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Here
you will find valuable information about renewable energy in Latin
America.
Aquí
encontrará valiosa información sobre el desarrollo
de la energía renovable en Latinoamérica. |
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CENTRAL
AMERICA / CENTROAMÉRICA (Top)

Energías
Renovables en Nicaragua: Proyecto de Electrificación
en Zonas Aisladas.
Ley Debora, SNL; Martínez Herminia, Lara Elieneth,
MEM Nicaragua; Foster Robert, Estada Luis Gómez Martín,
NMSU. 2007. (1.12 MB)
Rural
Honduran PV Ppwered Schools and Community Centers.
Mazariegos Guillermo; Hanley Charles, Ley, Debora, SNL;
Foster Robert, NMSU. 2006. (424 KB)
Nicaraguan
Renewable Energy for Rural Zones Program
Initiave Martínez Herminia,
Lara Elieneth, CNE-Nicaragua; Ley Debora, SNL; Foster
Robert, Estrada Luis, NMSU. 2006. (548 KB)
Guatemalan
Photovoltaic Project Development for Rural Uses.
Ana Palma, Robert Foster. 2001. (2.3 MB)
Energía
Fotovoltaica en la Educación a Distancia: Guía
Técnica.
Southwest Technology Development Institute. 2001. (10.5 MB)
Case
Study: RE Impacts: Rural Energy Project in the Verapaces Region
Leontine Van Den Hooven. Fundación Solar, Guatemala.
2001 (2.4 MB)
MÉXICO (Top)
Field
Testing of CdTe PV Modules in Mexico Sánchez-Juárez Áaron,
Ortega José,
Rosas J. Cesar, CIE-UNAM;
Gupta Vipin, SNL; Foster Robert, Gomez-Rocha Luis
M, NMSU. 2006 (524 KB)
Azteca
Solar, The Mexico Renewable Energy Program 1992-2005,
(Draft) USDOE, USAID, SNL, NMSU. 2005
(28 MB)
Ten
years of solar distillation application along the U.S.-Mexico
border Sharon
Eby, EPSEA; William Amos, SOLAQUA; Robert Foster, NMSU.
2005 (157 KB)
Prueba
de campo en el estado de Morelos de módulos
fotovoltaicos de CdTe. Vipin
Gupta, SNL; A. Sánchez-Juárez, J. Ortega
Cruz, J.C. Rosas CIE-UNAM; Robert Foster, Martin
Gomez NMSU. 2005 (288 KB)
Five-Year
Reliability Assessment of SoListo PV Home Lighting Systems in
Chihuahua, Mexico Robert Foster, Luis Estrada,
Alma Cota. 2004 (537 KB)
Ten-Year
Reliability Assessment of Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems
in Mexico. Alma Cota, Robert Foster, Martin
Gomez, Michael Ross, Charles Hanley, Vipin Gupta, Octavio Montufar,
Arturo Romero. 2004 (388 KB)
Utilizing
Photovoltaics to Support Distance Education in the State of
Chihuahua, Mexico Robert Foster, Luis Estrada,
Lilly Ojinaga, Jorge Colmenero, Michael Ross 2003 (455 KB)
Renewable
Energy for Protected Areas of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Arturo Romero, Robert Foster, Charles Hanley, Michael Ross,
2003 (330 KB)
Technical
Support for the Chihuaha Telesecundaria, Rural Schools PV Electrification
Program. R. Foster, L. Estrada, L.
Ojinaga, J. Colmenero, M. Ross, 2003 (225 KB)
Siembra
de Hortalizas Orgánicas con Sistema de Bombeo Solar.
Estudio de Caso.
L. Van Den Hooven, M. Gonzáles. 2002. (2.4 MB)
Refrigeradores
Fotovoltaicos de uso directo en México Robert
Foster, Luis Estrada, Lilly Ojinaga, José L. Esparza,
Arturo Romero, 2002. (132 KB)
Performance
and Reliability of a PV Hybrid Ice-Making System.
Robert Foster, Luis Estrada, Martín Romero, Sorn Stoll,
Michael Ross, Charles Hanley. 2001. (812 kB)
Behavior
of Salts Precipitation in a Single-Basin Solar Still.
Armendaris, Porta, Bautista, Alonso, Foster, Koutsoukos. 2001.
(538 kB)
Experiencias
en el Uso de Destiladores Solares en San Luis Potosí
y Chihuahua.
L. Ojinaga. R. Foster. 2001. (244 kB)
Mainstreaming
Renewable Energy Technologies into Mexico's Agricultural Sector:
Reflections on the FIRCO/Sandia Pilot Project, 1994-2000 (223
KB)
Energía
Fotovoltaica en la Educación a Distancia
A technical manual for Distance Education written by the Southwest
Technology Development Institute with help from Sandia National
Laboratories and Winrock International, August, 2001. In Spanish
(6.2 MB)
Costa
de Cocos Wind-Diesel Hybrid System Results of Three Years of
Monitoring International Solar Energy
Society Milliennium Solar Forum 2000 ProceedingsMexico City,
Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(205 KB)
First-Year
Performance of the Chorreras PV-Hybrid Ice-Making System in
Chihuahua, Mexico Luis Estrada, Robert Foster,
Alma Cota, Lloyd Hoffstatter, Morton Schiff, Dave Panico, and
Victor Meraz. International Solar Energy Society Milliennium
Solar Forum 2000 ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September 17-22,
2000.(1.11 MB)
Developing
Sustainable Renewable Energy Markets in Mexico: Results and
Future Challenges International Solar Energy
Society Milliennium Solar Forum 2000 ProceedingsMexico City,
Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(451 KB)
Programa
de Financiamiento para Energia Renovable en Chihuahua, Mexico
International Solar Energy Society Milliennium Solar Forum
2000 ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(342
KB)
Bombeo
Fotovoltaico de Agua: Una Guía Para la Implementación
de Proyectos.
Southwest Technology Development Institute. 2000.
Vol 1: Libro
de Consulta (3.8 MB) | Vol 2: Libro
de Trabajo (419 kB)
Lessons
Learned from the Xcalak Village Hybrid System:
A Seven Year Retrospective International
Solar Energy Society 1999 Solar World Conference ProceedingsIsrael
Ministry of Science, Jerusalem, Israel, July 4-9, 1999.(456
KB)
Photovoltaics
in Mexico: A Model for Increasing the Use of Renewable Energy
Systems Advances in Solar Energy:
