
410 Abandoning Nuclear in Favour of Renewable Energies
Figure 25.9 Visit to Japan.
• standalone power supply for remote villages/islands;
• water pumping;
• sea-water desalination;
• production of hydrogen;
• radio and TV broadcasting;
• supply to airport electronic equipment;
• supply to recreation centers.
As I recall, other important R&D achievements were related to
• solar cell processing by cold junction formation;
• continuous silicon crystallization growth at a high rate of
10 cm/min, to reduce silicon wafer costs;
• identification of cost-effective resin materials for PV panels
encapsulation;
• amorphous Si deposition by magnetron sputtering;
• Cu
2
S-CdS ...