News: TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... which went around Canada to break the longest distance travelled by a solar vehicle, and finally, the ..."

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News: Solar SO GOOD

Electric New Paper has an article mentioning: "... The diploma students will get a chance to spend a semester in a German university to join an international team in building the world's best solar car ..."

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News: PHOTOS: Edison State College going green with buildings, solar power

Naples Daily News has an article mentioning: "... members of the Environmental Studies Club at Edison State College, climb down from a 22-foot Crest Pontoon boat that they are converting to be a solar-powered boat. The group hopes to have the boat finished by March, but will need to raise about $10,000 to complete the project. Lexey ..."

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News: Science news straight from the source

ScienceBlog.com has an article mentioning: "... climate talks at the U.N. in Poland on Thursday. It wasn't a limo, it wasn't one of those tricked out Suburbans carrying a diplomat.....it was a solar powered car. The first ever solar-powered car to travel around the world ..."

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News: Nature preserves go green with electric vehicles

CharlotteObserver.com has an article mentioning: "... Area nature preserves have begun using electric and solar-powered vehicles as part of a pilot project to make county operations greener ..."

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News: Solar deal stirs controversy in LA, while EuPD and Applied ...

PV Tech has an article mentioning: "... online program, we had employees paying to throw cream pies at their managers, holding auctions in their homes, canned food sculpture contests, solar car races, bake sales, and dozens of other events designed to convince coworkers to donate a little bit more for a great cause ..."

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News: Set for sunny, silent sailing

Express Buzz has an article mentioning: "... Shyam in his solar boat at Thiruvallom/PIC: Jipson Sikhera ..."

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News: Book Review: Solar Sails – A Novel Approach To Interplanetary Travel

Space Fellowship has an article mentioning: "... written by Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson and Gregory L. Matloff, describes a new space propulsion technology: the solar sail ..."

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News: Swiss Inventor Completes World Tour In Solar Car

AHN has an article mentioning: "... Miami, FL (AHN) - A Swiss inventor recently completed a trip around the world in a solar-powered car ..."

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News: Clean power? Just follow the sun

Motoring has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer drove round the world in this prototype solar-powered car to raise awareness of clean, sustainable energy sources ..."

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News: Engineer completes solar car world tour

Melbourne Herald Sun has an article mentioning: "... A SWISS engineer today completed the first ever round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car after more than 17 months on the road during which he crossed almost 40 countries ..."

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News: Markham man off to Oxford after winning Rhodes Scholarship

Georgina Advocate has an article mentioning: "... At age 19, Brian Coulter raced across Australia in a solar-powered car he helped build ..."

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News: Soak Up the Sun and Increase MPG in a Solar/Electric Prius

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... Solar pioneer Greg Johanson set a world record for the fastest speed in a sun-powered car way back in 1986. That car ..."

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News: Solar's Bright Future

Living on the Earth has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car that went around the world without burning a drop of gasoline. (Photo: Bruce Gellerman ..."

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News: Guided by a love of science

Asbury Park Press has an article mentioning: "... Raj Arya, 12, who built a roughly 5-inch-long solar-powered car, was encouraged by international headlines that he was onto something good with his project. The Dec. 4 program was held the same ..."

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News: Solar car completes global trip

News24.com has an article mentioning: "... Poznan - The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the UN climate talks on Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies ..."

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News: 'Solar taxi' sets tone for climate talks

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... Poznan - The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the United Nations climate talks on Thursday, arriving with the message that clean ..."

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News: Solar car makes round-the-world trip

Times of India has an article mentioning: "... POZNAN (Poland): A Swiss teacher completed the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car on Thursday and said he hoped the 52,000-km (32,000-mile) odyssey would inspire carmakers to make greener models ..."

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News: 'Global Warming Pays No Attention to the Economy'

Spiegel Online has an article mentioning: "... A solar-powered car makes a point in Poznan, Poland, after driving through 38 different countries to raise awareness about global warming ..."

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News: Poznan Climate Change Conference: All You Need To Know

Huffington Post has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer drove a solar-powered car 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) around the globe, ending his journey at the U.N. climate conference in ..."

