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R In 1891, Clarence Kemp, an inventor from Baltimore, Maryland, patents the firstcommercial solar water heater.R In 1908, William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invents an insulatedsolar collector with copper coils. Bailey sold 4,000 units by the end of World WarOne.R Due to copper rationing during the Second World War, the solar water heatingmarket plummets.R The photovoltaic , or PV cell, is discovered in 1954 by Bell telephone researchers.During the 1950s, photovoltaic cells are beginning to be used to power satellitesfor outer space.R During the 1970s and 1980s, due to the oil price increases, the OPEC oil embargoin 1973, and the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, interest and research regardingsolar energy rises.R During his term as President, Jimmy Carter adds solar heating panels to the WhiteHouse. They have since been removed.(Source: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/b/j/bjs286/egee/right.html, Timelineof Solar Power)Solar Power Today!RIn 2000, the Unites States used 70 trillion Btu of solar energy.R Other countries around the globe have dramatically increased their research,development, and usage of solar energy.R 90% of Cypruss homes and buildings have solar water heating panels.R More than 20,000 homes worldwide are powered by solar cells!R Japan leads the world in the production and use of photovoltaic solar panels.R Germany generates twenty percent of its electricity using the wind (wind is a formof solar power ).36