Solar Energy Market

From Kresge Library

Compiled by Corey Seeman

Questions? Email kresge_library@umich.edu

Contents 1 Kresge Library Databases 2 Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC) 3 Reports and White Papers 4 Government Websites

[edit] Kresge Library Databases

Frost and Sullivan

• Excellent source for renewable energy market and the solar energy market.

IBISWorld

• You can search "solar energy" or browse recent reports including:
  • Hydroelectric & Renewable Power Generation in the US - 22111c
  • Electric Power Transmission, Control & Distribution in the US - 22112

MarketResearch.com Academic

• Excellent general reference for many business topics.
• Recent reports on solar energy include:
  • The U.S. Solar Energy Market (SBI, March 2008)
  • Renewable Energy Investment in the U.S. (Packaged Facts, November 2007)

Plunkett Research Online

• See report entitled "Renewable & Alternative Energy Industry"

[edit] Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC)

• Marketing Green Power (Reports)
  • Publications from the National Renewable Energy Labratory
• Markets and Policy pages at Greentechsolar
  • Resource includes numerous smaller articles that focus on this topic.
• SRECTrade
  • Pages of note include:
    • Their blog has good state by state information
    • Historical Prices
• Solsystems, a solar energy finance and development firm
  • Company blog has good information on SRECs
  • SREC Knowledge Center

[edit] Reports and White Papers

Renewable Energy in the California Desert: Mechanisms for Evaluating Solar Development on Public Lands

• 2010 Report is the result of sixteen months of research conducted by ten graduate students from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment.
• Follow the link above to the report or download the full PDF (19 MB)

[edit] Government Websites

Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency

• DSIRE is a searchable database of a wide range of state incentives for wind, solar, other renewables; also includes research, information on and links to federal incentives.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Solar Power Page

• Primarily information on research into viable solar energy methods.

The DOE Renewable Resource Data Center - Solar

• Provides access to data sets, models and tools related to solar resources and research.
• Publications based on tools and data, including manuals for buildings and solar data from collections stations across the US.

U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Page

• Good resource for programs out of the U.S. Department of Energy
• Information about the Solar Energy Technologies program includes many practical applications and market considerations for solar energy.