Solar Photovoltaic Large Video

What is solar everywhere?

This is the text version of a video about Solar Everywhere, a project led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to showcase the development of solar photovoltaics over time.

What is a video cut of a solar array?

Video cuts to animation of panel rotating around sun, then fades to footage of satellite flying over Earth. Narrator: In the next decade, solar arrays found their first significant application on spacecraft. Video cuts to television with President Jimmy Carter on screen.

How many people work under a solar panel?

Video cuts to a group of people in construction vests and helmets working under a solar panel, with text fading over that says “solar industry employs about 300,000 people in the U.S.” Narrator: The solar industry now employs about 300,000 people in the U.S., more than most other energy sources.

When was the first solar cell made?

Narrator: The first modern photovoltaic solar cell was made at Bell Laboratories in 1954. Video cuts to animation of panel rotating around sun, then fades to footage of satellite flying over Earth. Narrator: In the next decade, solar arrays found their first significant application on spacecraft.