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By John Brian Shannon on April 20, 2012
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The first solar panels ever installed, were photo-voltaic solar panels mounted on military satellites and blasted into space from Cape Kennedy, Florida during the 'Space Race' of the 1960's.
By Jeanne Roberts on February 14, 2011
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As a source of energy, the ocean is even better than the sun. It is capable of delivering energy 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. But the difficulty of capturing wave energy in significant amounts – faced with the sea’s pitiless environment – has plagued scientists for a long time.
