David Mills

male
Australian, David R. Mills, solar researcher, Solar Heat and Power, International Solar Energy Society, University of Sydney…solarenergy, solar power, solar thermal
David R. Mills (born 1946) is Canadian by birth, and has been active in solar energy research in Australia since 1975, and has been at the...

Martin Green

male, 61 years old
professor, University of New South Wales, Pacific Solar, solar power, mcmaster university, university of queensland…solarenergy, Solar Photovoltaics Group, Sydney-based Pacific Solar Pty.
Martin Green is an Australian professor at the University of New South Wales who works intensively with the development of the use of solar energy....
Steve Baer

Steve Baer

male
Solar building designer, zome, Drop City, Direct Use of the Sun’s Energy, polyhedron, solarenergy
Steve Baer is an American inventor and solar and residential designer. Baer has served on the board of directors of the U.S. Section of the...
Farrington Daniels

Farrington Daniels

male, deceased (1972)
Congregationalist, University of Minnesota alumni, Chemist, Harvard University alumni, physical chemist, University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty…solarenergy
Farrington Daniels (1889-1972), an American physical chemist, is considered one of the pioneers of the modern direct use of solar energy.

Stanford R. Ovshinsky

male, 86 years old
From Akron, Ohio, American, inventor, fax machine, lithuanian, lcd…solarenergy
Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1923-) is a self-taught Jewish American-Lithuanian engineer, inventor, and physicist. He has invented amorphous...

Auguste Mouchout

male
inventor, cauldron, solarenergy, engine, steam power, industrial revolution
Auguste Mouchout was a 19th century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power....
Charles Kettering

Charles Kettering

male, deceased (1958)
Dewar Trophy engineer, delta upsilon, generator, engineer, inventor, World War I…solarenergy
Charles Franklin Kettering, also known as "Boss" Kettering, was born in Loudonville, Ohio, USA the fourth of five children of Jacob Kettering and...
I. M. Dharmadasa

I. M. Dharmadasa

male
CdTe, solar cells, efficiency of 18%, Thin film solar cells, High efficiency solar cells, new theoretical model for CdTe…promoting the use of renewable energy, solarenergy, renewable energy
I.M. Dharmadasa is a Professor in Applied Physics and leads the Electronic Materials and Solar energy (solar cells and other Semiconductor Devices)...
Piero Manzoni

Piero Manzoni

male, deceased (1963)
from the Province of Cremona, death by myocardial infarction, Province of Cremona, Soncino, phosphorescent, Soncino, Italy…solarenergy
Piero Manzoni (july 13 1933 - February 6, 1963) was an Italian artist best known for his ironic conceptual art in direct response to the work of...
Hans Ziegler

Hans Ziegler

male, deceased (1999)
physicist, from New Jersey, World War II, German-American, inventor, German…solarenergy, solar cells
Dr. Hans K. Ziegler was responsible for the first application of photovoltaic solar cells as a power source for satellites. Translated excerpts of...