Energy Related Links

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On Campus at UMass Amherst

Center For Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Provides technological solutions to environmental problems resulting from energy production, industrial, manufacturing, and commercial activities.

Center For Renewable Energy Science and Technology (CREST)

Massachusetts Center for Renewable Energy Science and Technology brings together complementary expertise in molecular design and synthesis, physical characterizations, device fabrication, and theoretical modeling from at least five different departments within UMass.

E3lab -- The Energy, Economic, and Environmental Decision-Making Lab

The Energy, Environment, and Economic Decision Making Lab applies the tools of operations research and economics to a wide variety of environmental, energy, and policy issues, with a focus on technology and technical change.

Environmental BioTechnology Center – Geobacter Project

Research on Geobacter species with novel electron transfer capabilities and the ability to transfer electrons onto the surface of electrodes which has made it possible to design novel microbial fuel cells which can efficiently convert waste organic matter to electricity.  Current research focused on elucidating the mechanisms of electron transfer between the microorganisms and the electrode in order to design better electrodes or genetically engineer better microbes for higher rates of electricity production.

Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership

Supports deployment of energy efficient technology and tools to the industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors.

Northeast Combined Heat and Power Applications

Focused on integrated systems for cooling heating and power (CHP) for buildings incorporate multiple technologies to provide energy services to a single building or to a campus of buildings.

Renewable Energy Research Laboratory

Conducts research in renewable energy technologies, focused primarily on wind energy in New England including offshore wind power issues, resource assessment, renewable energy software development, hybrid power systems, wind turbine dynamics and control, and wind farm siting and performance.

The Virtual Center for Supernetworks

Fosters the study and application of supernetworks and serves as a resource to academia, industry, and government on networks ranging from transportation, logistical, telecommunication, and power networks to economic, environmental, financial, knowledge and social networks.

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Off Campus Links

Massachusetts and New England based energy organizations

Clean Power Now

Non-profit volunteer organization that informs citizens and empowers them to support viable renewable energy projects and policies, and to secure their local and regional benefits

Mass Energy

A non-profit organization that both advocates and acts in the marketplace on behalf of consumers and the environment, Mass Energy offers discount heating oil, green electricity options, and solar energy services. Their advocacy work serves all consumers and their charitable programs benefit low-income households and other nonprofit organizations.

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative – Renewable Energy Trust

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative is the state’s development agency for renewable energy and the innovation economy, which is responsible for one-quarter of all jobs in the state. MTC administers the John Adams Innovation Institute and the Renewable Energy Trust. We work to stimulate economic activity in communities throughout the Commonwealth

MTC Renewable Energy Trust

Promotes clean energy technologies and fosters the emergence of sustainable markets for electricity generated from renewable sources, seeking to maximize environmental and economic benefits for the Commonwealth’s citizens.

Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center

Created in 2004 as a program in the Massachusetts Economic Stimulus Bill, its goal is to support technology transfer activities from public and private research institutions to companies in Massachusetts. To achieve this goal, the Center works with technology transfer offices at Massachusetts research institutions; faculty, researchers, and students who have commercially promising ideas; and companies across the Commonwealth.

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships

A regional nonprofit organization founded in 1996, NEEP promotes energy efficiency in homes, buildings and industry in the Northeast U.S. through regionally coordinated programs and policies that promote the use of energy efficient products, services and practices.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

Organization of professionals and concerned citizens working in sustainable energy and whole systems thinking. NESEA facilitates the widespread adoption and use of sustainable energy by providing support to industry professionals and by educating and motivating consumers to learn about, ask for, and adopt sustainable energy and green building practices.

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Other Links of Interest

Argonne National Laboratory, operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), links to 250 research programs, industrial technology development centers, conferences, libraries, scientific facilities, student and faculty opportunities, weekly “what’s new updates”, and research programs on energy and technology.

Asia Alternative Energy Program, established by the World Bank, links to alternative energy projects, technical assistance programs, reports and papers on alternative energy, news updates, partnerships, and related organizations.

Center for Alternative Transportation Fuels (Vancouver, Canada) maintains a database of technical papers on alternative fuels, hybrid electric vehicles, batteries, and fuel cells and has links to publications.

CADDET Renewable Energy is an International Energy Agency agreement for the exchange of information on commercial renewable energy and includes links to the Renewable Energy Register, a database of demonstrated renewable energy projects, technical brochures, reviews on various renewable energy topics, and resources and organizations for geothermal, hydro, wind, solar, PV, and biomass energy.

Canadian Sustainable Energy, operated by the Independent Power Producers’ Society of Ontario, has information about technologies, including solar, wind, small hydro, cogeneration, biomass, and district heating and cooling

ETDEWEB is part of the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Data Exchange program. The site is an international clearinghouse for energy research and technology information, with a database containing citations published worldwide regarding nuclear, coal, and global climate change information. Policies for users vary by country.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN), the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) resource for information on renewable energy, offers users access to over 600 links and 80,000 documents, a news database, online energy experts, and search links to utilities, building technologies, and alternative technologies such as bioenergy, hydrogen, and solar. The solar link, for example, connects users with the National Center for Photovoltaics and the Alternative Fuels Data Center.

Energy Information Administration accesses comprehensive statistics and data on various forms of energy, searchable by topics such as process, sector, price, forecasts, analysis, and links to related resources.

