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Japan installs a 242 watt photovoltaic array on the lighthouse which is the worlds largerst array.
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NASA launches the first Nimbus rocket it was a satelite that was powered by 470 watts.
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Peter Glaser concieves the idea of the satelite solar power station.
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This machine is powered by 1 kilowatt photovoltaic array which does not use a lot of solar energy.
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The odeillo furnace is built in France this featured an 8 story parabolic mirror
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DR.Elliot Berman had help from Exxon corporation to make solar cells go down fromm $100 to $20 per solar fell.
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The institute of energy conventionis established at the universtity of Delaware.
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The french install a cadmium sulfide to operate telivisions in Niger.
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ARCO solar becomes the first company to produce more than 1 megawatt of photovoltaic modules per year.