Stan Ovshinsky Solar Panels

In a converted barn stan ovshinsky third from left and his crew pose with his newly invented benjamin automatic lathe in 1946.

Stan ovshinsky solar panels.

That s the name of the company the late stanford ovshinsky founded in 2007 after he was forced into retirement by the board of the company he had founded in 1960. Worked great and made the trip to base camp rolled up in a mailing tube. Ovshinsky innovation lives again. Pursuing solar electricity at a cost equal to or lower than that of coal electricity may 2011 vol.

Invented by ecd ovonics co founder stan ovshinsky thin film laminates offer several advantages over crystalline pv panels. Tell me why every single rooftop in the world is not covered with these. See meet stan ovshinsky the energy genius for a profile of ovshinsky. While coal mining reigned supreme ovshinsky was pondering ways to harness power from the sun and in 1979 began streamlining the mass production of inexpensive solar panels u s.

Photo courtesy of lillian hoddeson and peter garrett ovshinsky planned to develop the ovitron further but the settlement terms of a lawsuit with a former partner prevented him from using the same materials or design. The panel was used to charge a battery to power an apple iic portable computer. Though ovshinsky now holds well over 300 patents his most notable inventions include thin film photovoltaic pv solar panels and pv production machines the nickel metal hydride nimh battery. Before carrying the product i actually went out to visit the thin film manufacturing plant in troy michigan and was able to met the thomas edison of our time the owner stan ovshinsky ovonics.

To drive the unsubsidized cost of solar power below that of coal to create in effect a moore s law for energy. Signs of hope the new york times magazine november 24 2009. With 400 patents spanning a 50 year career stan ovshinsky together with his wife iris developed an array of energy and information related inventions that advanced many technologies and industries all in pursuit of a vision of a hydrogen based economy.