Swanson: Solar Cells at the Cusp

By Paul Kedrosky · Saturday, October 17, 2009 ·

Stanford's Richard Swanson, a photovoltaic pioneer, on how solar cells are at the cusp. Fun story: At first no-one wanted solar cells, so a company of Swanson's spent a bunch of time building & selling the technology allowing Palms to beam contact back and forth.