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George Cove's fantastic sun ray machine

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early solar panel
an image of what is believed to be an early photovoltaic panel invented by George Cove. (Technical World Magazine, March 1909 ( Wikki) )

A thought experiment on how the world might have been a very different place if an inventor back in 1910 hadn’t been the victim of a possible kidnapping and the development of solar technology stopped in its tracks.

Dr Sugandha Srivastav: Lecturer, Environmental Economics, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford

Her article Lost potential: how the kidnapping of a solar energy pioneer impacted the cost of renewable energy and the climate crisis

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