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Corrado Corvi

Corrado Corvi (Italy) obtained his doctorate in Electrical Engineering at Torino
University and started to work in Milan in the field of electric batteries and
electric power. When electricity was nationalized and ENEL was formed, he
became a member of its management in Rome, where he managed the field of
renewable energy. He became a member of different committees of the European
Community in Brussels and of the International Energy Agency in Paris. Corrado
chaired the European Community committee in charge of the construction of
“Eurelios,” the solar energy power station built in Adrano (Sicily). In the speech
Figure 32: Corrado Corvi, he gave at the beginning of his term, he emphasized the importance of involving
President 1987-1989
energy industry operators in the activities of all of the ISES Sections, side by side
with the academic institutions and research centres. As president of ISES, Corvi
described the Society’s role at the United Nations (1988).

Doug Lorriman

Doug Lorriman (Canada) received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies in 1972
and a Bachelor of Architecture in 1974, both from the University of Waterloo.
After completing his university studies, he was employed at Moriyama and
Teshima Architects of Toronto, and he became an Associate of the firm in 1978.
In 1985, he left Moriyama and Teshima to help found Solarchem Environmental
Systems. At Solarchem, Doug served as Vice President, and then Chairman
of the Board of Directors. Solarchem developed a UV/oxidation system for the
destruction of dissolved organic contaminants in groundwater and industrial
Figure 33: Doug
Lorriman, President wastewater. Lorriman was a Director of the Solar Energy Society of Canada from
1989-1991 1975 to 2000 and was a Board Member of the International Solar Energy Society
from 1986 to 1993. He also was the Operating Agent for Task 14, Advanced
Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems of the International Energy Agency as well
as the Operating Agent for Task 29, Solar Crop Drying.

8.3 PV 1980-1989

The price of PV modules continued to drop, and the applications of PV continued to grow through the 1980’s
with the first large scale grid connected systems being installed and the installation of the first system over
1MW. Solar powered aircraft are demonstrated, and Solar car racers started in countries like Australia,
Switzerland and Austria. Manufacturers’ merge or are bought out and some early ones disappear.

1980
• ARCO Solar became the first solar company to produce more than 1 megawatt of photovoltaic modules in
one year.
• IEC at University of Delaware, achieved 10% efficiency for the thin-film solar cell using copper sulphide/
cadmium sulphide.
• On behalf of Ford, Bacon & Davis, Utah, Wasatch Electric built a 105.6 kW PV system in the State of Utah.
The modules integrated into the system were produced by Motorola, ARCO Solar and Spectrolab.
• Heliodinamica was founded near Sao Paulo, Brazil by private investors led by Bruno Topel.
• Newcastle Photovoltaics Applications Centre (NPAC) (Northumbria University) was established by
Professor Bob Hill and managed by Dr Nicola Pearsall.

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