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News: Solar car's shining moment

Denver Post has an article mentioning: "... by Swiss solar pioneer and adventurer Lois Palmer outside of UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan on December 04, 2008. Palmer traveled with his solar car around 38 different countries and covered a distance of 52 086 kilometers. Bangladesh, North Korea and Nicaragua suffered most from natural ..."

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News: Solar-powered car circumnavigates the globe

Reliable Plant Magazine has an article mentioning: "... in solar and electric-powered vehicles. A Swiss schoolteacher named Louis Palmer recently became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a solar-powered car, a feat accomplished with the help of standards for solar devices and electric vehicles ..."

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News: Around the world in a solar car

The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com has an article mentioning: "... Poznan, Poland The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean ..."

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News: NASA's Swift Looks to Comets for a Cool View

HappyNews.com has an article mentioning: "... news/12102008/hubble telescope finds carbon dioxide extrasolar planet.htm ..."

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News: Now, get prepared to fly non-stop on solar-powered plane!

Economic Times has an article mentioning: "... NEW DELHI: Ever thought of a non-stop journey around the world on a solar-powered plane ..."

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News: Record breaking solar car in first ever round the world trip

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The first solar powered car to complete a round the world trip ended its journey at the U.N climate talks in Posnan, Poland ..."

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News: Around the World with the Sun

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer has driven 32,000 miles through 38 countries in 17 months to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a solar car ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Car Completes Global Journey

Alternative Energy Retailer magazine has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car to make an around-the-world trip has reached the end of its journey in Poznan, Poland ..."

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News: Solar car reaches UN climate conference after round-the-world trip

Telegraph-Journal has an article mentioning: "... POZNAN, Poland - The first solar-powered car to travel around the world has ended its journey at the UN climate talks in Poland ..."

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News: Experiments that elude the senses

Boston Globe has an article mentioning: "... of UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. Boer was accompanied by Swiss solar pioneer and adventurer Louis Palmer. Palmer traveled with his solar car around 38 countries and covered more than 32,000 miles. ''This is the first time in history that a solar-powered car has traveled all the ..."

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News: Robbers in drag steal Paris jewels

Minneapolis Star Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Completing a 32,000 mile journey around the globe in his solar car, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer rolled into the U.N. climate conference Thursday in Poznan, Poland, seeking to prove that the world can ..."

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News: Fill 'er up with sunshine

The Wenatchee World Online has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz, the man who set a world distance record in his sci-fi-looking solar car, arrives at Wenatchee High School Thursday morning. He showed off his car and talked to students at the school, which was one of several ..."

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News: Man Drives Solar Powered Car Around World With No Gas Or Oil

CityNews has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer thought about that, too. But unlike the rest of us, he did something about it. The 36-year-old built himself his own solar powered car, an experimental vehicle that runs only on the energy from the sun ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Car Finishes Trip Around the World

Cars.com has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer, a 36-year-old Swiss school teacher, has completed the first journey around the world in a solar-powered car, arriving at the United Nations on Thursday in the middle of talks on climate change ..."

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News: Solar car completes first ever round-the-world trip at UN climate ...

Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car to complete a round-the-world trip has reached the end its journey at the U.N. climate talks ..."

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News: Traveling by air

CNN has an article mentioning: "... French motor company has developed a solar car roof that powers an electric motor ..."

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News: 'Solar taxi' goes round the world

BBC News has an article mentioning: "... Solar powered car arrives at climate change conference in Poland after round the world trip ..."

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News: Solar car travels around the world

Wikinews has an article mentioning: "... On December 4, 2008, a solar car, developed by scientists at ..."

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News: World Briefs

Times of Malta has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car which tows a flat-topped trailer with six square metres of solar panels ..."

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News: World-record solar car makes an impact in Poznan

Nature.com has an article mentioning: "... waving from the passenger seat, the first solar-powered car to travel around the world completed its journey yesterday by smashing through a wall of polystyrene bricks at the climate ..."

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News: Solar taxi arrives at Poznan Climate Change Conference

Thenews.pl has an article mentioning: "... Swiss school teacher Louis Palmer drove a solar-powered car 52,000 km for 17-months around the world to end up in the western Poland city of Poznan at the United Nations climate change talks ..."

