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ICIT (International Centre for Island Technology): Renewables Websites
Brilliant source of UK energy statistics, collated by the UK Energy Research Centre. Provides statistcs about energy usage, trends, historical data, the energy market, renewable technologies, etc.
The UK government NOABL wind speed database is no longer available online, but RenSMART have converted this data into a user-friendly map, which also includes solar energy values.
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science environment reports, including the Aquatic Environment Monitoring Reports, are now available online
Statistical information on renewable energy projects from the UK government. Includes the planning database, giving progress of renewable energy planning applications.
US government laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research. Good starting point for factual information about renewable technology. Produces the Renewable Energy Data Book, an excellent source of up-to-date statistical information about renewables in the USA.
Full text access to over 70 million patents and patent applications from around 90 countries. Also includes around 2 million non-patent literature references.
Coverage varies from country to country. Espacenet includes:
German patents from 1877 onwards
French patents from 1900 onwards
British patents from 1859 onwards
US patents from 1836 onwards
Sources:
Patents
Full text availability:
This is a full text resource.
Provides over 6000 BGS maps and sections, including the key 1:63 360/1:50 000 maps of England, Wales and Scotland. Includes geology, geophysical, geochemistry and hydrogeology maps. 1832-2014.
Digimap is provided by ICIT and is NOT searched by Discovery.
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