His latest piece is about “George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels.”
George Cove stands next to his third solar array. Source: “Generating electricity by the sun’s rays”, Popular Electricity, Volume 2, nr. 12, April 1910, pp.793.