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An American inventor, Clarence Kemp, invented the first machine which used the selenium cells to heat water, although this was not a huge commercial success. By 1908, many eminent scientists including Albert Einstein were working on practical applications of solar power, and the first solar collector design of coils of metal in a box was patented. Although the design has been refined many times since, this is the first real modern.

Space Race In the late 1950s the Americans were starting to send satellites up into orbit, and investigations began into ways of powering the voyage. Many different American laboratories began work on making lightweight, reliable and durable solar cells which could be effectively attached to rockets and satellites. As research progressed, the cells became more reliable and smaller. By the 1960s, Japan was beginning to look into more domestic uses for solar power, and in 1963 put the first solar panels on a lighthouse. 

In UK  1992  had  only 172 gigawatts worth of solar cells installed. By the end of 2012, this had increased to over 1.3 million gigawatts, with the greatest increase in solar panels since 2010. This is largely as a consequence of government incentives which helped lower the cost of installing solar panels in the first place, and also gave a rebate on any electricity produced. Nation becoming far more inclined to adopt renewable energy sources, and with the government committed to increasing the amount of electricity generated in this way, the number of solar cells on UK houses is set to rise even higher in the future.