Yerkes, Bill
Published: January 17, 2009, 3:57 pm
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Peter Saundry Bill Yerkes, an American engineer who is noted for his success in making photovoltaic (PV) cells commercially viable. He is widely known throughout the solar and space industries for his innovations in the design and manufacturing of PV cells. He was founder of Solar Power International (1975), which sequentially became ARCO Solar, Siemens Solar, and now Shell Solar USA, all leaders in low-cost terrestrial solar cells and modules. He also served as President and CEO of Spectrolab. There, he was responsible for developing the solar array left behind on the moon by Apollo 11, along with space batteries, xenon pulse solar simulators and "Night Sun" searchlights for helicopters.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Yerkes, Bill". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth January 17, 2009; Last revised Date January 17, 2009; Retrieved May 22, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Yerkes,_Bill>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Bill Yerkes, an American engineer who is noted for his success in making photovoltaic (PV) cells commercially viable. He is widely known throughout the solar and space industries for his innovations in the design and manufacturing of PV cells. He was founder of Solar Power International (1975), which sequentially became ARCO Solar, Siemens Solar, and now Shell Solar USA, all leaders in low-cost terrestrial solar cells and modules. He also served as President and CEO of Spectrolab. There, he was responsible for developing the solar array left behind on the moon by Apollo 11, along with space batteries, xenon pulse solar simulators and "Night Sun" searchlights for helicopters.
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