An Annual Review of Research and Development, Volume 13, American
Solar Energy Association, Boulder, Colorado, 1999 (808 KB)
Mexican
Renewable Energy Development: Creating New Markets
Sustainable Applications for Tropical Island States (SATIS)
Proceedings Caribbean Solar Energy Society, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, August 25-27, 1999.(136 KB)
Photovoltaic
Market Development and Barriers in Mexico
Robert E. Foster, Thesis for the Degree of Master Business Administration.
1998. (6.5 MB)
The
USAID Mexico Renewable Energy Program: Building Foundations
for Growing Markets American Solar
Energy Society 1998 Annual Conference proceedings Albuquerque,
New Mexico, June 14-17,1998.(44.0 KB)
Willingness
to Pay for Solar Photovoltaic Energy Lighting Systems: The Case
of Rural Chihuahua American Solar Energy
Society 1998 Annual Conference proceedings Albuquerque, New
Mexico, June 14-17, 1998.(37.4 KB)
Solar
Systems for Use in Agriculture With a Case Study: Livestock
Water and Drip Irrigation 3rd International
Symposium on Fertilization & Irrigation proceedings León,
Guanajuato, July 17, 1998.(565 KB)
Guía
del Mercado en la Aplicación de la Energía Renovable
en México.
KPMG. 1998. (Abre en una ventana nueva)
Life-cycle
cost analysis for Photovoltaic water pumping systems in Mexico.
Robert Foster, Charles Hanley, 2nd World Conference on PV energy
(275KB)
CARIBBEAN
/ CARIBE (Top)
SOUTH
AMERICA / SUDAMÉRICA (Top)
USA
/ ESTADOS UNIDOS 
Distributed
Wind Market Applications Technical Report
NREL/TP/500-39851; T. Forsyth and I. Baring-Gould National Renewable
Energy Laboratory. 2007. (2.22 MB)
Light
Emitting Diodes for photovoltaic off-grid homes
DOE-
SNL; Robert Foster, Martin Gomez NMSU. 2006. (268 KB)
Photovoltaic
Direct Drive Refrigerator with Ice Storage: Preliminary Results.
Robert Foster, Luis Estrada, David Bergeron. 2001. (328 kB)
New
Applications for Photovoltaics.
R. Foster, A. Rosenthal. 2001. (22 kB)
Southwest
Region Solar Experiment Station Support for Photovoltaics.
A. Rosenthal, R. Foster. 2001. (18 kB)
Código
Electrico Nacional (NEC): Manual de Prácticas Recomedadas
Para Sistemas Fotovoltaicos.
John Wiles. 1996. (1.9 MB)
National
Electric Code (NEC): Recomended Practices for Photovoltaic Systems.
John Wiles. 1996. (644 kB)
Solar
Destillation Providing Potable Water for Border Colonias.
Foster, et al. 2002. (657 kB)
Photovoltaic
Direct-Drive, Battery-Free Solar Refrigerator Field Test Results.
Ewert, Bergeron, Foster, Estrada, LaFleur. 2002. (451 kB)
REST
OF THE WORLD / RESTO DEL MUNDO (Top)
Operational
Results Of Russian-Built Photovoltaic Alternative Energy Powered
Lighthouses In Extreme Climates. Luis Estrada,
Andrew Rosenthal, Robert Foster, Gene Hauser, Alexander Grigoriev,
Alexei Khoudykinr. 2008. (1.26 MB)
Japan
photovoltaics market overview
DOE-
SNL; Robert Foster, NMSU. 2005. (2.23 MB)
Two
decades of PV lessons learned in Latin America Alma
Cota, UACJ; Robert Foster, NMSU. 2005.
(288 KB)
Energía
Solar Fotovoltaica para la Agricultura y Desarrollo
Rural
Sostenibles. B. Van Campen, D. Guidi, G. Best.
FAO 2000. (417 kB)
Wind
Hybrid Systems Technology Characterization.
Nelson, Foster, Clark, Raubenheimer. 2002. (706 kB)
Direct
Drive PV Refrigerators For Latin America and Technology Feasibility
Assesment for Milk Tank Cooling. Robert E. Foster,
Luis Estrada 2002.
NASA Report front sheet (158 KB) Nasa
Report document
(2.10 MB)
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RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION / DESARROLLO RURAL Y EDUCACIÓN
(Top)
Energías
Renovables en Nicaragua: Proyecto de Electrificación en
Zonas Aisladas.
Ley Debora, SNL; Martínez Herminia, Lara Elieneth,
MEM Nicaragua; Foster Robert, Estada Luis Gómez Martín,
NMSU. 2006. (1.12 MB)
Rural
Honduran PV Ppwered Schools and Community Centers.
Mazariegos Guillermo; Hanley Charles, Ley Debora, SNL; Foster
Robert, NMSU. 2006. (424 KB)
Nicaraguan
Renewable Energy for Rural Zones Program Initiave Martínez
Herminia,
Lara Elieneth, CNE-Nicaragua; Ley Debora, SNL; Foster Robert, Estrada Luis,
NMSU. 2006. (548 KB)
Two
decades of PV lessons learned in Latin America Alma
Cota, UACJ; Robert Foster, NMSU. 2005. (288 KB)
Guatemalan
Photovoltaic Project Development for Rural Uses.
Ana Palma, Robert Foster. 2001. (2.3 MB)
Case
Study: RE Impacts: Rural Energy Project in the Verapaces Region
Leontine Van Den Hooven. Fundación Solar, Guatemala. 2001
(2.4 MB)
Energía
Solar Fotovoltaica para la Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Sostenibles. B. Van Campen, D. Guidi, G. Best.
FAO 2000. (417 kB)
Energía
Fotovoltaica en la Educación a Distancia: Guía Técnica.
Southwest Technology Development Institute. 2001. (10.5 MB)
Utilizing
Photovoltaics to Support Distance Education in the State of Chihuahua,
Mexico Robert Foster, Luis Estrada, Lilly
Ojinaga, Jorge Colmenero, Michael Ross 2003 (455 KB)
Technical
Support for the Chihuaha Telesecundaria, Rural Schools PV Electrification
Program. R. Foster, L. Estrada, L.
Ojinaga, J. Colmenero, M. Ross, 2003 (225 KB)
Energía
Fotovoltaica en la Educación a Distancia
A technical manual for Distance Education written by the Southwest
Technology Development Institute with help from Sandia National
Laboratories and Winrock International, August, 2001. In Spanish
(6.2 MB)
PUMPING
WATER / BOMBEO DE AGUA (Top)

