Renewable Energy Pioneers: Solar, Wind, and Bioenergy

Q1. Who built the first functional solar cell in 1883 using selenium coated with gold?
- Charles Fritts
- Alexandre Edmond Becquerel
- Willoughby Smith
- Frank Shuman
Answer: Charles Fritts[[cite:1]][[cite:2]]
Q2. Which pioneer built what the sources call the first known wind turbine used to produce electricity in Scotland in 1887?
- James Blyth
- Charles F. Brush
- Poul la Cour
- Johannes Juul
Answer: James Blyth[[cite:3]]
Q3. Which inventor ran an engine on peanut oil at the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris?
- Rudolf Diesel
- Henry Ford
- Rudolf Ohl
- Aubrey Eneas
Answer: Rudolf Diesel[[cite:4]][[cite:5]]
Q4. Which entrepreneur expected the Model T to run on ethanol, described in the source as a corn product?
- Henry Ford
- Russell Wolfe
- Stanley Charren
- William Heronemus
Answer: Henry Ford[[cite:6]]
Q5. Who founded US Windpower after visiting Heronemus and built the world's first grid-connected wind farm in 1980 in New Hampshire?
- Russell Wolfe and Stanley Charren
- James Blyth and Charles F. Brush
- Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller, and Gerald Pearson
- Poul la Cour and Johannes Juul
Answer: Russell Wolfe and Stanley Charren[[cite:7]]

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