Environmental Energy Technology Division’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has summaries of research in advanced technologies, building technologies, staff opportunities, and a diverse listing of links, ranging from energy software and market data, to transportation.

European Association of Renewable Energy Research Centers (EUREC), an independent association of 40 research and development groups in Europe, links to recommended literature, job and internship opportunities, publications, periodicals, and European data.

European Commission Directorate General features statistics, publications, and resources related to the European Union’s energy policy.

Global Network of Environment & Technology an environmental technology, news, and business center in partnership with National Energy Technology Center and U.S. DOE’s Office of Science & Technology, links to information on technology, markets, DOE updates, government updates, newsletters, and job information.

Los Alamos National Laboratory links to updates on ongoing research into fuel cells, zero-emissions power, as well as science and technology updates.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) offers comprehensive data and resources on energy and matter, biofuels, solar, wind, hydropower, and other energy sources, and environmental energy technologies.

Rocky Mountain Institute, a nonprofit research and consulting organization, has focused on energy and resource efficiency since its beginnings in 1982. RMI works with businesses, governments, and communities to create wealth while simultaneously protecting the earth through the more productive use of finite resources. RMI's website (www.rmi.org) contains many research publications in it's on-line library, past and current newsletters, links, and insights into other environmental and resource issues, including water, transportation, and climate.

The Atlas Project is part of the European Network of Energy Agencies’(on behalf of Directorate General XVII of the European Commission) Energy Research and Technological Development (RTD) strategy and provides a review of alternative energy technologies.

U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a U.S. DOE research lab, gives users access to research and technology projects, technology transfer, news, events, data and documents, R&D programs, contracting opportunities, and education partnerships.
Energy — Biofuels

American Bioenergy Association accesses facts on bioenergy technologies, legislative updates, and more than 200 links to nonprofit organizations, research institutions, government organizations, and other sources of information and data.

Alternative Fuels Data Center links to searchable data sets, facts and figures, funding opportunities, more than 50 topic areas, including university research programs, biodiesel fuels, alternative fuel vehicles, electric fuels, and funding opportunities.

Bioenergy Information Network has extensive databases on fast-growing trees and grasses, residues for fuel and power, links to related topics and organizations, searchable databases, news updates, publications, FAQs, and links to U.S. DOE’s National Biofuels Program. Frequent updates include proceedings of bioenergy meetings, current research information, and access to publications, news, and images.

U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Biomass Program links to ongoing research in bioethanol technology, biodiesel technology, document databases, news updates, publications, and industrial and research partnerships.
Energy — Wind

American Wind Energy Association provides information about both small-scale and utility-scale wind technologies and projects. The site includes standards and technical information.

British Wind Energy Association links to information on various types of wind energy—offshore and wind energy farms—and has a directory of wind energy companies.

European Wind Energy Association links to data on wind energy use in Europe, publications, news updates, and conferences.

National Climatic Data Center accesses historic and current climate data, wind speed data, research, monitoring, climate events, and allows users to search the National Virtual Data System (NVDS) to access NOAA data from all NOAA centers.

National Wind Technology Center, operated by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is a clearinghouse of information on emerging wind technologies for both small-scale and utility-scale use and includes data on wind energy in the marketplace, wind turbine research and illustrations, updates on avian issues, and research on U.S. wind potential.

Sandia National Laboratory’s Wind Energy Technology Program links to applied research, turbine research, online abstracts and reports, bibliography, and symposiums.
Energy — Geothermal

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) of the U.S. DOE links to international and national statistics, data research organizations, and resource links.

European Deep Geothermal Energy Program provides information on the research and development of enhanced geothermal systems, hot dry-rock technologies in Europe, and related activities, maps, and research results.
Energy — Hydrogen

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) part of the U.S. DOE, links to hydrogen-related projects, technologies, state, federal organizations, universities and publications, and the Hydrogen Information Network (see below).

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Letter published monthly, has a Web site that includes, free of charge, a searchable database of topics covering international hydrogen and fuel cell issues, as well as news articles on the topic.
Energy — Electricity

Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies is a nonprofit organization with research data, published reports, journals, and links to ongoing projects such as the California Regulatory Research Project, which was created to examine issues in the debate over electric utility restructuring.

Power Scorecard assesses the environmental impact of different types of electricity generation. It was developed with the technical support of the Pace Law School Energy Project to help citizens rate electricity sources by entering state and energy preferences.
Energy — Solar

A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources (AGORES), the European Commission’s site on renewable energies accesses research projects, includes publications, calls for proposals, news and updates, and links such as the Global Energy Marketplace. It has more than 2500 renewable energy links and is sponsored by EPA.

American Solar Energy Society provides resources for links to information on the National Solar Energy Conference, the Advances in Solar Energy publication, ASES-published white papers, and other resources.

International Solar Energy Society links to publications and the worldwide information system for renewable energy (WIRE).

National Center for Photovoltaics accesses technical papers, resources information, conferences, and R&D labs, and includes a searchable database.

Solar Radiation Resource Information, maintained by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), links to a national solar radiation database, NOAA sites, daily statistics, U.S. solar radiation resource maps, solar codes, algorithms, models and calculators, and publications.

Solar Energy Society of Canada, Inc. links to publications, news, links for renewable energy organizations, resources, conferences, and calls for papers.

Technosolar is an association of photovoltaic and termic solar energy
fitters, which has a goal of building a lobby of solar energy fitters in
france.

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