About Solar Energy
Follow the links below to learn more about solar energy. Note that we provide these links to outside Web sites as a reference for our customers, but we neither control the content on these Web sites nor endorse any information or conclusions presented by the Web site authors. Our screening indicates these sites have high-quality information we believe would be of interest to our customers.If you have suggestions for additional sites to add to this list, or reasons you think some sites should not be included on this list, we’d like to hear from you.
Links to Solar Financial and Performance Calculators
- PVWatts– An easy to use online tool developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratories, used to estimate the annual energy production and financial returns from solar PV systems.
Links to Information about Available Tax Credits and Subsidies
- Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy - An online summary of federal, state, city, and utility incentives available all over the U.S. Of particular interest, see:
Links to Technical Information about Solar Energy
- Solar Energy Technologies Program - U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) web site.
- Tracking the Sun: The Installed Costs of Photovoltaics in the U.S. - A National Laboratories report on solar electric costs.
