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Solar Power for the World
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Solar Power for the World

by Wolfgang Palz
October 2013
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
800 pages
22h 43m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Solar Power for the World
Chapter 5
Terrestrial Photovoltaic Industry:
The Beginning
Peter F. Varadi
P/V Enterprises, Inc. Chevy Chase, MD, USA
The successful utilization of photovoltaic (PV) cells to supply the
electric needs of satellites used for various purposes gave the
idea and an assurance that PV could also be used successfully
for large scale terrestrial applications. The obvious problem was
that at that time the price of PV cells made for the satellites
was about $300/Wp.
a
By 1972, several of the US government
organizations, which had needs for telecommunication in remote
areas, decided to try to use PV systems to power those equipment.
The two US manufacturers of solar ...
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ISBN: 9789814411875