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Renewable Energy 
Power Sources

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Illumination


Reegle Clean Energy Portal
Energy Map
The Energy Map is an initiative of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Santa Clara University and Ayllu. Supported by grants from the Applied Materials Foundation and the Skoll Foundation.
SKG Sangha
Designs and implements large-scale household level biogas digester projects providing entire rural villages with digesters for cooking fuel and vermicompost fertilizer.
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership
REEEP is a non-profit, specialist change agent aiming to catalyse the market for renewable energy and energy efficiency, with a primary focus on emerging markets and developing countries.
Africa Windmill Project
Helps Malawi farmers make use of basic technologies to improve farming practices, turning unstable subsistence into stable security
The Seawater Foundation 
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Alliance for Rural Electrification 
Non-for profit business association for the promotion of renewable energy in developing countries
African Renewable Energy Alliance 
Non-profit platform for policy makers, representatives from business and the civil society to exchange information and consult about policies, technologies and financial mechanisms for the deployment of renewable energies in Africa
Rural Village Energy Hub
RVE.SOL's rural village energy and water solution
The Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa
SESSA, is dedicated to the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency including all solar-based energies such as photovoltaics, thermal heating and cooling, wind, biomass and hydro power. These principle sources of energy can be used in passive building design and in energy efficiency projects. 
e.quinox
A non-profit, humanitarian project that hopes to bring cost-effective, sustainable renewable energy to developing countries. We strongly believe that technology can be a solution to many of the problems we face today. Our goal is to give communities the means to help themselves. Our project aims to develop a business model which is financially sustainable - designed to recover for the initial investment made for the energy kiosks over a few years. 
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Wikipedia Portal: Renewable energy
Related WiserEarth Portals
  • Alternative Fuels 
  • Electric Power 
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation 
  • Energy Flow in Ecosystems 
  • Energy Policy 
  • Energy Security and Sustainability 
  • Nuclear Power 
  • Renewable Energy 
  • Sustainable Energy Development
  • Sustainable Urban Power 
  • Water and Energy

Solar Links from Builders Without Borders
American Solar Energy Society
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
Centre for Alternative Technology
Earth Energy Society of Canada
EarthSystems.org
Energy and Environmental Building Association
Energy Science News
Global Energy Marketplace (GEM)
Global Solar Partners
Home Energy Saver
Home Power Magazine
International Energy Annual
International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
International Solar Energy Society
National Park Service Renewable Energy Applications
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Office of Science - U.S. Department of Energy
Photovoltaic Energy Online Document Database
Rocky Mountain Institute
Sandia Laboratory Photovoltaics Program
Schools Going Solar
Solar Energy International
Solar Information Network
Solar Radiation Resource Information
Surface Solar Energy Data
UK Solar Energy Society
U.S. Department of Energy Solar Voltaics Program
U.S. Energy Information Administration

Lifeline Energy
A not-for-profit that develops solar and crank powered radios, lights, and solar panels and distributes them worldwide through partner NGOs.
Shine On Sierra Leone
Solar Electric Light Fund
d.light
An international consumer products company serving people without access to reliable electricity
Lighting Africa initiative
The World Bank launches its Lighting Africa initiative, aiming to provide modern lighting by renewable or mechanical means to 250 million people in sub-Saharan Africa who lack access to electricity. (AFP via Google)
Solar Aid
We believe that through brilliant ideas we can achieve massive, measurable change against some of the biggest problems facing humanity. That's why we've set ourselves a rather audacious goal: to eradicate kerosene lamps from Africa by 2020. 
Liter of Light  (Isang Litrong Liwanag)
MyShelter Foundation’s latest venture, is a sustainable lighting project which aims to bring the eco-friendly Solar Bottle Light to disprivileged communities worldwide. Designed and developed with students from MIT, the Solar Bottle Light is is rooted on the principle of Appropriate Technologies – a concept that provides simple and easily replicable technologies that address basic needs in developing communities.
Million Watts Initiative | All For Africa
Groundbreaking LightCatcher Dome Brings Natural Light into the Darkest Buildings
From inhabitat.com
Belgium's EcoNation designed LightCatcher, a brilliant solar-powered dome that brings natural light into even the darkest buildings without using a lick of energy.
Dangerous Kerosene lamps to be replaced by MiniSun - safe cheap rechargeable solar light
From www.indiegogo.com 
Kerosene lamps are harming the health and wealth of the rural poor in developing countries. At c.$5 retail, at last a safer, brighter lamp costs about the same.
The Luci Inflatable Solar Lantern Gets a Colorful Follow-Up
From gizmodo.com  
What was originally conceived as a cheap rechargeable LED light for parts of the world where the power grid wasn't reliable, turned out to be a huge hit with consumers all over the world after it was unveiled atCES last year.
Microalgae Lamp Absorbs 150-200 Times More CO2 than a Tree!
From cleantechnica.com 
OK, first of all, this CO2-absorbing street lamp looks super cool! Secondly, it absorbs CO2! Thirdly, 150-200 times more than a tree!

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African Villages Go Solar with SOLARtec
July 8, 2009 
Marianne Schnell, Project Manager with SOLARtec talks about how the company's unique solar system in a box approach can help rural villages go solar, bringing electricity to villages that have never before been had access to the grid.

Journal
Alternative Energy Africa
launched in January 2008, a Petroleum Africa publication which seeks to fill the energy information gap in Africa.
Alternative Energy Africa will update readers on private sector projects, government initiatives, business and investment news, and strategies for a thriving alternative/renewable energy market on the African continent. Our dedicated and knowledgeable editorial team is confident that our publication will become “the premiere source” of alternative and renewable energy news covering the African continent.