Alternative Energy eReference

Energy Sources
US Department of Energy

Renewable Energy - An Overview
Explore different renewable energy sources. From the Arizona Solar Center (AZSC). Information is available on the following sources of renewal energy: are sunshine, wind, water, vegetation, and the heat of the earth.

Renewable Energy Data, Tables, and Charts
Energy Information Administration - Official Energy Statistics from the US Government, Department of Energy. (Much of the information is above middle school level, but if you scroll over "By Technology" and choose one - the short paragraph at the top of each section has some interesting information.)

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - Kids Section
U.S. Department of Energy. For more in depth information, and a gateway to hundreds of Web sites and thousands of online documents on energy efficiency and renewable energy, also see their main website at http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Energy Resources
Created by Andy Darvill, science teacher at Broadoak Community School, Weston-super-Mare, England

Energy Kids Page
Contains energy facts on sources of energy, both renewable and non-renewable. By the Energy Information Administration. See also related links.

RReDC Energy Tidbits
A collection of interesting, useful, and often hard to find facts about energy in general and renewable resources in particular. By the Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC). The RReDC is supported by the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) and managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Renewable Resource Data Center
Welcome to the Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC). The RReDC is supported by the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) and managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The RReDC is maintained by the Electric and Hydrogen Systems Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Sections include: Biomass, Geothermal, Solar, Wind, and Dynamic Maps and GIS data. (Reading level might be difficult for some middle school students.)

Alternative energy: Resources from coal to wind
List of websites compiled by Gary L. Parsons, a reference and engineering librarian at Florida Atlantic University, e-mail: parsons@fau.edu for ACRL. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. (Reading level might be difficult for some middle school students, but this site lists some interesting energy sources not found on the other sites.)

State of Hawaii - Renewable Energy
Includes sections on the following energy sources: Biomass; Geothermal; Hydroelectric; Ocean energy; Solar; Wind.

Renewable Energy Sources
links compiled by Jackie Miers, teacher-librarian, Magill Primary School, South Australia

U.S. Department of the Interior - Hydropower Information
learn a lot about waterpower including its history, its role as a U.S. energy source, and its role as a recreation source.

The Future of Alternative Energy
National Geographic. Interesting article, but please note that there is advertising.

Hydrogen Now - Hydrogen Facts
Hydrogen Now! is a non-profit organization based in Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., committed to influencing and having a direct impact on the transition to a hydrogen economy.

4hydrogen.com
Learn about hydrogen and video video public service announcements. Environmental Media Northwest, a Seattle based, non-profit organization that produces PSAs (public service announcements) for radio, television, and movie theatres. Their PSAs have focused on a variety of environmental issues, including endangered species, alternative fuels, and recycling.

Hydrogen fuel cell visual aid - animation
This animation shows the process that goes on inside an individual fuel cell. Schatz Energy Research Center, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

Geothermal Energy Facts
Marin County, California