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•	Typical Meteorological Year (TMY3 and TMY2) data and documentation is available on the Solar Radiation Resource Information website. http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb

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•	Go Solar California: http://www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov

•	SolarPACES, International Energy Agency: http://www.solarpaces.org

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National Renewable Energy Laboratory

•	Energy Analysis, http://www.nrel.gov/analysis

•	National Center for Photovoltaics, http://www.nrel.gov/pv

•	Concentrating Solar Power Research, http://www.nrel.gov/csp

•	Publications, http://www.nrel.gov/publications/

Sandia National Laboratories

•	Photovoltaic Systems Research & Development, http://photovoltaics.sandia.gov

•	Concentrating Solar Power, http://www.sandia.gov/csp/csp_r_d_sandia.html

•	Publications, http://www.sandia.gov/news/publications/index.html