Solar power was first discovered by French physicist Edmond Becquerel in 1839 at the age of 19. . Frank Shuman (/ ˈʃuːmən /; January 23, 1862 – April 28, 1918) was an American inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would produce steam. Shuman was born in 1862 in Brooklyn, New York. At 18, he. . WW1 also marked the end of the world's first solar power station, which was operating only for one year, in Egypt, before the outbreak of hostilities caused it to be abandoned. Shuman's plant used semi circle shaped troughs to power a 60-70 horsepower engine that pumped 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River to adjacent cotton fields. EFL has planned for 5 MW solar power. . The word “Photovoltaic” takes us to the beginning of solar history: “Photo” meaning light and “Voltaic” meaning electricity. Berzelius and Gottlieb Gahn were trying out a method of preparing sulphuric acid. During the process, they observed what we now recognize as Selenium (Se).
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