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Solar Impulse Selects China As Key Stopover For RTW Flight

Amber Archangel — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:16:01 +0000

Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first Round-The-World Solar Flight with Solar Impulse has designated China as a key stop along the way. With two landings planned in China and a partnership with Sina — one of the top media companies in China — Bertrand Piccard & André Borschberg announced their intention with Solar Impulse, the single-seater 100% solar aircraft that

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Utilities In Chaos, Yingli World Cup Sponsorship… (Solar News)

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:51:45 +0000

The solar industry keeps growing fast, which means a lot of fun solar news for us solar fanboys and fangirls. Here’s some of the latest that I think is worth a look: Utilities in Chaos: There’s no doubt about it: Australian utilities are hurting from solar power producers eating a portion of their monopoly pie.

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Solar Impulse Lands In DC, Solar Impulse Founders Presented Top Innovation SEIA Award

Amber Archangel — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:30:46 +0000

Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the founders of Solar Impulse have successfully arrived in our nation’s capital with their solar-powered airplane. The welcoming community waiting on the tarmac when they landed gave them a flag. Bertrand and André have given a Clean Generation flag to each community in which they landed that was a scheduled stopover. This banner from the Washington DC

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Boeing Solar Plane (SolarEagle) Could Circle Earth for Years

Zachary Shahan — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:00:09 +0000

Apparently, Boeing’s new solar plane could fly around the world for years without stopping. And if you thought (like I did), “Well, what about the need for food and drinks?,” that’s not an issue, since this baby can fly without a human pilot. SolarEagle is the name of this new clean tech creation, and while

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