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Barbose, Galen, N. Darghouth, R. Wiser, Tracking the Sun V: An Historical Summary of the Installed Price of Photovoltaics in the United States from 1998 to 2011, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report LBNL-5919E, Nov. 2012

White, Scott W., Solar Development in Kansas, from Kansas Energy Conference 2012, Manhattan, KS, Sept. 25, 2012

Green, Ariel, Solar KC: A Report on the Potential for Solar Energy Initiatives in the Greater Kansas City Area, Regional Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy Initiative, Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)

PV Watts Viewer - Info from NREL, Resource to estimate the amount of energy and $avings a PV system will generate at any location in U.S.

Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments, Second Edition, U.S. DOE EERE, January 2011

Homeowners Guide to Financing a Grid-Connected Solar Electric System, Solar Energy Technologies Program, U.S. DOE EERE, October 2010

Kansas Solar Radiation map - Info from KCC, map by Coriolis (PDF)

Kansas Solar Resources - Info from EREN, includes a solar maps of Kansas

PV Watts - A Performance Calculator for Grid-Connected PV Systems (NREL)

Solar and Renewable Energy News

Simons, Gale and Bill Roush, Cost-Effective Solar Power in the Heartland, Kansas Corporation Commission Energy Programs, June 2002

Energy Tax Incentives - Tax Incentives Assistance Project, information on how to use tax incentives for new renewable energy projects

Events

American Solar Challenge, featuring the K-State solar vehicle. 2003.

Heartland Sustainable Homes Tour - Home tours in the Kansas City, Lawrence, and Wichita areas

Regional Projects

Sunshot Initiative, U.S. Department of Energy

Sunshot Solar Outreach Partnership, Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), Kansas City Metro

Project Solar House, Solar Decathlon 2007 Kansas entry, K-State & KU

Dealers & Installers

Access Energy, LLC, Newton, KS

BMK Plumbing and Solar, Salina, KS

Brightergy (formerly The Energy Savings Store) - Lenexa

Cromwell Environmental, Lawrence, KS, Kansas City & Columbia, MO, Denver, CO

EcoMidwest Solar Installation Company, Garnet, KS

FreeEnergy, Independence, MO

FREEstate ENERGY, Formoso, KS

Good Energy Solutions, Lawrence, KS

Greenwave Electric, Inc., Topeka, KS

Inovative Renewable Resources, Valley Center, KS

Lawrence Wind Energy - Larned

Kings Solar, Wind and Plumbing, Hillsboro, KS

Microgrid Solar - St. Louis, MO

Northwest Solar & Wind - Colby, KS

Orinoco Wind & Solar Energy - Atlanta, KS

Smalley Energy - Topeka, KS

Solar Design Studio, KS

Solar Solutions of Kansas City - Overland Park, KS

Stephens Electric, Kansas City, MO

Sunwrights - Manhattan

News

Crane & Kennedy Op-Ed: Solar Panels for Every Home
(New York Times, Dec. 12, 2012)

Electric research: Grant to help develop solar-powered charging stations for plug-in vehicles
(K-State News Release, Oct. 24, 2012)

Some neighborhoods don’t take a shine to solar power
(Kansas City Star, Oct. 22, 2012)

Local electrical business looks for ways to go ‘green’
(Newton Kansan, August 14, 2012)

U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar cells fuel debate about green jobs
(Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2012)

Guest commentary: Create Missouri jobs with Missouri-made renewable energy
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 28, 2012)

Retirement village to turn on area’s largest solar system
(Lee's Summit Journal, Feb. 16, 2012)

Royals, KCP&L announce solar energy partnership
(Kansas City Royals Press Release, Jan. 31, 2012)

Solar grid parity 101 — and why you should care
(Grist, Jan. 15, 2012)

Solar Leasing Produces Power for Pennies
(Clean Technica, September 27, 2011)

Companies turn to solar power
(St. Joseph News-Press, August 20, 2011)

Missouri’s solar rebate program is in for some changes
(Kansas City Star, August 5, 2011)

New solar-powered credit card parking meters installed
(Topeka Capital-Journal, August 3, 2011)

