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Grätzel Wins Millennium Grand Prize

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HELSINKI, June 14, 2010 — The winner of the 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is professor Michael Grätzel of Switzerland for his third-generation, low-cost, dye-sensitized solar cells. The president of the Republic of Finland, Tarja Halonen, handed the EUR 800,000 ($980,000) grand prize and the prize trophy ‘Peak’ to Grätzel at the Grand Award Ceremony at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. One of mankind's greatest challenges is to find ways to replace the diminishing fossil fuel supply. The most obvious energy source is the sun, the origin of most energy found on Earth. ...Read full article

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    Published: June 2010
    2010 Millennium Technology PrizeBusinessdimishing fossil fuelsDr. Ainomaija HaarlaDr. Stig Gustavsondye-sensitized solar cellsenergyEuropeGrätzel cellsgreen photonicsInterfaces at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLaboratory of PhotonicsLight Sourceslow-cost solar panelsMichael Grätzelrenewable energysilicon photovoltaicsSir Richard FriendStephen FurberSwitzerlandTarja HalonenTechnology Academy FinlandLEDs

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