar.nl"]
["MRSEC  Materials Research Science and Engineering Center\non Nanostructured Interfaces – University of Wisconsin-Madison","Titanium Dioxide Raspberry Solar Cell ","http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/TiO2/index.html","Preparation of Surface Conductive Glass – http://mrsec.wisc.edu/Edetc/nanolab/SnO2glass/index.html"]
["Network antenna with PV","Semi-autonomous antenna set up for network","Explanation: http://okno.be/?id=1175; Picts on: www.flickr.com/photos/psi36/sets/72157600812681269/show/"]
["Other Power","DIY Research","www.otherpower.com/","Independent DIY Low-Tech Energy Collective"]
["Photocell DIY","a copper oxide photocell and is very simple to make using materials found around the house. does not produce enough power to charge batteries or run circuits etc, it can be used for things such as a light sensor or as a pickup to hear a sound modulated light beam","http://home.earthlink.net/~lenyr/photocell.htm"]
["Practical Photovoltaics. Electricity from Solar Cells. By Richard J. Komp  ","“Guide to the theory and reality of solar electricity, as well as a detailed installation and maintenance manual.” ","www.chelseagreen.com/2002/items/496"]
["PV how it works","Explanation PV","www.alternate-energy-sources.com/what-is-solar-energy.html"]
["PV Stand alone set up calculator – Europe","This program helps you to calculate your solar plant for weekend homes, cottages, mobile homes and many more applications without any other power supply available. ","www.solarshop-europe.net/solar_calculation.php?country=1"]
["Repair a broken solar panel",null,"www.otherpower.com/otherpower_solar_repair.html"]
["Silicon Solar","Solar Kits: Scrap solar cells, Cell by the Watt etc.","www.siliconsolar.com/visual-directory/solar-electronic-kits.php"]
["Solar generator with car parts & recycled materials","short description of an MIT student experimenting in Lesotho (SA): a solar generator “cobbled together from auto parts and plumbing supplies” ","http://edgadgets.com/2006/07/20/build-a-solar-generator/;  http://www.sunwindsolar.com/a_solar/solar-models.html"]
["Solar panel","DIY Video for creating a solar panel out of broken re-used solar cell pieces. ","www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Solar-Panel/"]
["Solar Schoolhouse","Online video tutorials (Solar Power Monitor Set; ","www.solarschoolhouse.org"]
["Solar sound module","“Small robots move and generate soft ever-changing sounds. They get their energy from small solar cells.” ","www.olento.fi/ram4/workshops/2.php?name=solar","Olento (Survival Kit)"]
["Solar Wizard - to assist in finding the best solar energy solution (housing)",null,"www.mysolar.com/mysolar/pv/step1a.asp"]
["Solar-powered DS Lite",null,"www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/03/29/how_to_make_a_solar_powered_ds_lite/","with video"]
["Solar-Powered Wii ","“mobile Wii station, complete with an HD monitor, powered in part by solar energy”","www.tomsgames.com/us/2007/03/19/inside_the_solar_powered_wii/index.html"]
["Solarbotics","Projects with photovoltaics for robotics ","www.solarbotics.com/solar_cells/","Documentation on http://www.solarbotics.com/resources/documentation/"]
["Solideas","DIY DSSC","www.solideas.com/solrcell/english.html"]
["Sun wind Kits","“SunWind kits encourage children to build solar-powered mechanisms of their own design, to build with recycled materials, and to solarize other toys.” ","www.sunwindsolar.com/a_scripts/n_educational_kits.php","Video in DIY section"]
["Surface meteorology and Solar Energy","A renewable energy resource web site of global meteorology and surface solar energy climatology from NASA satellite data on 1 by 1 degree resolution.","http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/sse/"]
["Used Solar Panels (testing)","Used solar panels are usually a great bargain. Unless there is obvious major damage, you are most likely making a very safe and thrifty purchase... Things to watch when purchasing...","www.otherpower.com/otherpower_solar_used.html"]
["The power of the sun","Flash presentation about the functioning of the Si solar cell","http://cs.sbcc.edu/physics/solar/sciencesegment/","Recommended"]
["Interactive Power Quality teaching toy","Handy conversion of all kinds of units","www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/"]
["Photovoltaic pv-panels in The Netherlands ","Info from an experienced pv-user","www.zonnepanelen.wouterlood.com","extended site with practical info - Dutch Only "]
["Solar Ligthing","A $760 “entry-level system with which you can get to know the basics of solar power.a small photovoltaic (PV) panel, one battery and low-power direct current (DC) lighting fixtures, can bring solar lighting into your home or remote locations.”","www.motherearthnews.com/DIY/2007-04-01/Easy-DIY-Solar-Lighting.aspx","Text only"]