Ten-Year
Reliability Assessment of Photovoltaic Water Pumping Systems in
Mexico. Alma Cota, Robert Foster, Martin Gomez,
Michael Ross, Charles Hanley, Vipin Gupta, Octavio Montufar, Arturo
Romero. 2004 (388 KB)
Solar
Systems for Use in Agriculture With a Case Study: Livestock Water
and Drip Irrigation 3rd International Symposium
on Fertilization & Irrigation proceedings León, Guanajuato,
July 17, 1998.(565 KB)
Life-cycle
cost analysis for Photovoltaic water pumping systems in Mexico.
Robert Foster, Charles Hanley, 2nd World Conference on PV energy
(275KB)
Siembra
de Hortalizas Orgánicas con Sistema de Bombeo Solar. Estudio
de Caso.
L. Van Den Hooven, M. Gonzáles. 2002. (2.4 MB)
Bombeo
Fotovoltaico de Agua: Una Guía Para la Implementación
de Proyectos.
Southwest Technology Development Institute. 2000.
Vol 1: Libro
de Consulta (3.8 MB) | Vol 2: Libro
de Trabajo (419 kB)
Life-cycle
cost analysis for Photovoltaic water pumping systems in Mexico.
Robert Foster, Charles Hanley, 2nd World Conference on PV energy
(275KB)
HYBRID
SYSTEMS / SISTEMAS HÍBRIDOS (Top)