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TMCnet has an article mentioning: "... Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world tripPOZNAN, Poland (AP) _ The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the ..."

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News: World-record-setting solar car to visit

The Wenatchee World Online has an article mentioning: "... WENATCHEE — The Canadian driver and his flying-saucer-shaped solar car that recently cinched a world distance record are expected to arrive in Wenatchee tonight and make appearances around the city Thursday ..."

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News: Solar Car Finishes Record-Breaking Around-the-World Trip

Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Alaska Police Pull Over Solar Powered Car, Think It’s a UFO ..."

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News: Solar car completes first journey around the world

CNN has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car to travel around the world has ended its journey ..."

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News: "Solar taxi" completes circumnavigation

Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... A Swiss solar-powered car delivering an environmental message has ended a 17-month, 52,000-kilometre around-the-world trip ..."

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News: Solar-powered car completes round-the-world trip

Reuters UK has an article mentioning: "... By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - A Swiss teacher completed the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car on Thursday and said he hoped the 52,000-km (32,000-mile) odyssey would inspire carmakers to make ..."

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News: Daily Sprout

Earth2Tech has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car to complete a trip around the world ended its 32,000-mile journey at the U.N. climate talks in Poznan, Poland today ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car Completes Round-The-World Journey

HappyNews.com has an article mentioning: "... rss/1242008/solar powered car completes round world journey.aspx ..."

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News: Solar car shines on global trip

BBC News has an article mentioning: "... A solar-powered car has driven all the way around the globe without using a single drop of fuel, except when it had to make sea crossings on board ..."

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News: Solar power propels students to the finish line

College of New Jersey Signal has an article mentioning: "... For more information about the Solar Boat project, visit tcnj.edu/~solrboat ..."

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News: Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-world trip

The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... Yvo de Boer, greets journalists as he arrives in a solar taxi to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland, Thursday, Dec 4, 2008. The solar vehicle, built by Louis Palmer from Switzerland with the help of Swiss scientists and driven by Palmer has traveled around the world setting a ..."

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News: SGA revokes recognition from 17 student groups

College of New Jersey Signal has an article mentioning: "... Music Student Association, National Organization for Women, Platinum Torch, Polish Club, Robotics Club, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Solar Boat Club, Student Society for Stem Cell Research and Students in Solidarity ..."

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News: Prius conversion runs on rays

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The cars’ batteries are charged using a 4kW solar array that has been installed at the company’s headquarters in Colchester. The solar-powered vehicles now boast increased mileage in neighbourhood driving conditions of 100mpg ..."

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News: St Johns Park High School students' need for speed

Fairfield Champion has an article mentioning: "... Johns Park High School are celebrating back-to-back wins after their solar speed boat was found to be the quickest at the annual state and national Solar Boat Challenge finals ..."

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News: Universal Studios plans to switch to solar-powered carts

AutoWeek has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered carts will be the ride of choice at Universal Studios ..."

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News: Students shine in solar contest

Warrnambool Standard has an article mentioning: "... The guys have worked very hard on the solar cars so to be part of a competition with other schools is a great experience for them ..."

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News: Solar-powered sub heads for the depths

environmentalresearchweb (registration) has an article mentioning: "... Passengers will arrive at the platform on a solar-powered boat, before embarking on their solar-powered submarine trip. Up to 24 passengers can be accommodated and the submarine will dive ..."

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News: Solar-powered Submarine to Roam Alps Lake The boat will draw its ...

Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... Well, we've heard about solar-powered cars, and airplanes, and even trains, but a submarine running on solar energy? Why not, ask the scientists who started Project Goldfish ..."

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News: Learning the drill on solar cars

Orange Central Western Daily has an article mentioning: "... The students, three from year 10 and one from year nine, will travel to Bathurst on Friday, November 28 to race in the Solar Car Challenge ..."

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News: Warwick University's solar powered car on final leg of world trip

Coventry Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2008/11/21/warwick-university-s-solar-powered-car-on-final-leg-of-world-trip ..."