["Xylophone activated by PV","Solar panels power pager motors that activate the sticks tapping on the Woodstock Chimes – Each solar panel and pager motor is attached to a Miller solar engine circuit.","www.prize-pony.com/itp/blog/category/sustainable-energy"]
["Measure Battery State of Charge of a lead-acid battery","The article demonstrates an easy way to make fairly accurate SOC determinations in an off-grid PV-system using a digital voltmeter.","http://solarjohn.blogspot.com/2007/03/measuring-battery-state-of-charge.html"]
["Make your own Solar Panel ","Using cuprous oxide","http://build-solar-panel.com/index.php?/build-your-own-solar-panel.html"]
["BEAM Robotics (BEAM Wiki)","Use of photovoltaics for BEAM robotics (using simple analog circuits)","http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Solar_engine","Also see www.solarbotics.com"]
["Electronic Crafts","Overview pv-parts and vendors and pv-circuits","http://www.electroniccrafts.org/?n=Main.Solar","See arts projects section (Mouna Andraos)"]
["Make your own Solar Cell (in the kitchen)","solar cell is made from cuprous oxide instead of silicon. Cuprous oxide is one of the first materials known to display the photoelectric effect, in which light causes electricity to flow in a material. ","http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html","Not really an environmental friendly method"]

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["NAME","TYPE","DESCRIPTION","URL","LOCATION","NOTES"]
["Alternative Energy (Alt-E)","Blog",null,"http://alt-e.blogspot.com/"]
["Carbon Free","Magazine",null,"www.carbonfree.co.uk/cf/company.htm"]
["Censolar",null,null,"www.censolar.es/menu8.htm "]
["Cleantech","Blog","“Commentary on technologies, news, and issues relating to next generation energy and the environment.”","www.cleantechblog.com / http://www.censolar.es/menu8.htm ","US","focus on the pv market"]
["China Solar Energy Blog","Blog","About the pv market in China","http://solar-in-china.blogspot.com/","China","made by an international sales manager"]
["Ecogeek","Blog","Technology for the Environment","www.ecogeek.com","US"]
["Energy Source Guides","Guide","Online worldwide buyer's guide & business directory to +11,000 renewable businesses and organizations worldwide. ","http://energy.sourceguides.com/"]
["Enef","Guide","PV Company Directory","www.enf.cn","China, UK","A photovoltaic information company"]
["Erec Renewable Energy Media Overview","Media overview",null,"www.erec-renewables.org/events/2007PolicyConference/mediapartnership.htm"]
["EurAsia Semiconductors","Magazine"]
["European Innovation Magazine",null,null,"www.europe-innova.org"]
["Greenpeace","Internet Movie","Solar power and climate change","www.solarcentury.co.uk/content/view/full/99/(offset)/30"]
["History of Solar Energy ","Website","A website dedicated to the history of PV","www.gses.it/index.php","Italy","Mostly Italian. Initiative of the 'Gruppo per la Storia dell'Energia Solare (G S E S)'  "]
["History of Solar Energy ","Website","A website dedicated to the history of PV","www.californiasolarcenter.org/history.html","US"]
["Home Power","Magazine","The hands-on journal on home-made power","www.homepower.com","US"]
["Inhabitat","weblog","“weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.”","www.inhabitat.com","US","After 3 months of receiving "]
["Jeremy Leggett CEO’s Blog ","Blog","Blog from the ceo of the solar projects company Solar Century > www.solarcentury.com ","www.solarcentury.com/news/jeremy_leggett_s_blog",null,"see the solar projects company www.solarcentury.com"]
["La generación del sol","Portal","Todo sobre la energia solar y otros renovables","www.lageneraciondelsol.com","Spain","Muy completo, informativo, educativo"]
["Leonardo Energy","Documentation","Website delivering a range of virtual libraries relating to electrical energy. ","www.leonardo-energy.org","E.U. ","Report on PV: Power Quality and Utilisation Guide. Distributed generation & renewables. Photovoltaic installations. By Ton van der Wekken - Kema consulting, April 2007. www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/files/2007/8_3_3-final.pdf?download"]
["Materialsnet","Website","information on material performance and related R&D papers, as well as information on related conferences and international symposia.  ","www.materialsnet.com","Taiwan","in depth info nanotech"]
["Materials Today","Magazine",null,"www.materialstoday.com/",null,"Excellent source of info"]
["Makezine","Magazine/blog","“The first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects”","www.makezine.com","US"]
["Mother Earth News","Magazine ","“news and advice on conscientious living: Alternative Energy; Do It Yourself; Green Home Building; Natural Health; Organic Gardening; Whole Foods and Cooking; Homesteading and Self-reliance; Nature and Environment; and Livestock and Farming.” ","www.motherearthnews.com/","US"]
