Wind and Renewables

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General

* David MacKay's guide Sustainable Energy — without the hot air (2008)

* UKERC "Dispels Myths Surrounding Intermittent Renewable Energy" (2006)

Wind

* Sustainable Development Commission report Wind Power in the UK (2005)

* Archer & Jacobson study: "Wind Could Meet Global Energy Needs" using only 20% of known viable sites - see also abstract (2005)

* Salazar: Eastern wind could replace coal for power (2009)

* Independent letter on dangers of wind turbines on peatland (halfway down webpage) (2008)

* New Scientist article on dangers of wind turbines on peatland (2006)

* Daily Telegraph report on European protests over wind farms (2004)

Solar

* Solar foils and textile: various (2008); Nanosolar, Silicon Valley (2007); H-Alpha Solar, Europe (2004); Konarka silicon-free, US (2004); Spheral Solar ("blue denim"), Canada (2003)

* Earth Policy Institute: Solar Cell Production Jumps 50 Percent in 2007 (2007)

* Wiki on Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation - see also Guardian article (2006); Independent Letter (2007)

* Independent article on European high-voltage DC supergrid proposal (2007)

* Passive solar flourishes in China (2007)

* New Scientist graphic: 1 MHa solar "could meet current US electricity demand", 30 MHa "current world energy demand" (2007)

Geothermal

* Geothermal "could support US energy consumption, at its current clip, for more than two millennia to come" - MIT (2007)

* Australian hot rocks: 1% could supply "26,000 years of clean electricity" (2008)

* Iceland hot rocks "could power 1.5m European homes" (2007) - see also debate over locating energy-intensive industry in Iceland

Wave and tidal

* Wave and tidal "could meet entire US electricity needs" (2007)

* DTi Atlas of UK marine renewable energy resources (2004)

* Salter's Ducks "biggest single threat to nuclear power" (2007)

* Independent article "The rise of British sea power" (2008)