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The Surprising History of Solar Energy


Efficiency of solar PV, then, now and future - Sites at Lafayette

In 1957, Hoffman Electronics were able to introduce cells with an increased efficiency, at 8%. The same company's solar cell efficiency was increased to 9% in ...

The History of Solar Energy and Solar Pioneers | 8MSolar

Solar panels may seem commonplace today, but they're a relatively new way to capture the renewable energy of the sun. But solar energy has been around since the ...

Big Oil Companies Like Exxon Helped Develop Solar Industry - NPR

Call it a sign of the times. Renewable energy has gotten so cheap that even oil giant Exxon Mobil, which reported $20.8 billion in earnings ...

Tech Today: Suspended Solar Panels See the Light - NASA

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is an example of a concentrated solar power plant, which works by having hundreds of reflective panels heating up ...

EROS 50th History: Conservation at the Center - USGS.gov

The water used to process color prints had to be hot. In the energy-conscious 1970s, EROS innovated again, getting a $646,600 grant from the ...

Curious Crew | Solar Energy | Season 7 - PBS

It's an episode full of hot air – literally – as the Curious Crew investigates the power of the sun and solar energy.

The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think

More than $1.7 trillion worldwide is expected to be invested in technologies such as wind, solar power, electric vehicles and batteries globally ...

Exciting New Solar Technologies That Actually Matter (And Why ...

Existing technology was enough to lead the International Energy Agency to declare solar the “cheapest source of electricity in history.” And that was back ...

Sun's surprising activity surge in Solar Orbiter snapshot - ESA

It is caused by the 'solar dynamo', the process that generates the Sun's magnetic field. At the beginning of this cycle (the solar minimum) there is relatively ...

The Pentagon's plan to go solar: another chapter in a great ...

Let's be clear: Solar energy is one of the great American success stories. Americans invented solar photovoltaic technology, nurtured it and led ...

The History of Solar Panels

Modern solar panels trace their origins to the 19th century, with the discovery of the photovoltaic effect by Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel and the development of ...

A Perfect Solar Superstorm: The 1859 Carrington Event | HISTORY

In 1859 a massive solar flare spewed electrified gas and subatomic particles toward Earth, wreaking havoc on telegraph networks.

Unlocking America's rooftop solar potential

Neumann emphasized the availability of superior alternatives, pointing to the abundance of renewable energy sources in the United States, with ...

Who invented solar panels? -The early history of solar energy. 1839 ...

The technology is fairly simple and based on a physical effect called the photoelectric effect. There are some elements that hold thier outer ...

The dark side of solar - Brookings Institution

This red-hot growth suggests that in the near future, solar power could challenge fossil fuel dominance and help the world reduce its carbon emissions.

Episode Transcript – Episode 100 - Solar-powered lamp and charger

The power of the sun seems a good place to end this global history, because solar energy is a dream of the future that echoes the oldest and most universal ...

The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to ...

As the world moves into the fifth industrial revolution, never before has technological innovation been as robust as it is today. Green energy innovation is at ...

How Solar Power Works - KQED

It is also used directly to generate electricity. One common solar energy technology is the solar panel. Solar panels are composed of a series ...

Solar panels largely confined to wealthy Americans | Stanford Report

In 2018, the Stanford team published an initial study that analyzed the number of solar installations at a single point in time. That study ...

Community Solar - Sustainable Westchester

The solar project injects energy into the grid on your behalf while you continue to receive electricity from your utility. Each month you receive a solar credit ...