Few people can match Dr. Richard Komp’s expertise in the field of solar energy. A physicist, Komp began working with passive solar and radiant heating technologies in the 1960’s. Since then, he has given hundreds of workshops all over the world on topics such as photovoltaic module assembly and solar micro-drip irrigation. Komp has pioneered PV as a cottage industry in Nicaragua, Mali, India, and Haiti, making use of cells that are rejected by major manufacturers to do low-tech assembly of PV panels.
Komp is the author of numerous academic papers, and his book Practical Photovoltaics is considered a classic reference on solar energy. He is also the editor for the Maine Solar Energy Association’s quarterly newsletter and their guide to backyard solar energy, The Maine Solar Primer.
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