Unite Our Thinking and Make a Final Push! (Part 2)

"Photovoltaic power?"

Hearing Xu Yun mention it, Wang Yougong blinked instinctively.

What was that supposed to be?

But he quickly caught on and asked Xu Yun, somewhat uncertainly:

"Comrade Xu Yun, by photovoltaic power, do you mean the equipment that supplies electricity to the electrostatic accelerator?"

Xu Yun nodded firmly.

"That's right."

Wang Yougong's expression grew hesitant.

As an engineer whose main focus was practical applications, Wang Yougong wasn't very familiar with the details of Zhao Zhongyao and the others' project, and naturally hadn't had much contact with photovoltaic equipment.

As he remembered it, the base's photovoltaic equipment was just a set of huge metal panels standing south of Jinyintan. They stood there quietly every day, and he really had no idea how they worked.

So he never expected Xu Yun to say they could be used to power televisions.

Seeing Wang Yougong's astonished expression, Xu Yun paused to think, then explained:

"Comrade Yougong, you may not know this, but after we first proposed the idea of photovoltaic power, the capital took it very seriously."

"So even though those photovoltaic devices seem to sit there without making a sound, research in this area has actually been steadily advancing."

"For instance, didn't we recently publish a paper on the Proto-hadron Model? It cited a lot of experimental data. Some of that data came from the initial experiment, but all the rest came from follow-up experiments."

"And about 70% of the electricity used for those follow-up experiments came from photovoltaic equipment."

Wang Yougong's eyebrows shot up, and he turned to look at Zhao Zhongyao.

Zhao Zhongyao knew Wang Yougong was looking to him for confirmation, so he nodded at once.

"Comrade Yougong, Little Xu is right. We can already use photovoltaic equipment to supply a certain amount of electricity."

"Of course, that's