The Many Applications Of PV
In this third guest blog, Philip Wolfe shows how applications have proliferated since photovoltaic industry first emerged in the 1970s, as described in his book
Wednesday, 02 Jan 2019
In the 1980s, the first practical uses for solar power on earth again focused on high reliability applications, where cheap electricity was unavailable.
Price Trends Since The Early Solar Years
In this second guest blog, Philip Wolfe traces how prices have evolved since the photovoltaic industry first emerged in the 1970s, as described in his book
Monday, 17 Dec 2018
US based company Solarex, founded by Peter Varadi, played a key role in developing methods to decrease cost for vertically integrated commercial solar module production.
The Early Solar Years
The first in a series of three, this guest blog by solar pioneer Philip Wolfe reviews technological progress since the mid-1970s, when terrestrial photovoltaics first emerged, as described in his book
Monday, 15 Oct 2018
World's largest solar array 1966 - by Sharp (photo credit: Sharp) .
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