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The prehistory of solar panels

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George Cove’s third solar panel. Source: “Harnessing sunlight”, René Homer, Modern Electrics, Vol. II, No.6, September 1909.

My work sends me looking for all kinds of things that I would never, if entirely directing my own research, be compelled to search and learn. I am grateful for this. This is how I learned about George Cove and his solar electric generator…a little known 1909 precursor to solar panels. The Resilience article “How to Build a Low-Tech Solar Panel?” goes into detail on Cove’s work.

With the picture caption of the photograph from the Resilience article, I was able to find two articles about Cove’s work at the time:

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