Renewable Energy: Solar Energy

The Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technology Program, managed by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, accelerates the development of solar technologies as energy sources for the nation and world. The solar program also educates the public about the value of solar as a secure, reliable, and clean energy choice.

Official U.S. government solar energy statistics

From Deloitte, a private industry analysis firm.

Report from Environment America on the potential of solar energy.

Produced by the Library of Congress in 2006, this bibliography emphasizes the literature on three solar topics--passive solar architecture, photovoltaics, and solar thermal engineering.

"Solar photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers produced a record 10,700 megawatts of PV cells globally in 2009—an impressive 51-percent increase from the year before." report from Earth Policy Institute