To the relief of environmentalists and renewable energy fans everywhere the Renew-o-pedia went live today! Run on the software from the makers of the world-famous Wikipedia, the Renew-o-pedia will become a great source of information on everything you want to know about renewable energy. The goal is to make Renew-o-pedia accessible and useful to the average person.

For those unfamiliar with Wikipedia, it is a community edited online encyclopedia, and the Renew-o-pedia is the renewable energy version of it. Anyone can write or edit the information in any article, and can write new articles on new topics. Wikipedia has proven to be as reliable on most topics as the venerable and long ago established big names of the encyclopedia world. It does take vigilance and cooperation to keep a wiki working as a good product, but the combined efforts of many minds will keep the information current and high-quality.

So check it out, sign in, and start writing. This has the potential to be a powerful resource for a lot of people. Let’s make it happen!