Renewable Energy Today

The History Of Solar Energy

Throughout man’s history the sun has always been a subject of speculation and worship. In fact, most ancient cultures have deified the sun, due to its life-giving and energy-giving qualities. Thus, the subject of solar energy is one of the oldest subjects on Earth. It has gone through many evolutions and has been the subject [...]

History to Solar Energy

Solar Power History “I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun’s energy… If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.” These are words of Sir George Porter (December 1920 – August 2002), Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, which today is a reality. The energy which [...]

History of Using Wind Energy

We have been using the energy of the wind for thousands of years. There were boats propelled by wind sailing along the Nile River in 5000 B.C. By 200 B.C., there were simple windmills in China pumping water. At the same time Persian were using vertical-axis windmills with woven reed sails to grind grain. People continued to find [...]