["MySolar","Portal",null,"www.mysolar.com/mysolar/nl/index.asp"]
["NanoMarkets","Portal",null,"www.nanomarkets.net"]
["Nanoparis","Blog","Nanomechanics in Photovoltaics","http://nanoparis.blogspot.com/"]
["One World","Website","Information about and for a more sustainable world with focus on poorer regions","www.oneworld.org"]
["Peswiki","Wiki","Pure Energy Systems Wiki --  publicly editable site about new energy technologies. ","http://peswiki.com/index.php/",null,"Recommended; See also http://pureenergysystems.com"]
["Photon International","Magazine","Photovoltaic Magazine – About the PV Market oriented","http://photon-international.com/",null,"Published by Solar Verlag GmbH"]
["Photon International, the Photovoltaic Magazine","Magazine","PV market; Extended Agenda","www.photon-magazine.com","Germany, Aachen"]
["PVresources.com","Portal","About PV history, overview technologies and types, systems, applications, BoS, site analysis, database of 850 PV-plants (peak power > 170 kWp) and more","www.pvresources.com",null,"Recommended"]
["Radiaciones.net","Portal","Renewable Energy News, Tech docu, commercial and admin info, links, user experiences, meeting point... ","http://www.radiaciones.net","Esp","Also English version"]
["Renewable Energy World Magazine ","Portal & magazine","Renewable Energy-focused services including global info about tech basics, companies, products, jobs, events","http://www.renewableenergyworld.com","US"]
["Science direct","Platform","“The world's leading platform offers over 2,000 high quality peer-reviewed full-text journals and books on science, technology and medicine.”","www.sciencedirect.com","US"]
["Sitiosolar","Portal","Información principalmente sobre el pv en america latina","www.sitiosolar.com","Spain","Also in French"]
["Solar Cells Info ","Blog",null,"http://solarcellsinfo.com/blog/"]
["Solar John","Blog","Private US person tells about his experiences with an off-the-grid-system","http://solarjohn.blogspot.com/","US"]
["Solar Panel World","Blog","Information on Home Solar Panel, RV Solar Panel, how to build Solar Panel, and Solar Energy.","http://my-solar-panel.blogspot.com","Israel"]
["SolarBuzz","Portal","Extended Agenda","www.solarbuzz.com/index.asp","US"]
["Solarcellsinfo.com",null,"Web portal: Resource Center for Photovoltaic Solar Cells (specialized in DSSC)","http://solarcellsinfo.com"]
["Solarizate","Edu project","Proyecto educativo sobre el uso de energia solar. ","www.solarizate.org","Spain","Proyecto de Greenpeace España y el Instituto para la diversificación y ahorro de energia"]
["Solarplaza","Website","Worldwide Solar Organisation Directory. “The independent global solar energy (photovoltaic) marketplace for PV trade and information.”","www.solarplaza.com/content/pvportal_results.php?category=&companyletter=&continent=&ms=","Holland (Spain, China)"]
["Technical Textiles.net","Site / newsletter","“online news and features about advanced and high-performance textiles”","www.technical-textiles.net/htm/f20061214.741984.htm","US","articles full text only after subscription (paid)"]
["The African Uptimist","Blog","“Clean energy and Internet access for people in Africa: An optimistic view of what works, what's better and where's the action.”","http://agbe.typepad.com/the_african_uptimist/","Africa"]
["The energy blog","Blog","“...a place where all topics relating The Energy Revolution are presented and form the basis for discussion.” ","http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/","US"]
["The Envirolink Network","Portal",null,"www.envirolink.org/"]
["TreeHugger","Website","“Leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, we strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information.” ","www.treehugger.com","US"]
["Top50 Solar","Website","The Top50-Solar® presents you the most popluar websites with the topic Solar Energy.\nThe visitors of the websites are counted and sorted in order of the duration of the last five days.","www.top50-solar.de/en","Germany","German/Italian/English"]
["Worldchanging","Site","Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future","www.worldchanging.com"]
["Zonneënergie startkabel","Portal","Dutch pv-portal","http://zonne-energie.startpagina.be/; http://zonne-energie.startkabel.nl/","Hol"]

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["NAME","DESCRIPTION","DATE","ORGANIZER","URL","LOCATION"]
["Sun and Sense: 7th International Conference\nSolar Energy in Architecture and Urban Planning","“...demonstrate how the enormous technological progress in the fields of Renewable Energies can be implemented extensively into architecture and urban planning.”","March 11th-14th, 2008","The European Association for Renewable Energy","www.eurosolar.de/en/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=270&Itemid=43"," Germany, Berlin"]
