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Solar Energy: The Quest and the Question

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I have borrowed the title for these lectures from a slide show prepared by the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) for the International SunDay, 3 May 1978. That was the day of celebration of the great promise of solar energy utilization for human needs. In these lectures, I will review the progress we have made in translating that promise into a reality. The first four lectures will cover solar energy technologies. In the last lecture, I will discuss the basis of solar energy policy formulation and give some of my own views on planning the transition from exhaustable to renewable resources.

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    Present address: Research and Development Center, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA

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Simmons, M.K. (1980). Solar Energy: The Quest and the Question. In: Wilson, R. (eds) Energy for the Year 2000. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3153-7_3

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