In 1839, Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the photovoltaic effect, which explained that electricity could be generated from sunlight by shining light on an electrode submerged in a conductive solution. However, solar cells remained very inefficient until later research and development, and were mainly used for measuring light. The first solar house, built in 1939 at MIT, used seasonal thermal energy storage to provide year-round heating from solar power. Fossil fuels like coal, oil and natural gas also originate from ancient sunlight.

2. Solar panel history
In 1839 Alexandre Edmond Becquerel discovered the
photovoltaic effect which explains how electricity can be
generated from sunlight. He claimed that “shining light on
an electrode submerged in a conductive solution would
create an electric current.” However, even after much
research and development subsequent to the discovery,
photovoltaic power continued to be very inefficient and
solar cells were used mainly for the purposes of measuring
light.

4. Signs of solar energy on
Earth include:
The energy of fossil fuels, which originate in the
distant past of planet or animal biomass.
• Coal
• Oil
• Natural gas

5. Solar House #1 of Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in the United States, built in
1939, used Seasonal thermal energy
storage for year-round heating

6. Future of solar energy

7. BY: Daniela Kukučka and Iveta Pagač
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