The “Consumers Guide to Buying a Solar Electric System” can be downloaded free.
Anyone want to do a similar country or state-specific guide?
To find out about state incentives for renewables, check out DoE’s site. All 50 states list their financial and regulatory incentives to promote renewable energies.
Natural Resources Canada offers a free software tool, RETScreen, to evaluate renewable energy projects. The software identifies whether the following technologies are cost-effective in a given situation: wind, small hydro, photovoltaic, solar ventilation air heating and biomass heating. Solar water
heaters, passive solar heating and ground source heat pumps will be added
to the tool in August.
Natural Resources Canada: rets@nrcan.gc.ca
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