Farmer committed to renewable energy
(Hillsboro Star-Journal, July 6, 2011)

Carlisle Area School District's mowing chores outsourced to sheep
(The Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News, June 12, 2011)

Q&A - Kevin Good, Lawrence
(Kansas City Star, April 2, 2011)

Portable solar trackers follow the sun, lead the way in efficiency
(Lawrence Journal-World, March 22, 2011)

PCC trustees approve solar technology program
(Pratt Tribune, Jan. 7, 2011)

Douglas County Extension Office to use sunlight for energy, education
(Lawrence Journal-World, Nov. 26, 2010)

New solar panels to heat water at Douglas County Jail
(Lawrence Journal-World, June 15, 2010)

County jail moves forward on planned solar panels
(Lawrence Journal-World, March 20, 2010)

Students install solar panels as part of environmental journalism class
(KU News Release, March 18, 2010)

Clifton-Clyde School District continues "green energy" education
(Salina Journal, December 20, 2009)

County Commission approves solar panel for roof of jail
(Lawrence Journal World, Dec. 17, 2009)

Thinking solar power? It’s never been more affordable
(Lawrence Journal-World, Oct. 25, 2009)

Taking a Dim View of Solar Energy
(Newsweek, August 25, 2009)

In Israel, solar power that won’t need subsidies
(Christian Science Monitor, April 28, 2009)

Final phase of Green Energy Resource Lab underway
(Shawnee Dispatch, Jan. 7, 2009)

Today’s Topic Is Solar Energy Systems
(The New York Times, April 19, 2007)
(Registration required)

Conference reveals that solar-powered streetlights are the wave of the future
(Middletown (NY) Times Herald-Record, Feb. 4, 2007)

Easy Solar Power
(Mother Earth News, Oct./Nov. 2006)

Off the grid or on, solar and wind power gain
(USA Today, April 12, 2006)

Forget Computers. Here Comes the Sun
(New York Times, April 14, 2006)
(Registration Required)

Xcel bills to rise for solar rebates
(Denver Post, March 22, 2006)

Rebates put shine on solar power
(Denver Post, March 19, 2006)

K-State Students work on solar house
(Kansas State Collegian, Feb. 21, 2006)

Solar energy costs differ by city
(San Jose (Cal.) Mercury News, Nov. 28, 2005)

Suddenly, Those Solar Panels Don't Look So 1970's
(New York Times, Sept. 12, 2005)
(Registration required)

N.J. farms' latest crop: Solar power
(Wichita Eagle, August 08, 2005)

It’s Calgary or bust for solar dreamers
(The Kansas City Star, July 21, 2005)
(Registration required)

Sun eludes Topeka race stop
(The Topeka Capital-Journal, July 20, 2005)
(Registration required)

Solar cars to race into Topeka
(The Topeka Capital-Journal, July 19, 2005)
(Registration required)

Solar cars are powering their way to Topeka
(Lawrence Journal-World, July 19, 2005)

Farmers increasingly counting on sunshine for energy production
(Wichita Eagle, June 22, 2005)

Fill 'er up, with sun
(Topeka Capital-Journal, May 20, 2005)
(Registration required)

Solar industry losing power
(East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ), May 09, 2005)

Solar Energy News - Arizona Solar Center

Organizations

Kansas

Heartland Renewable Energy Society

United States

American Solar Energy Society

Raw Data

Solar Radiation Data Manual for Buildings, 1961-1990 - includes data for Dodge City, Goodland, Kansas City (MO), Topeka, and Wichita

30-Year Average of Monthly Solar Radiation, 1961-1990 - includes data for Dodge City, Goodland, Kansas City (MO), Topeka, and Wichita

Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors, 1961-1990 - includes data for Dodge City, Goodland, Kansas City (MO), Topeka, and Wichita

Typical Meteorological Year data files - includes data for Dodge City, Goodland, Kansas City (MO), Topeka, and Wichita

National Solar Radiation Data Base, 1991-2005 Update - includes data for 24 Kansas locations

Solar Data from NOAA - includes data for Dodge City

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