Brock Johnson

Professor Coco
English 1001
27 October 2016
Annotated Bibliography
"Concentrating Solar Power Basics." NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY,

Comment [JC1]: Remove all caps in the entries.

United States Government, Web. www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/re-csp.html. Accessed 3

Nov. 2016.
This article talks about Concentrating Solar Power Basics. It gives brief summaries on the
three different types of the concentrating solar power systems. It will be helpful because
it gives an overview of the different types of systems and describes how they work. This
is a credible source because it is a government website and the information comes from

Comment [JC2]: Is there an author listed? If so, mention

his/her credibility. Do this for each U.S. govt entry.

the National Renewable Energy Laboratory website.

Dickinson, Tim. "THE DIRTY WAR ON SOLAR POWER. (Cover Story)." Rolling Stone 1255
(2016): 26-31. Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.
This article talks about how in Florida the power companies are using politics to make
sure that solar energy is not used in the state. It talks about how the power companies are
spending millions of dollars on the state legislative to help prevent and block solar
initiatives that would threaten their businesses. It also talks about the government dealing
with solar energy initiatives on the national level. This article will be helpful because it
gives good examples of the outside influences of the power companies in the political
world. Also because it talks about solar energy on the level of national politics. This is a
credible source because it is Tim Dickinson who is an author for Rolling Stone magazine.

Comment [JC3]: Say more about his credibility as a

journalist. Google him to learn about his writing expertise.

Moran, Karsten. "What You Should Know Before Going Solar." The New York Times, Web. 30
Sept. 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/realestate/what-you-should-knowbefore-goingsolar.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSolar%20Energy&action=click&contentCo
llection=energyenvironment&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=
9&pgtype=collection.

Comment [JC4]: Delete the link.

This article talks about things that homeowners should know before they decide to switch
to solar energy. It talks about the basics of solar energy and is written at a simplified
language that is easy to understand. This article will be useful for pulling quotes from sue
to the simple language of the piece. This article will also be helpful because one of the
topics that it talks about is net metering, and since its in a simplified language it is very
useful for quoting. This is a credible article because it is written by Karsten Moran who
is an author for The New York Times.
Papaefthimiou, Spiros, Manolis Souliotis, and Kostas Andriosopoulos. "Grid Parity Of Solar
Energy: Imminent Fact Or Future's Fiction?." Energy Journal 37.(2016): 263-276.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 Oct. 2016.
This article talks about the effectiveness and potential of solar energy for useable
electricity generation. It focuses on the Photovoltiacs (PV) and Concentrated Solar Power
(CSP) systems. This will be a useful source because it talks about solar energy
technologies and their impact on the existing electricity grid. It talks about grid parity
which is when solar energy cost the same or less than conventional energy sources, this is
when solar energy will become a more viable source of energy generation. I know this is

Comment [JC5]: Ditto comment 3

a credible source due to the fact that was published in an academic journal, is full of
graphs and charts, images, and has almost 2 pages worth of references.

Comment [JC6]: Focus on the credibility of the authors

and their institutional affiliation.

Rotman, David. "Paying For Solar Power." MIT Technology Review 118.5 (2015): 88-93.
Academic Search Complete. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.
This article talks about how there are plans to ramp up solar energy production. This plan
involves creating a giant solar factory in Buffalo to try and help increase the economy in
Buffalo. It plans to build the factory to help in production of solar panels. This article
would be helpful because it talks about the cost of solar energy decreasing. It also talks
about grid parity and its need for the government tax credits. This is partially a creditable
source because it is MITs Technology Review journal and it tells who the author is, he is
David Rotman, editor of MIT Technology Review. But it does not list any sources used
for the article.
"Solar Photovoltaic Technology Basics." NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY,
United States Government, Web. 13 Aug. 2013, www.nrel.gov/workingwithus/rephotovoltaics.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2016.
This article talks about solar photovoltaic (PV) technology and gives a brief overview of
it. It gives a brief overview of the history of PV cells and talks briefly about the
development of the solar technology over time. This will be a helpful article because it
can give some insight to how solar PV technology has developed and been advanced over
time. This is a credible source because it is a government website and the information
comes from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory website.

Comment [JC7]: Do you mean that theres no

bibliography?

"Solar Photovoltaic Technology Basics." Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy,
United States Government, Web. 13 Aug. 2013,
energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/solar-photovoltaic-technology-basics.
This website gives a more in depth description of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology
basics. It also talks about PV solar cells and PV solar energy systems. There is also links
that will lead to even more information about those two subcategories of PV technology
basics. This will be a helpful website because it talks about PV cells and provides helpful
links to finding more information towards this topic. I know that it is a credible source
because it is a website from the US governments Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy within the Department of Energy.

Brock You need to add one more peer-reviewed journal article. If you want to stretch
the Works Cited list to eight thats ok. Also, read the entries aloud. I noticed several
places where you have subject-verb agreement error, and youll catch those mistakes
when you hear how the sentence sounds. Overall, you have strong sources.