Costa
de Cocos Wind-Diesel Hybrid System Results of Three Years of Monitoring
International Solar Energy Society Milliennium Solar Forum
2000 ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(205
KB)
Performance
MonitoringFirst-Year Performance of the Chorreras PV-Hybrid Ice-Making
System in Chihuahua, Mexico International
Solar Energy Society Milliennium Solar Forum 2000 ProceedingsMexico
City, Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(1.11 MB)
Lessons
Learned from the Xcalak Village Hybrid System:
A Seven Year Retrospective International Solar
Energy Society 1999 Solar World Conference ProceedingsIsrael Ministry
of Science, Jerusalem, Israel, July 4-9, 1999.(456 KB)
Wind
Hybrid Systems Technology Characterization.
Nelson, Foster, Clark, Raubenheimer. 2002. (706 kB)
TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT / DESARROLLO TECNOLÓGICO (Top)

Operational
Results Of Russian-Built Photovoltaic Alternative Energy Powered
Lighthouses In Extreme Climates. Luis Estrada,
Andrew Rosenthal, Robert Foster, Gene Hauser, Alexander Grigoriev,
Alexei Khoudykinr. 2008. (1.26 MB)
Field
Testing of CdTe PV Modules in Mexico Sánchez-Juárez
Áaron, Ortega José,
Rosas J. Cesar, CIE-UNAM; Gupta Vipin, SNL; Foster Robert, Gomez-Rocha
Luis M, NMSU. 2006 (524 KB)
Prueba
de campo en el estado de Morelos de módulos
fotovoltaicos de CdTe. Vipin
Gupta, SNL; A. Sánchez-Juárez, J. Ortega
Cruz, J.C. Rosas CIE-UNAM; Robert Foster, Martin Gomez
NMSU. 2005 (288 KB)
Japan
photovoltaics market overview DOE-
SNL; Robert Foster, NMSU. 2005. (2.23 MB)
New
Applications for Photovoltaics.
R. Foster, A. Rosenthal. 2001. (22 kB)
Southwest
Region Solar Experiment Station Support for Photovoltaics.
A. Rosenthal, R. Foster. 2001. (18 kB)
Código
Electrico Nacional (NEC): Manual de Prácticas Recomedadas
Para Sistemas Fotovoltaicos.
John Wiles. 1996. (1.9 MB)
National
Electric Code (NEC): Recomended Practices for Photovoltaic Systems.
John Wiles. 1996. (644 kB)
LIGHTING
/ ILUMINACiÓN
(Top)

