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Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by samstave on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:06PM (#29223565)
>>since the first panels were built in the 19th century.

? Any interesting things to point me at on this topic?

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This says 1954

https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200904/physicshisto...

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Let me know if you have something else.

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Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by tim333 on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:28AM (#29226556)
>Charles Fritts installed the first solar panels on New York City rooftop in 1884

>created the first solar cell by coating selenium with a thin layer of gold

from https://brewminate.com/a-brief-history-of-solar-panels-since...

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Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by adrianN on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:06AM (#29224269)
Non-silicon cells are older, but still fall in the 20th century[1]. Maybe copper oxide cells are older still?

[1] https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/10/how-to-build-a-low...

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