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A major U.S. Government source of domestic and international energy statistics is the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, with home page at Some especially useful documents linked from this site include Annual Energy Review and Annual Energy Outlook, which focus on the U.S., and International Energy Annual and International Energy Outlook, which take the global view. A very interesting set of "International Energy Fact Sheets," including some with economic and/or political perspectives, is at A review, Energy in the United States: 1635-2000 is at The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy site is "Wind Powering America" is a program particularly aimed at expanding the use of wind power; see The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's site is The U.S. Geological Survey's Energy Resource Surveys Program is accessible via the home page A series of satellite images of the Chernobyl area, with some information on the 1986 reactor accident and its aftermath, is found at For data and graphics concerning worldwide use of nuclear fission power, try the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Power Reactor Information System site at The IAEA—which is sometimes described as the "Atoms for Peace Organization of the UN"—co-sponsored a conference looking back "15 years after Chernobyl" highlights of which can be found at Information from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Information System is at Information on commercial U.S. reactors specifically— numbers, types, the licensing process, etc.—is available from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission at The New York State Research and Development Authority maintains a website with a variety of interactive exercises to explore energy use and energy-saving strategies: |