From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar ElectricityEarthscan, 1999 - 224 Seiten From Space to earth tracks the evolution of photovoltaics from its shaky nineteenth-century beginnings mired in scientific controversy, to its high visibility success in the space program, to its current position as an indispensable and versatile power source that is improving our daily lives. |
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Chapter Ten Long Distance for Everyone | 85 |
Chapter Eleven Father Verspieren Preaches the Solar Gospel | 103 |
Chapter Twelve Electrifying the Unelectrified | 125 |
Chapter Thirteen Solarizing the Electrified | 147 |
During the 1970s and 1980s most governmentfunded photovoltaics research | 160 |
Chapter Fourteen Better Cells Cheaper Cells | 163 |
Chapter Fifteen The Silent Revolution Continues | 187 |
Index | 209 |
Illustration Credits | 223 |
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Seite 16 - ... several cases there was a distinct change ; in most instances the action of the light assisted the passage of the current ; but in one case we found that the effect of light was not only to bring the deflection of the galvanometerneedle down to zero, but also to send it up considerably on the other side. Here there seemed to be a case of light actually producing an electromotive force within the selenium, which in this case was opposed to and could overbalance the electromotive force due to polarization.
Seite 31 - may mark the beginning of a new era, leading eventually to the realization of one of mankind's most cherished dreams — the harnessing of the almost limitless energy of the sun for the uses of civilization.
Seite 6 - ... apparatus, to determine the solar constant, and later on made apparatus for the practical utilization of solar radiation. All these experiments were made at his own expense, and he tells us they cost him £20,000; and having done all this work, the conclusion he arrived at was: "The fact is, however, that although the heat is obtained for nothing, so extensive, costly, and complex is the concentration apparatus that solar steam is many times more costly than steam produced by burning coal.
Seite 29 - To the making of these fateful decisions, the United States pledges before you — and therefore before the world — its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma — to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be 'dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life.
Seite 2 - Eventually industry will no longer find in Europe the resources to satisfy its prodigious expansion. . . . Coal will undoubtedly be used up. What will industry do then?
Seite xv - I would like to thank the following individuals and institutions for their assistance in the research and writing of this book: Dr.
Seite 17 - ... telephonic or other corresponding current is produced, which can be utilized by any suitable apparatus, thus requiring no battery but the selenium cell itself. The strength of the current varies with the amount of light on the cell, and with the extent of the surface which is lighted. I produce current not only by exposure to sunlight, but also to dim diffused daylight, and even to lamplight.
Seite 47 - The International Conference on the Use of Solar Energy — The Scientific Basis, Transactions of the Conference, Electrical Process, vol.
Seite 5 - Upper Egypt, for instance, will, in the course of a few centuries, derive signal advantage and attain a high political position on account of her perpetual sunshine and the consequent command of unlimited motive force. The time will come when Europe must stop her mills for want of coal. Upper Egypt, then, with her never-ceasing...
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