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"The renewable energy map has been developed to fill what seems to be a gap in information about the major renewable energy schemes in the UK. Though there are a number of lists and project details available, these are often developed to indicate a point in time or a specific technology. The BWEA is an example of the latter, an excellent resource but specifically focused on wind. The data that has been gathered for the renewables map has invariably come from a wide range of web resources, in all cases these will be referenced, usually by a link to that information. Locations are either taken from existing data, usually from planning applications, or by painstakingly identifying the location on the ground using online maps. There are of course errors (such as landfill's at sea), though these are corrected as soon as they are identified."

Six page article from 2003 provides an in depth discussion on existing and Future Nuclear Systems:  "In Response to the difficulties in achieving sustainability, a sufficiently high degree of safety and a competitive economic basis for nuclear power, the U.S. Department of Energy initiated the Generation IV program in 1999. Generation IV refers to the broad division of nuclear designs into four categories: early prototype reactors (Generation I), the large central station nuclear power plants of today (Generation II), the advanced lightwater reactors and other systems with inherent safety features that have been designed in recent years (Generation III), and the next-generation systems to be designed and built two decades from now (Generation IV) [see box on opposite page]. By 2000 international interest in the Generation IV project had resulted in a nine-country coalition that includes Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, the U.K. and the U.S. Participating states are mapping out and collaborating on the research and development of future nuclear energy systems."

Renewable Energy Meets Wildland and Wildlife Conservation

Although Germany's geographical position on the world map does not make it an ideal location for solar energy due to it receiving only moderate levels of solar radiation, it ranks second place in the photovoltaic (PV) market, generating about one quarter of the total world market.

"More than 800 giant wind turbines spin off the coasts of Denmark, Britain and seven other European countries, generating enough electricity from strong ocean breezes to power hundreds of thousands of homes. China's first offshore wind farm, a 102-megawatt venture near Shanghai, goes online this month, with more in the pipeline. Multimedia Map Related * Pressure Is Building on Disputed Wind Farm (April 26, 2010) * Green Blog: Who Will Build the First Offshore Wind Farm in North America? (April 26, 2010) * Times Topic: Wind Power Green A blog about energy, the environment and the bottom line. Go to Blog Enlarge This Image Julia Cumes/Associated Press The secretary of the interior, Ken Salazar, near the site of the Cape Wind project. Enlarge This Image Julia Cumes/Associated Press Supporters and opponents of the wind farm outside the Coast Guard station in Woods Hole, Mass. But despite a decade of efforts, not a single offshore turbine has been built in the United States. "

An interactive map with taxonomy and definitions of terms for green energy technology

"What we'd like to do is to make Milwaukee become a national leader in growing fish by creating a large-scale production facility to grow 100 tons of yellow perch, which is a species which has kind of been in decline in the Great Lakes. We'd like to bring it back and satisfy the market for it and at the same time have an educational component so we can show the rest of the country on how they too can grow fish in the city," Bales says.