August 11th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
A solar-powered airplane from Airbus has set the world record for longest sustained flight — just 3 minutes shy of 26 days. When fully developed, it is expect to remain airborne for months at a time
July 26th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Electric high-altitude flying is still something we haven't written much about. How about 80,000 feet (24,400 kilometers) in the sky. That's what the electric solar airplane Mission SolarStratos is all about
July 27th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
Taking turns at the controls of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) — the revolutionary zero-emission solar-powered airplane — pilots Bertrand Piccard [&hellip
June 24th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
Without a single drop of fuel, Solar Impulse 2—the experimental, sponsor-funded airplane wide as a Boeing 747 but only as [&hellip
June 20th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
Tonight’s the night for the zero-fuel Solar Impulse 2 aircraft and pilot/inventor Bertrand Piccard. They take off at 2:00 am [&hellip
June 15th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
CleanTechnica’s last two articles about the zero-fuel Solar Impulse plane flying around the world described a visit to the plane’s [&hellip
June 12th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert
I don’t think I’ll ever look up again when I hear a plane overhead. The finest flights, like a bird’s, [&hellip
May 29th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Need an EV news fix? Nearly 5,000 EV articles from us at CleanTechnica not enough? Have a look at the [&hellip
May 24th, 2016 | by Sponsored Content
ABB is one of my favorite companies in the world (disclosure: that is probably part of the reason why [&hellip
March 2nd, 2016 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on The Climate Reality Project. The sky’s the limit? Not when you #PutSolarOnIt Solar power is a technology [&hellip
December 11th, 2015 | by Sponsored Content
Aviation has always been an industry greatly affected by technology, since without it, there would be no industry at all. [&hellip
July 15th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. BREAKING NEWS from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2): Irreversible Damage To Overheated Batteries In Si2 Pushes The Second Half Of Round-The-World Solar Flight [&hellip
July 13th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. In the latest news from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the team says that, despite having completed the longest and most difficult [&hellip
July 6th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. You may already have seen the announcement that Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) arrived safely in Hawaii on Friday, [&hellip
July 3rd, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. MORE BREAKING NEWS from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2): I feel exhilarated by this extraordinary journey. I have climbed the equivalent [&hellip
July 3rd, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. BREAKING NEWS from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2): André Borschberg aboard the Solar Impulse 2 will touch down at Kalaeola Airport in [&hellip
July 2nd, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. BREAKING NEWS from Solar Impulse 2 (Si2): The airplane of Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg attempting the first round-the-world [&hellip
July 1st, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) has been in the air — nonstop — for 2 days, 20 hours, and [&hellip
June 30th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. André Borschberg, cofounder, CEO, and pilot of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), is at the controls of the first [&hellip
June 29th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) released news this morning that the attempt for the first ever round-the-world solar flight to [&hellip
June 24th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Those of you who were watching the live takeoff coverage of Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) — the [&hellip
June 23rd, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), the world’s first solar-powered plane able to fly day and night without a [&hellip
June 10th, 2015 | by Amber Archangel
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The pilots of Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, have released statements in support of the negotiations taking place [&hellip
