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Article: Dr. Richard Swanson Receives the Economist's Energy and Environment Innovation Award for 2009.
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- Electronics Newsweekly
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- November 11, 2009
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At a ceremony to be held at the Science Museum in London later today, Richard Swanson, president and chief technical officer of SunPower Corporation, will receive The Economist's Energy and Environment Innovation Award for 2009. Referred to as "the Oscars of Innovation," this award recognizes Swanson for his many contributions to the development of the high-efficiency solar-cell.
Swanson is one of the world's most recognized leaders in the advancement of photovoltaics (PV) and a pioneer in commercializing cost-effective PV power systems. In 2006, he was honored with the prestigious Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics, and in 2002 he was ...