ENVIRONMENT | Protecting our natural resources

09 May 2008

Internet Resources

Selected sources of information on clean energy

 

Government

Energy Star

http://www.energystar.gov/

Interagency program helping businesses and individuals to protect the environment and save energy through energy efficiency.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Idaho National Laboratory

http://www.inl.gov/

Science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to meeting America's environmental, energy, nuclear technology, and national security needs.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

http://www.lbl.gov/

DOE-supported laboratory that conducts research across many disciplines, with key eforts in fundamental studies of the universe, quantitative biology, nanoscience, new energy systems and environmental solutions, and integrated computing.

National Energy Technology Laboratory

http://www.netl.doe.gov/about/index.html

Part of the DOE national laboratory system that implements research and development programs to resolve the environmental, supply, and reliability constraints of producing and using fossil resources.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

http://www.nrel.gov/

DOE-supported laboratory that develops renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies and practices and advances related science and engineering.

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

http://www.eere.energy.gov/

DOE office that advances the commercialization and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.

U.S. Department of State

Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy

http://www.state.gov/e/eb/c9982.htm

State Department bureau that coordinates the department's liaison with major energy-producing countries and organizations.

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

http://www.state.gov/g/oes/

State Department bureau that coordinates policies related to science, the environment, and the world's oceans.

ACADEMIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

Alliance to Save Energy

http://www.ase.org/

Coalition of business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders that supports energy efficiency.

American Council on Renewable Energy

http://www.acore.org/

Nongovernmental group that promotes renewable energy options for the production of electricity, hydrogen, and fuels, as well as for end uses.

Alliance for Mindanao Off-Grid Renewable Energy

http://www.amore.org.ph/

U.S. Agency for International Development partnership with private groups and nongovernmental organizations designed to provide electricity from renewable sources to villages on the southern Philippines islands.

Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/default.htm

Multilateral effort to accelerate the development and deployment of clean-energy technologies.

Clean Edge

http://www.cleanedge.com/

Research and publishing firm specializing in clean-energy markets.

Clean Energy Group

http://www.cleanegroup.org/

Nonprofit group that promotes greater use of clean energy technologies through innovation in finance, technology, and policy.

Energy Voyager

http://www.energyvoyager.com

Consulting firm that supports energy innovators and entrepreneurs.

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

http://www.eesi.org/index.html

Nonprofit provider of information services and public policy initiatives on environmentally sustainable societies.

Global Village Energy Partnership

http://www.gvep.org/

Partnership of public and private groups that aims at ensuring access to modern energy services for the poor.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Research Council

http://web.mit.edu/erc/index.html

Program that explores how to best match MIT expertise with global needs and produce a plan for tackling the world energy crisis through science, engineering, and education.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/dep/site/default.asp

Agency of one of the 50 U.S. states that is responsible for administering the state's environmental laws and regulations.

Renewable Energy Access

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/home

An Internet source for information on renewable energy.

Rice UniversityBaker Institute Energy Forum

http://www.rice.edu/energy/index.html

Program dedicated to educating policy makers and the public about important energy trends.

Rocky Mountain Institute

http://www.rmi.org/

Nongovernmental organization that promotes market-based, integrative solutions aimed at fostering efficient and restorative use of resources.

Stanford UniversityGlobal Climate and Energy Project

http://gcep.stanford.edu/

Long-term research effort on technologies that will permit the development of global energy systems with significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions.

UN Commission on Sustainable Development

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/policy.htm

Organization responsible for monitoring implementation of United Nations' policies on environment and sustainable development.

World Alliance for Decentralized Energy

http://www.localpower.org/

Nongovernmental organization that promotes worldwide deployment of on-site renewable energy, cogeneration, and energy recycling systems.

The U.S. Department of State assumes no responsibility for the content and availability of the resources from other agencies and organizations listed above. All Internet links were active as of July 2006.

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