Since at least the 1970s, after the first oil embargo, some historians focused on energy. After this, scholarship on energy studies has developed and matured through analyses ranging from fine-grained studies of specific energy sources and technologies to ambitious broad surveys of energy across history, for example, Vaclav Smil, Energy in World History (1994). This historical interest at least…
Category: Microhistory
Stories of devices, techniques, systems, and beyond.
Coming soon: TECHNOLOGICAL DRIVE FROM PAST TO FUTURE ? 50 YEARS OF ICOHTEC. Turns in the Energy Supply: Past, Present and Future. The 45th ICOHTEC Symposium 17 – 21 July 2018, Jean Monnet University Saint-Étienne, France.
Energy, Desalination and Solar Ponds: Success and Oblivion of Salts and Solar Power in Atacama Desert, Chile and Beyond, 1907-1981 Dr. Nelson Arellano Thermosolar artifacts were used in large scale since 1872 when Charles Wilson invented the first desalting apparatus in Atacama Desert. After this, different places as Wendover (Utah, USA), Patmos (Greece), Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) developed research, planning,…
“Parallel research of the solar power in the 1970 decade: MIT, University of Barcelona, CORFO and Batelle Institute.”, Quaderns d’Història de l’Enginyeria, volum XVI, 2018, p. 261-276.
PARALLEL RESEARCH OF THE SOLAR POWER IN THE 1970 DECADE: MIT, UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, CORFO AND BATELLE INSTITUTE Dr. Nelson Arellano-Escudero The oil embargo could have been incidence for the revitalization of research and development of solar energy technologies circa 1978. Nevertheless, it seems not have been recognized or keep back memories of the previous achievements since the XIX…
XXII Jornadas de Historia de Chile (October) & Knowledge, Culture, Ecologies. [KCE2017] (November).
P29 Making energy futures: tools and practices constructing the long-term Olivier Ejderyan, TdLab, ETH Zurich Switzerland & Carla Alvial, NUMIES, UDP Solar energy technologies (SET): when the future never comes. SET are always in the future, at least, since 1872. For instance, solar energy for desalted water seems to achieve their aims several times, although…
XIX c. Solar desalination and the chilean press.
Santiago de Chile, April 10, 2017. An interview was published by “El Ciudadano”, on line journal, spreading results and work in progress about the research focused on solar energy technologies. The whole interview is available, in spanish language, here. And a video by ALADYR Seminar 2012 here.
“The Solar Energy Debate for the Desalination of Water in 1884: Traces of Parallel Speeches.”
Summary Three Anglo-Saxon engineers carried out in 1883 and 1884 a debate about the use of solar energy for the desalination of water while a Chilean one informed to the minister of the interior Jose Manuel Balmaceda of the existence of this technology; The relevance of these events – whose central scenario was the Atacama…
Dossier History of industrial solar energy desalination in XIXth c.
By PhD Nelson Arellano-Escudero Calle Camila 125B, Cerro La Loma. Valparaiso, Chile. +56973923780 :: +34684385905 This dossier consist in: 3 minutes video (Spanish with english subtitles) awarded by Society of History of the Technology (SHOT): http://vimeo.com/channels/shotdissvideo/102264305 Papers (spanish language): 1. Informal report via blog: http://lasalinas.wordpress.com/ 2. First paper, It was published in Catalonia, Spain, by…