Willingness
to Pay for Solar Photovoltaic Energy Lighting Systems: The Case
of Rural Chihuahua American Solar Energy Society
1998 Annual Conference proceedings Albuquerque, New Mexico, June
14-17, 1998.(37.4 KB)
PROTECTED
AREAS / ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS(Top)

Renewable
Energy for Protected Areas of the Yucatan Peninsula.
Arturo Romero, Robert Foster, Charles Hanley, Michael Ross, 2003
(330 KB)
FINANCING
AND MARKETS / FINANCIAMIENTO Y MERCADOS(Top)

Distributed
Wind Market Applications Technical Report
NREL/TP/500-39851; T. Forsyth and I. Baring-Gould National Renewable
Energy Laboratory. 2007. (2.22 MB)
Mainstreaming
Renewable Energy Technologies into Mexico's Agricultural Sector:
Reflections on the FIRCO/Sandia Pilot Project, 1994-2000
(223 KB)
Developing
Sustainable Renewable Energy Markets in Mexico: Results and Future
Challenges International Solar Energy Society
Milliennium Solar Forum 2000 ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September
17-22, 2000.(451 KB)
Programa
de Financiamiento para Energia Renovable en Chihuahua, Mexico
International Solar Energy Society Milliennium Solar Forum
2000 ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(342
KB)
Photovoltaics
in Mexico: A Model for Increasing the Use of Renewable Energy
Systems Advances in Solar Energy:
An Annual Review of Research and Development, Volume 13, American
Solar Energy Association, Boulder, Colorado, 1999 (808 KB)
Mexican
Renewable Energy Development: Creating New Markets
Sustainable Applications for Tropical Island States (SATIS) Proceedings
Caribbean Solar Energy Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August
25-27, 1999.(136 KB)
Photovoltaic
Market Development and Barriers in Mexico
Robert E. Foster, Thesis for the Degree of Master Business Administration.
1998. (6.5 MB)
The
USAID Mexico Renewable Energy Program: Building Foundations for
Growing Markets American Solar Energy
Society 1998 Annual Conference proceedings Albuquerque, New Mexico,
June 14-17,1998.(44.0 KB)
Willingness
to Pay for Solar Photovoltaic Energy Lighting Systems: The Case
of Rural Chihuahua American Solar Energy Society
1998 Annual Conference proceedings Albuquerque, New Mexico, June
14-17, 1998.(37.4 KB)
Guía
del Mercado en la Aplicación de la Energía Renovable
en México.
KPMG. 1998. (Abre en una ventana nueva)
Extendiendo
el Uso de la Generacón Eléctrica Usando Tecnologías
Energéticas Solares en Las Américas.
R. Foster, G. Cisneros. C. Hanley. 1992. (103 kB)
Extendiendo
el Uso de la Generación Eléctrica Usando Tecnologías
Energéticas Solares en Las Américas.
R. Foster. R. Pate. 1992. (54 kB)
REFRIGERATION
AND ICE MAKING / REFIGERACIÓN Y PRODUCCIÓN DE HIELO(Top)

Refrigeradores
Fotovoltaicos de uso directo en México Robert
Foster, Luis Estrada, Lilly Ojinaga, José L. Esparza, Arturo
Romero, 2002. (132 KB)
Performance
and Reliability of a PV Hybrid Ice-Making System.
Robert Foster, Luis Estrada, Martín Romero, Sorn Stoll,
Michael Ross, Charles Hanley. 2001. (812 kB)
First-Year
Performance of the Chorreras PV-Hybrid Ice-Making System in Chihuahua,
Mexico Luis Estrada, Robert Foster, Alma Cota,
Lloyd Hoffstatter, Morton Schiff, Dave Panico, and Victor Meraz.
International Solar Energy Society Milliennium Solar Forum 2000
ProceedingsMexico City, Mexico, September 17-22, 2000.(1.11 MB)
SOLAR
DESTILLATION / DESTILACIÓN SOLAR (Top)

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