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=== Are there associations in this field/market (business associations, university associations, professional associations) that are relevant for the IP debate in this field? Identify their policies, recommendations and/or best practices related to IP of their members. ===
After an initial review of the leading associations it appears that the associations focus more on information exchange, standards, and promotion of the field than intellectual property management.  

*Material Consulted to Date:
**Primary materials created by the associations (web sites, white papers, brochures. etc) did not reveal positions on IP protection
**limited law review and other journals have been consulted with similar results
**This is an area that might best be understood through interviews with association leaders.  
***Possible candidates include: 
****Rhone Resch - President and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Energy Industry Association [http://www.seia.org/cs/about_seia/staff/rhone_resch]


== Background for Questions: ==

=== Solar ===

'''American Solar Energy Society'''<br>
2400 Central Ave, Suite A, <br>
Boulder, Colorado 80301<br>
303-443-3130<br>
http://www.ases.org/<br>
Founded: 1954<br>
Publishes:<br>
* SOLAR TODAY magazine
Conference: <br>
* ASES National Solar Conference
* ASES National Solar Tour

'''Solar Electric Power Association'''<br>
1220 19th Street NW, Suite 401, <br>
Washington, DC 20036<br>
202-857-0898<br>
http://www.solarelectricpower.org/<br>
Founded: 1992<br>
"electric service provider, manufacturer, installer, government, and research members"<br>
Publications<br>
* Monthly Phone Seminars
* Bi-Weekly Electronic Newsletter and Email Alerts
Conferences<br>
* Solar Power International 2008

'''Solar Power Industry Association'''<br>
805 15th Street, NW Suite 510 <br>
Washington, DC 20005 <br>
(202) 682-0556<br>
http://www.seia.org/<br>
Founded: 1974<br>

'''Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC)'''<br>
1679 Clearlake Road<br>
Cocoa, FL 32922-5703<br>
(321) 638-1537<br>
http://www.solar-rating.org/<br>

'''Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)'''<br>
1112 16th Street NW<br>
Suite 240<br>
Washington, D.C. 20036<br>
(202) 628-7400<br>
http://www.sbicouncil.org/<br>


=== Wind ===

'''National Wind Coordinating Collaborative'''<br>
"Representatives from the utility, wind industry, environmental, consumer, regulatory, power marketer, agricultural, tribal, economic development, and state and federal government sectors to support the development of an environmentally, economically, and politically sustainable commercial market for wind power."<br>
http://www.nationalwind.org/about/default.htm

'''American Wind Energy Association'''<br>
1101 14th Street N.W. 12th Fl<br>
Washington DC 20005<br>
(202) 383-2505<br>
windmail@awea.org<br>
http://www.awea.org<br>
Types of members: wind energy equipment manufacturers, project developer, plus  individuals from industry, government, and academia.  <br>
Publishes:<br>
* Wind Energy Weekly
* Windletter monthly
Conference:<br>
* Annual Wind Power Conference

'''American Council on Renewable Energy ACORE'''<br>
PO Box 33518<br>
Washington, DC 20033<br>
202-393-0001<br>
info@acore.org<br>
http://www.acore.org<br>
Founded 2001<br>
Accelerates the adoption of renewable energy technologies into the mainstream of American society (Encyclopedia of Associations)<br>
Publishes:<br>
* ACORE News, a quarterly newsletter
* Renewable ENergy in America, an annual report


=== Tidal ===

'''Ocean Renewable Energy Coalition'''<br>
http://www.oceanrenewable.com/


=== General Alternative Energy ===

'''Center for Energy Policy and Research'''<br>
MIT Building E19-411<br>
400 Main Street, 4th Floor<br>
Cambridge, MA 02142<br>
ceepr@mit.edu<br>
617-253-3551<br>
http://web.mit.edu/ceepr/www/<br>

'''Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Information Center'''<br>
Mail Stop EE-1<br>
Department of Energy<br>
Washington, DC 20585<br>
1-877-337-3463<br>
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/informationcenter/<br>

'''EPRI'''<br>
3420 Hillview Avenue, <br>
Palo Alto, California 94304<br>
650-855-2121<br>
askepri@epri.com<br>
http://www.epri.com/<br>

'''Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)'''<br>
P.O. Box 1156<br>
Latham, New York 12110-1156<br>
518-458-6059<br>
http://www.irecusa.org/<br>

'''Northeast Sustainable Energy Association'''<br>
50 Miles Street <br>
Greenfield, MA 01301<br>
413.774.6051<br>
nesea@nesea.org<br>
http://www.nesea.org/<br>

'''Renewable Energy Policy Project'''<br>
1612 K Street, NW<br>
Suite 202<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
202.293.2898<br>
http://www.repp.org/<br>

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