["InterSolar","Arguably the most important PV fair (picts of edition 2007: www.polderpv.nl/Intersolar2007.htm)","Annual, June ",null,"www.intersolar.com","Germany, Freiburg"]
["Les Ateliers de la Rue Voot","“L’atelier allie théorie-apprentissage (énergie solaire, démonstration de systèmes photovoltaïques, visite d’installations solaires) et pratique-apprentissage (construction de capteurs thermiques en caissons ou intégrés, montage d’un chauffe-eau solaire et plomberie).” ","Sept 22-Dec15, 2007 and Jan 12 – Apr 19, 2008 ","Les Ateliers de la rue Voot","www.voot.be/article_atelier.php3?id_article=12&single_page=1","Belgium, Brussels "]
["Solar Electricity Design Course","“How to design and install Stand-alone and Grid Connected Solar Electricity Systems. The course consists of theoretical and practical sessions along with a number of site visits to working Solar Electric installations.”","check site","Les Amis du numéro 9","http://lesamis9.org/solar_power_course.en.html?gclid=CJes_PKlx4sCFQ0vlAodmEsCBw","France, Saint Laurent de Cerdans"]
["Natural Homes","DIY Solar training ","All year","Natural Homes","http://naturalhomes.org/learning-power.htm","UK/Wales/US"]
["PV Technology and Opportunities:\nA Qualitative Overview","Online - A qualitative, mostly non-technical, overview of PV Technology, it's applications, costs, benefits and opportunities for career & employment.","check site","SõL Energy","www.solenergy.org/html/Catalog-of-Courses/PV101-Description.html","S.d. US"]
["PV tech","Long distance learning – PV and other renewable energies","All year","Retscreen International","www.retscreen.net/nl/11_form1.php","Worldwide"]
["Plugging into the sun","Hands-on PV workshop","All year","Plugging into the Sun® ","http://original.solar-active.com/workshopssolaractive.pdf","UK, Sheffield"]
["Solar Course","“renewable energy courses; solar electricity courses; system design & procurement; solar & wind system installation; Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment” ","All year","Green Dragon Energy","www.greendragonenergy.co.uk/pdf/Solar_Course_France.pdf","United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia"]
["PV Introduction course","Participants will learn about photovoltaic principles and systems, and will undertake practical sessions on system design and basic PV circuits. ","All year","Centre for Alternative Technology ","www.cat.org.uk/courses/program.tmpl?prog=SE&hfee=320&lfee=230&nfee=175&fn=&ctype=T_C","Machynlleth, mid-Wales "]
["International course of specialization in renewable energy for rural electrification","“... bilingual, hands-on course is geared to develop participants' skills in evaluation, design, installation, and management of isolated systems of electric generation from renewable energy.”","Variable","Practical Action Consulting","http://practicalactionconsulting.org/?id=rural_electrification_course","Developing countries'"]
["Photovoltaic Energy Conversion","Master of Science in Photonics","check site","University of Ghent, Belgium","www.opleidingen.ugent.be/studiegids/CURRENT/NL/FACULTY/TW/COURSE/EHPHOT/00000016/INDEX.HTM","Belgium, Ghent"]
["European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition","Solar Conference and Exhibition","September 2008","WIP – Munich, Germany and the Renewable Energies Unit of the European Commission","www.photovoltaic-conference.com/","Spain, Valencia (2008) "]
["Photovoltaic Devices and Applications.","Online course tailored to professional engineers wishing to develop expertise in the field. There is also the option for a less mathematically based a strand especially for professional architects and related occupations. Both strands will have a periodic assignments and a major written project.  There are no prerequisites for this course","Annual ","The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering and the ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence – The University of New-South Wales","www.pv.unsw.edu.au/online-course/pv-devices-and-apps/index.asp","Australia, New South Wales"]
["Energy Events EU","Overview of energy events, jobs, software and magazines",null,null,"http://energyevents.eu/"]
["The Solar Program of The Barefoot College","A Solar engineering program  that consists of the training of rural unemployed youth, semi-literate and literate rural women from different parts of India and elsewhere. They become barefoot solar engineers in order to install solar home lighting systems in their villages ","Since 1986","The Barefoot College","www.barefootcollege.org","Tilonia, Rajasthan, India",{"$nulls":242},">"]
["Renewable Energy World Events Calendar","User friendly calendar of global pv-related events",null,"Renewable Energy World","http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/events/home","US"]