Tabor, Harry Zvi
From The Encyclopedia of Earth
August 18, 2006, 4:54 pm
Harry Zvi Tabor, an Israeli physicist who propelled Israel's solar industry to international prominence. While working at the National Physical Laboratory in Israel in the 1950s and 60s, he introduced and promoted the concepts of selective coatings and the solar pond, and participated in the development of the Organic Rankine Cycle turbine. He also promoted the utilization of Israel’s abundant solar energy potential. Tabor is credited with the significant penetration of solar technologies into certain segments of society, such as domestic hot water heating.
