French inventor and solar power pioneer (1825–1912)
Augustin Mouchot
Born
(1825-04-07)7 April 1825
Semur-en-Auxois, France
Died
4 October 1912(1912-10-04) (aged 87)
Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Pioneering solar energy research
Awards
Gold Medal, Class 54, Paris World Exhibition (1878), Lauréat de l'Institut de France (1891, 1892)
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics Physics
Institutions
Morvan 1845-49, Alençon 1853-62, Rennes and Tours 1864-71
Augustin Mouchot (/muːˈʃoʊ/; French:[muʃo]; 7 April 1825 – 4 October 1912) was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power.
AugustinMouchot (/muːˈʃoʊ/; French: [muʃo]; 7 April 1825 – 4 October 1912) was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting...
expectation that coal would soon become scarce, such as experiments by AugustinMouchot. Charles Fritts installed the world's first rooftop photovoltaic solar...
expensive than photovoltaic power plants, there are very few in use today. AugustinMouchot demonstrated a solar collector with a cooling engine making ice cream...
process heat generation. In 1878, at the Universal Exposition in Paris, AugustinMouchot successfully demonstrated a solar steam engine but could not continue...
for use in industry, and in the residential and commercial sectors. AugustinMouchot demonstrated a solar collector with a cooling engine making ice cream...
into mechanical power. Joel Makower David Mills (solar researcher) AugustinMouchot Elon Musk Brian Norton (engineer) Monica Oliphant Ron Pernick T. Boone...
first solar power printing press. He was initially an assistant to Augustin Bernard Mouchot who developed the first solar engine, but later developed solar...