Physics for Future Presidents: Energy

"Solar power is now the cheapest form of energy in almost 60 countries"

"Solar Power is Now the World's Cheapest Energy" (Popular Mechanics)

"What Would The Economic Impact Be If Everyone Installed Solar..."

"Will Power Plant Rules Cause Blackouts?"

Can Batteries Be Used to Store Renewable Energy?

Conflict Minerals: "The Uncomfortable Choice..."

Conflict Minerals: "Were Your Solar Panels Made with Conflict Minerals?"

Conflict Minerals: Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

Conflict Minerals: Sunpower's Conflict Minerals Policy

Energy Institute at U.C. Berkeley's Haas Business School

How Much Land Would It Take to Power the U.S. with Solar? Article 1

How Much Land Would it take to Power the U.S. with Solar? Article 2

Photovoltaic Cells

Photovoltaic Cells (Univ. of Calgary, Canada)

Photovoltaics (Stanford)

Solar Energy (MIT)

Part of MIT's "The Future Of" series of research reports that analyzes the future of different energy industries up to 2050.

Solar Energy (U.C. Berkeley Solar Energy Research Center)

Solar Energy (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Solar Thermal Energy (IEA--International Energy Agency)

Solar Thermal Energy (Stanford)

Solar Thermal Power (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Solar: Cost of installing panels for the state capitol (PG&E Solar Calculator Report)

Solar: Could solar save money for people who do NOT have solar panels?

From Boston University

Solar: Declining Solar Cost - Scientific American

Solar: Opposing viewpoint on residential solar

This blog post by a U.C. Berkeley business professor questions whether distributed generation, or DG (when power is generated at the same place where it's consumed...like you have solar panels on your roof and you use the power in your house) is really the most effective way to help the planet and save consumers money.

Solar: Tracking the Sun

This is the 9th report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories about solar power in the U.S. It's a bit of a challenge to read but contains amazing current data (2015 and the first half of 2016) about how much commercial and residential solar has been installed and how cost-effective it is.

Solyndra: What happened to Solyndra?

Taxes: Federal Income Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency

Wind energy (Stanford)

Wind energy (U.S. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife)

Wind Energy Basics (National Renewable Energy Lab)

Wind Energy Basics (U.S. Dept. of Energy)

Includes topics like how turbines work and benefits/drawbacks of wind as an energy option.

Wind energy in California

Includes info like how much of CA's energy is generated by wind power as well as bird and bat mortality reports.

Wind Energy: "Trump's Hot Air on Wind Energy"

Wind power

Wind power (National Geographic)

Wind power (U.S. Dept. of Energy)

Wind power (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Wind power and wildlife

Wind power: how do wind turbines work?