The sun offers an ideal energy source, unlimited in supply, expensive, which does not add to the earth’s total heat burden and does not produce air and water pollutants. Solar installations in recent years have also largely begun to expand into residential areas with government offering incentive programs to make green energy a more economically viable option.

Related Societies: International Solar Energy Society, Solar Cookers International, Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN), American Wind Energy Association, Citizen Partnerships for Offshore Wind (CPOW)