The European Becquerel Prize for Outstanding Merits in Photovoltaics (or in short the Becquerel Prize) is a prize to honour scientific, technical or managerial merits in the field of photovoltaic solar energy. It has been established in 1989 by the European Commission at the occasion of the 150th anniversary of a groundbreaking experiment by Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, also known as Edmond Becquerel, in which he discovered the photovoltaic effect. The prize is awarded to a single individual who is recognized for continuous achievements in the field of photovoltaic energy conversion.
History and background The prize is primarily a European award but not restricted exclusively to European citizens. The prize is granted by the European Commission. The Becquerel Prize Committee selects the individual to be honoured.
The prize is awarded periodically at the annual European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (EU PVSEC).
Prize winners The Becquerel Prize Committee lists the following winners:"Becqerel Prize Winners". Becquerel Prize Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2019
1989 Roger Van Overstraeten 1991 Werner H. BlossTenth Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference 2011. SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2018 1992 Antonio Luque Lopez"Mr. Antonio Luque López." Royal Academy of Engineering, Madrid. Retrieved 31 October 2018 1994 Morton Prince 1995 Karlheinz Krebs 1997 Adolf Goetzberger 1998 Walter Sandtner 2000 Frederick C. Treble 2001 Viacheslav Andreev 2003 Wolfgang Palz 2004 Masafumi Yamaguchi"Masafumi Yamaguchi." TOYOTA TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (TTI), Nagoya, Japan. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2005 Joachim Luther"Joachim Luther." Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) der deutschen Bundesregierung. In German. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2006 Dieter Bonnet, Richard M. SwansonDr. Richard Swanson awarded prestigious European Becquerel Prize." SunPower Corp. Press Release, 4 September 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2007 Arvind Victor ShahInnovation & Technologie. Prix à un chercheur en énergie solaire. Le Temps, 4 September 2007 (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2018 2008 Mechtild Rothe, politician 2009 Andreas W. Bett"Becquerel Prize award to Dr. Andreas Bett for solar photovoltaic concentrator technology." renewableenergyfocus.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2010 Hans-Werner Schock"Untiring dedication to solar energy." Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2011 Wim Sinke"Wim Sinke wins Becquerel Prize." NWO Institutes, Netherlands. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2012 Winfried Hoffmann 2013 Gabriel SalaJohn Parnell: "Gabriel Sala wins Becqerel Prize." pvtech. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2014 Stefan GlunzDave Savastano: "Dr. Stefan Glunz, Fraunhofer ISE, receives Becquerel Prize 2014." Printed Electronics Now, 25 September 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2015 Andrés Cuevas 2016 Christophe Ballif"Swiss scientist wins Becqerel Prize." swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2017 Stefan Nowak"Stefan Nowak." SwissECS 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2018 Peter Wuerfel"Peter Wuerfel receives Becquerel Prize of the EC." Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Press Release, 30 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018 2019 Pierre J. Verlinden 2020 Henry Snaith 2021 Ulrike JahnUlrike Jahn is winner of the Becquerel Prize 2021. taiyangnews.info, 17 August 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-01. 2022 Marko Topic 2023 Gunter Erfurt"Becquerel Prize website" 2024 Daniel Lincot 2025 Walburga Hemetsberger
See also
List of physics awards
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