Solar Cells: An Introduction to Crystalline Photovoltaic Technology

The expense of extending the conventional electric power utility-grid to remote loca­ tions (about $20,000 per mile in the U. S. ) often prohibits the installation of electric lighting, common household appliances, television receivers, and other telecommunications equipment in such locations. Additionally, the installation of important, but perhaps seldom noticed, electronic equipment such as remote automatic weather moni­ toring stations, microwave telephone repeaters on mountain tops, an...