Renewable Energy Resources

Want to learn more about renewable energy? We've found these resources to be useful and educational. Each link opens in a new window.

Geothermal - The Energy Under Our Feet: Geothermal Resource Estimates for the United States is a new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory about geothermal energy systems. The report estimates that geothermal resources represent a 30,000-year energy supply at the current U.S. rate of energy consumption. (January 2007 )
Introduction to Ground Source Heat Pumps: 4,147 kb
Do Geothermal Heat Pumps Have Mainstream Potential?: In this Renewable Energy Access article, Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association, shares his thoughts about the potential for ground source heat pumps to go mainstream. (February 2007)
Who Owns Renewable Energy Certificates? An Exploration of Policy Options and Practice: This report from Lawrence Berkeley Labs authors Ryan H. Wiser and Mark Bolinger and Ed Holt & Associates' Edward A. Holt provides information and insight aimed at state policy-makers, utility regulators, and others about different approaches to clarifying the ownership of Renewable Energy Certificates.
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium: A cooperative venture working to increase awareness and use of geothermal exchange technologies to reduce not only greenhouse emissions and America's energy consumption, but to dramatically reduce America's dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil. The consortium's partners include energy and utility companies, manufacturers, designers,engineers, builders, drillers, and national, state, and local organizations and public agencies.
Home Power Magazine: This independent magazine is dedicated to providing information about home-scale renewable energy and sustainable living solutions. They cover alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, and microhydro electricity, home energy efficiency, solar hot water systems, space heating and cooling, green building materials and home design, efficient transportation, and more.
High Performance Cities: A Guide to Energy-Saving Policies for Urban Areas:The Apollo Alliance and ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Cities for Change project present this document outlining strategies that can be used individually or in concert to reduce energy use and achieve real energy savings, which can then be reinvested to fund even more significant clean energy programs. This document is in PDF format, 256K.
U.S. Renewable Energy Firms Cash In: With European nations struggling to keep their promised targets under the Kyoto Protocol for greenhouse gas emissions, U.S. firms are set to cash in on the increased attention on renewable energies. (TerraDaily, January 5, 2006)

Fact Sheets

Here you'll find fact sheets about renewable energy technologies. Most of the fact sheets require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Ground Source Heat Pumps fact sheet: 749 kb
Geoexchange Systems: Renewable and Ready: 112 kb
Comparing Heating Systems: 125 kb