Post the 1970s energy crisis, U.S. policymakers recognized the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and actively promote renewable energy sources, especially solar power.
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The modern solar power industry in the United States was launched in the wake of the energy crisis of the late 1970s when skyrocketing oil prices motivated governments and energy
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Deployment of Solar Elec-tric Generation Options. DOE awarded project funds to Stone and Webster Engineering Corpo-ratio of Boston, Massachusetts, on September 20, 1977. Stone and Webster
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Throughout the 1970s, innovators applied solar technology to ground-breaking projects, including solar homes. In 1973, researchers at the University of Delaware built the first house to
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The real popularization of solar panels began in the 1970s when global issues such as energy crises and the awareness of the need to transition to alternative energy sources emerged.
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In the 1970s, scientists and engineers were coming around to the idea of “farming” the sun''s energy on a large scale.
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With no moving parts and ability to generate power indefinitely, solar arrays proved much more practical than batteries for long-duration missions. As NASA pushed further out into the solar
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Despite these grand aspirations, solar energy in the 1970s also had critical limitations. Many solar technologies remained highly experimental, small scale, and unconventional in their design. They
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Technology roadmaps for the future outline the research and development path to full competitiveness of concentrating solar power (CSP) with conventional power generation technologies within a decade.
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Though the importance of solar energy to the space program ensured that research and development would continue through the 1950s and 1960s, solar power still faced a major barrier—it was not a
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