solar power

By Str!kers24

  • Japan makes it big

    Japan installs a 242 watt photovoltaic array on the lighthouse which is the worlds largerst array.

  • NASA launches solar rocket

    NASA launches the first Nimbus rocket it was a satelite that was powered by 470 watts.

  • solar power station.

    Peter Glaser concieves the idea of the satelite solar power station.

  • NASA launches the first orbital astronomical observatory.

    This machine is powered by 1 kilowatt photovoltaic array which does not use a lot of solar energy.

  • solar furnace built in france

    The odeillo furnace is built in France this featured an 8 story parabolic mirror

  • less money for a solar cell

    DR.Elliot Berman had help from Exxon corporation to make solar cells go down fromm $100 to $20 per solar fell.

  • Energy conversion

    The institute of energy conventionis established at the universtity of Delaware.

  • French

    The french install a cadmium sulfide to operate telivisions in Niger.

  • ARCO solar

    ARCO solar becomes the first company to produce more than 1 megawatt of photovoltaic modules per year.