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• The Renewable Energy Reader
• Regular Renewable Energy Reports Complied
• 1 Introduction and General Information
• 2 Solar
• 3 Wind
• 4 Hydropower
• 5 Biomass
• 6 Geothermal
• 7 Energy Efficiency
• 8 Renewables on Federal Land
  • Renewables on Federal Land Chapter Illustrations
  • Links to Renewables on Federal Land Videos
  • Links to Renewables on Federal Land Organizations and Information
• 9 Native Nations and Energy Justice
• Additional Teaching Resources

Links to Renewables on Federal Land Organizations and Information

Organizations

• U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management: Renewable Energy Resources.
  Renewable energy projects on BLM-managed lands include wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass projects and the siting of transmission facilities needed to deliver this power to the consumer.

• DSIRE: Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency

Government Provided Information

• Concentrating Solar Power Potential on Federal Lands
  NREL report from 2009 on the concentration of solar power on federal lands by county.

• Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States NREL report from September 2010.

• A National Offshore Wind Strategy: Creating an Offshore Wind Energy Industry in the United States. A DOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Report from February 2011.

• Concentrating Solar Power

Hydrokinectic Information

• HydroKinetic Energy
  Electric Power Research Institute presentation on hydroelectric power.

• U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy: Water Power Program

• Marine and Hydrokinectic Technology Listings

• Issued HydroKinetic Preliminary Permits

• President Obama, Secretary Salazar Announce Framework for Renewable Energy Development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf