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1. Photovoltaic System Design
2. Solar Product Testing and Certification Bodies
3. Codes (Electricity/Buildings)
4. Associations
5. Solar Radiation Data
6. Other Useful (Technical)








 

 

 

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1. Photovoltaic System Design  
The RETScreen® International Photovoltaic Project Model (Version 2000) can be used world-wide to easily evaluate the energy production, life-cycle costs and greenhouse gas emissions reduction for three basic PV applications: on-grid; off-grid; and water pumping. Global
Issues associated with installing/maintaining PV in low power applications at remote sites from US Geological Survey Global
System Sizing Program, Institute of Electrical Power Engineering, Renewable Energy Section, Berlin Germany
The basic function provided by Engineering Equation Solver "EES" is the numerical solution of a set of algebraic equations. EES can be used to solve differential and integral equations, do optimization, provide uncertainty analyses and linear and non-linear regression, and generate publication-quality plots. Versions of EES have been developed for all Macintosh computers (including the PowerMac) and for PC/compatibles running all Windows operating systems.  USA
PV Design Software by TransSolar, KlimaEngineering, Stuttgart, Germany (in german/english) Germany
Solar Pro simplifies the calculation job of generating electricity in solar electric power systems, considers all important elements, including the site of building system, position/direction of solar modules,solar power energy,module temperature,performance of solar module, joints of modules, effect of inverter,and even lower co-efficiency caused by dust on modules. Solar Pro offers graphs for generating electric power on daily, monthly and on an annual basis.There are also daily, monthly and annually reports available with solar power,voltages, electric currents, PV temperatures, PV effects as well as solar electric power Japan
PV System optimization model (in german) Germany
System Sizing Program from Ingenieurbüro MAYER (in german) Germany
2. Solar Product Testing & Certification Bodies  
On line PV module testing centers gateway to PV experiments at Florida Solar Energy Center

USA

Solar Modules certified by the California Energy Commission USA
Inverters certified by the California Energy Commission USA
Listing of accreditation and certification bodies worldwide. provided by The Institute for Sustainable Power, a non profit for the accreditation of training programs and the certification of renewable and sustainable energy practitioners and professionals USA/Global
Fraunhofer Institute - a German agency that independently tests and researches the performance of solar modules Germany
Underwriters Laboratories - a United States independent agency that certifies the performance of solar modules against standardized technical criteria USA
PV GAP certification Switzerland
Certification of commercial modules to IEC standards. Listing of module types Europe
European Union: Joint Research Centre Europe
Certification Project - InterState Renewable Energy Council, a non-profit corporation organized to provide a quality framework for the accreditation of training programs and the certification of renewable and sustainable energy practitioners and professionals USA
3. Codes (Electricity/Building)  
National Electricity Code Administrator Australia
Code Check, help with US building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical codes USA
California Contractors State License Board USA
US Codes supporting Sustainable building development USA
Listing of books on architecture/design and building codes USA
Building Education materials, Principles of Green Buildings, Codes and Ordinances from WorldBuild Resources USA
Connecting to the Grid: InterState Renewable Energy Council provides technical assistance to states and utilities in the process of developing interconnection rules for renewable energy systems USA
4. Associations (click here for full list of Code/Certifications Bodies)
 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) USA
National Roofing Contractors Association USA
Institute of Electrical Power Engineering USA
5. Solar Radiation Data
 
Global solar radiation data from NASA Global
Global solar radiation data Global/Russia
US Solar Radiation Resource Maps USA
European radiation map, funded by a European JOULE Program Europe
Solar Radiation data for Berlin Germany
European weather data - Satel-Light's European database of Daylight and Solar Radiation Europe
6. Other Useful (technical)
 
Technical PV industry jobs.  Renewable Energy Recruitment Service Global
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Thin Film Partnership Technology Specific information, manily on thin film technologies USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Thin Film Partnership Publications, Presentations, and News Database USA
Software to simulate PV energy system operation on an hourly basis Commercial site marketing software program USA
Performance calculator for grid connected PV Systems USA
Energy conversion factors Global
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