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Solar Energy Technology

Photovoltaic (or PV) cells convert light energy into electricity. This site looks at the development of photovoltaics as a domestic and industrial source of energy, including some quite detailed ...

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http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/solar.html

What is a solar sail?

Could a spaceship be powered by the sun's energy? An introduction to solar sails.

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http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/innovative_technologies/solar_sailing/whatis.html

Solar power

An overview from the BBC on solar energy.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/adaptation/solar_power.shtml

Learning about Renewable Energy

Nice, clear info on renewable energy resources including geothermal, solar, wind and biomass power from the National Renewable Energy Lab.

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http://www.nrel.gov/learning/

Solar Energy

An explanation of the different ways in which we can use the sun's energy.

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http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter15.html

Renewable energy

An introduction to the main types of renewable energy, focusing on wind, solar, wave, tidal and waste power.

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http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/themes/energy/energy-supply/renewable-energy/

Renewable energy - from sunlight to electricity

Instructions on how to make a solar cell ribena and other equipment.

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http://www.rsc.org/images/RSCrenewable_tcm18-159226.pdf

The Solar wind

A NASA page all about solar wind, including the latest data on the Sun's activity and with lots more information on solar physics.

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http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SolarWind.shtml

What is Energy?

A great site for children about energy, covering where energy comes from, how to save energy, the history of energy and fun games.

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http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=1

How Solar Sails Work

A brief description of how Solar Sails work and solar spacecraft design This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com.

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http://www.howstuffworks.com/solarsail.htm
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