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Sun Above the Horizon: Meteoric Rise of the Solar Industry (Pan Stanford Series on Renewable Energy) 1st Edition

by Peter F. Varadi (Author)
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Product Details

  • Series: Pan Stanford Series on Renewable Energy
  • Paperback: 548 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Stanford; 1 edition (May 23, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9814613290
  • ISBN-13: 978-9814613293
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsWould he have done all this had he been born in the USA?
By Stephen C. Baer on January 9, 2015
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This account by one of the 1972 founders of Solarex Corporation is essential reading for all interested in photovoltaics. Varadi and Joseph Lindemayer left Hungary after the troubles of 1968 and went to work for Comsat, the US Government Satellite Company. In 1972 the two refugees from Hungarian communism, taking advantage of American capitalism formed Solarex. Varadi organized the business and Lindemayer the technology. Varadi may have handled the business but he is not ignorant of technical matters. There is a gap Varadi and Solarex planned to fill we Americans might puzzle over. Why the initial disinterest in our use of solar electricity on earth? Why so little interest outside of the “big picture” (our utilities) which enchants the US Government and our large corporations? Small uses of solar electricity interest Varadi. He wishes to keep the battery on his Chesepeake Bay boat charged and sees a market (it is slow to develop) for such. One of his first inquiries is tiny PV panels to charge wrist watches. He is interested. He wishes to earn a living, to keep Solarex alive. The same for Edmunds Scientific and the solar cube demos with their tiny fans. What a welcome change his “small time concerns” are from the pompous stagnant big picture. Bless the woman who calls seeking a PV demo. Varadi has an understandable skepticism of Government as he grew up in communist Hungary. This, to me made Varadi and Solarex immediately appealing and the best of America. They raised money from their friends. At the same time they visited many venture capitalists who didn’t invest or impress Varadi – more “big picture” people.
The book is too rich in accounts of business meetings for me. I don’t need to know in such detail the lunches and dinners.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn excellent new book on the history of solar energy
By Allan R Hoffman on July 7, 2014
Format: Paperback
Peter Varadi's new book is a unique and valuable contribution to the history of solar energy authored by a true solar energy pioneer. In 1973 he co-founded SOLAREX Corporation, Rockville, MD (USA) to develop the utilization of solar cells (PV) for terrestrial applications. As someone who is intimately familiar with the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies for many years, I can nevertheless say I learned a great deal from Peter's book that I did not previously know about the PV industry’s early years and its subsequent expansion into a critical part of the world’s current and future energy system. I recommend it highly.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA book to be read by everyone
By Helene B on June 25, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Before I opened this book - which a friend strongly recommended - I knew very little about anything solar. My curiosity was peeked
and when I started reading it I could not put it down. First, because it was so easy and understandable to read and also it was
witty and so much of what we don't know or take for granted was amazingly revealed.
This book is a must for everyone who wants to understand what is around us and know how we live today with so much
that we don't know .
This is also a book for students to discover the world around us.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDown and Dirty in the Green
By Walter J. Boyne on July 11, 2014
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Fascinating insight you will not get elsewhere
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By Peter F. Varadi on March 9, 2016
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Excellent book.
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