Alternative Energy Information
Solar
Heating: passive and active
- Energy Savers: Solar Water Heaters (US Department of Energy)
- Passive Solar Heating, fact sheet EEM – 01256; Active Solar Heating, fact sheet EEM – 01258; The Attached Solar Greenhouse, fact sheet EEM – 01259: University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
- Build It Solar: the renewable energy site for do-it-yourselfers
- Maine Solar Energy Association Calendar of Events
Electricity: photovoltaic
- How Small Solar Electric Systems Work (US Department of Energy)
- Maine Solar Energy Association Calendar of Events
Incentives
- Maine Solar Incentives Programs (Efficiency Maine)
Wind (mini wind mill for the home)
- Wind Power fact sheet, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service
- Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program, US Department of Energy
- Maine Wind Resource Map, US Department of Energy
- Wind Energy Resource Modeling and Maps for New England, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Hydroelectric
- Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program, US Department of Energy
Federal Tax Credits available on certain energy conservation items and alternative energy systems by EnergyStar
Listing of all Energy Rebates, Incentives, Loans, etc. DSIREUSA — Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.
In My Backyard tool estimates the electricity you can produce with a solar photovoltaic (PV) array or wind turbine at your home or business (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
