Resource in Photovoltaics
PV Research Labs:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Photovoltaics
University of New South Wales SPREE
Fraunhofer ISE
MIT Solar News
MIT groups in solar energy materials & devices
Stanford News
PV News:
PV Data sources:
- NREL Standard Solar Spectra AM0 AM1.5
- SMARTS Solar Irradiance Calculator at NREL
- NREL PVWatss
- University of Oregon Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory
- California Solar Initiative (state rebate) program statistics
- Berkeley SolarMap (the solar installations in Berkeley)
Member contributed materials:
Angle-and-wavelength resolved solar irradiance data for Austin, Berkeley, and Minneapolis (Andy Zheng, June 2012)
Innovation and energy policy in the global PV industry (Andy Zheng, February 2014)
Innovation-focused policy framework for TW-sale PV deployment (Andy Zheng, September 2014, with updated data and review of major PV policy instruments)
Other useful resources:
- A primer on Photovoltaics: PVCDROM
A primer on wafer sawing technology from Applied Materials