The Solar Energy Timeline

THE SOLAR TIMELINE 1839 1888-91 1905 KMAX = HF -ØI THE OUTER SOME PLATINUM ELECTRODES SITTING EINSTEIN CATCHES WIND OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN A POT OF ACID FIZZ WITH ELECTRICAL CHARGE. IN SCIENTIFIC TERMS: FIRST AND WRITES A LANDMARK PAPER ON THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT THAT WINS THE NOBEL PRIZE (TWENTY YEARS LATER). OCCURS, AND THE FIRST PHOTOVOLTAIC REACTION OBSERVED. SOLAR CELL IS BORN. 1954 1962 BY THIS STAGE, OUR The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES NOISY LITTLE PLANET IS CELEBRATES THE 'LIMITLESS ENERGY OF THE SUN' WHEN ALREADY THE 6% EFFICIENT SOLAR Expect the World BEING ORBITED BY THE FIRST CELL IS ANNOUNCED. SOLAR-POWERED SATELLITES 1967 1968 1977 SOLAR POWER IS NOW THE FIRST WEARABLE SOLAR SOLAR PANELS APPEAR TRUSTED ENOUGH TO DEVICE - THE SOLAR POWERED ON THE ROOF OF THE CARRY HUMAN LIFE WRISTWATCH HITS THE STREETS. WHITE HOUSE THROUGH THE COSMOS, ABOARD A SPACESHIPP CALLED SOYUZ. MINI PV PANELS APPEAR ON CALCULATORS. NOW WE CAN DO LONG TRICKY SUMS WAY OUT IN THE DESERT. 1986 1978 REAGAN REMOVES SOLAR PANELS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. 1999 (2004 NOW THERE IS 1,000 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR THE SOLAR ROOFS POWER WORLDWIDE, A 5X INCREASE IN FIFTEEN YEARS. INITIATIVE IS PROPOSED BY GOVERNATOR ARNIE, MEANING 1,000,000 PEOPLE WILL HAVE THEIR HOMES POWERED BY SOLAR. Google "A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PROJECT THAT WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN A FEW YEARS," SAYS THE VATICAN ABOUT ITS NEW SOLAR POWER PLAN. 2007 F2007 2005 GOOGLE LAUNCHES A MASSIVE SOLAR THE PV INDUSTRY IN CHINA IS WORTH AROUND PANEL PROJECT £1.5BN AND EMPLOYS 13,810 PEOPLE, AT THIS STAGE. AND THE SOLAR BOOM HASN'T HAPPENED YET. "THE RAVI SOLAR LAMP IS LAUNCHED BY SOLAR AID, TO END AFRICA'S DEPENDENCE ON THE HARMFUL AND EXPENSIVE KEROSENE LAMP. (2007 40% 2007 THE RACE HEATS UP TO PRODUCE THE MOST EFFICIENT SOLAR PANEL. AT THIS POINT, EFFICIENCY RATES ARE AROUND 40%. 2011 2010 FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER CAUSES BARACK OBAMA STICKS GERMANY TO DITCH ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM PV PANELS BACK ON IN FAVOUR OF RENEWABLES, WITH THE ROOF. EMPHASIS ON SOLAR PV. 2012 (2012 AT THIS POINT IN TIME THERE ARE ABOUT 288,000 ON A SUNNY DAY IN GERMANY, SOLAR POWER SOLAR PROJECTS IN THE UK. PRODUCES 22 GIGAWATTS PER HOUR, ABOUT THE SAME AS 20 NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, ENOUGH FOR 50% OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 2013 2012 INDIA'S FIRST SOLAR- UK GOVERNMENT POWERED ATMS ARE DECLARES THAT 4 INSTALLED. MILLION HOMES WILL BE POWERED BY THE SUN BY 2020. 2013 GAS RESERVES DOWN 2013 SPAIN IS NOW GENERATING MORE THAN 50% OF ITS POWER RENEWABLY, MONTH ON MONTH. BROADSHEETS REPORT THAT UK GAS RESERVES ARE DOWN TO JUST TWO DAYS' SUPPLY. EACH NEW BOATLOAD MEANS JUST ANOTHER SIX HOURS WORTH. ofgem 2013 THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF OFGEM WARNS A 'NEAR-CRISIS' WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 2015 AND 2018, PUSHING UP PRICES AND CAUSING A 'DOUBLE SQUEEZE' ON ENERGY PRICES. WHAT WILL TOMORROW BRING? References http://exploringgreentechnology.com/solar-energy/history-of-solar-energy/ http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2000/alferov-lecture.pdf http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/10/white-house-goes-solar.html https://www.physics.itm.ac.in/-labs/amp/EPEE_PCD_SV.paf http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/magazine/the-secret-to-solar-power.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.independent.co.uk/ife-style/history/to-outer-space-and-back-to-earth-again-2266699.htmikaction=gallery&ino=8 http://www.uniquewatchguide.com/solar-watches.html http://www.rrel.gov/news/press/2008/625.html the ecolexperts design by www.jessicadraws.com