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News: Driven by the sun

Globe and Mail has an article mentioning: "... It cost him his life savings. It ended a relationship. But Marcelo da Luz's passion for solar-powered cars culminated in a Guinness World Record. Patrick White reports ..."

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News: Germany's 'Sun King' makes bid for Opel cars

guardian.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Asbeck said his aim is to transform Opel from a producer of high-emission cars to one of more energy-efficient vehicles, including solar-powered cars, or what he refers to as "sunmotive concept ..."

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News: Solar CEO serious about buying GM's Opel

CNET News has an article mentioning: "... SolarWord's first race car was developed for an Australian solar-powered car race by student engineers from the German university Hochschule Bochum ..."

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News: Solar Energy to Power Up Aircraft A working prototype will be ...

Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... A major problem faced by the international team of scientists working on the program was night flight. Seeing how solar vehicles are regularly dependent on the Sun to function, driving a solar car, or flying a solar plane, at night can be very difficult. But the ..."

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News: Bariven SA Upgrades Venezuela's Airport De Guiria With Solar ...

MarketWatch has an article mentioning: "... Bariven S.A. Upgrades Venezuela's Airport De Guiria With Solar-Powered Aviation Lights From Carmanah Technologies ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Plane to Perform Test Flight

CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... around the world is now one step closer to reality. A 1500 kilogram solar plane dubbed ..."

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News: Southampton to sail with Solar Splash

Science Centric has an article mentioning: "... An academic in conjunction with the Student Branch of the IEEE at the University of Southampton plans to enter a solar-powered boat in the world championship of intercollegiate solar/electric boating next year ..."

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News: Sun shines on solar sails for giant cargo ships

Greenbang has an article mentioning: "... Chinese shipping firm Cosco has signed a deal with Aussie company Solar Sailor for sails covered in solar panels that provide five per cent of the ship’s electricity. The company claims the sails will also ..."

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News: Solar boats power on

Stawell Times News has an article mentioning: "... The hard work of Stawell West Primary School's grade three and four students paid off when the solar boats they constructed motored through their paces ..."

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News: UK team to enter Solar Splash

Eureka has an article mentioning: "... A team from Southampton University intends to be the first UK team to enter the US "Solar Splash" based competition for solar powered boats ..."

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News: Swiss Man Shows Off Solar Car to DC

NBC Washington has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer's solar car needs no gas, only sun, to operate ..."

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News: Around The World In A Solar Powered Plane

Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... A solar powered plane trip around the world may soon leave the realms of science fiction and become reality. 'Solar Impulse', a  1500 kilogram solar ..."

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News: Solar plane to take off next April

Zee News has an article mentioning: "... Jaipur, Nov 16: 'Solarimplse,' a solar plane, dubbed a revolutionary project in the field of aviation, will have its first test flight April next year in Switzerland, an officer ..."

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News: Team player wins civil-service prize

News.gov.hk has an article mentioning: "... Last November he led the departmental design team in producing a solar car for participation in the 2007 Hong Kong Renewable Energy Car Technology Showcase and Design Competition organised by Hong Kong Science & ..."

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News: Sri Lanka to make solar cars

Lanka Newspapers has an article mentioning: "... that is where govt subsidies are needed or at least govt fleets should be solar cars then the cost of production goes down ..."

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News: Guardian hosts UK Solar Team

Morehead News has an article mentioning: "... The University of Kentucky (UK) student Solar Team arrived to Guardian Automotive Plant Tuesday with the solar car from the North American Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Helios Off-Roader is Designed Like a Dinosaur, Minus the Extreme ...

Gizmodo Australia has an article mentioning: "... It's a solar-powered vehicle, so its covered in solar panels. But when you stop for a breather, the panels fan out, increasing their surface area and helping ..."

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News: Giant cargo ships are going green with solar sails

DVICE has an article mentioning: "... to cover even the shipping costs for the selling price. Now China's biggest shipping company COSCO is giving us a clue. They just signed a deal with Solar Sailor of Australia, to fit some of their cargo ships with gigantic rigid sails, each the size of a 747 jet's wing. We've looked before at ..."

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News: Marcelo da Luz On His Solar Car World Record

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... Toronto native Marcelo da Luz had the distinction of setting the world record for the longest distance traveled in a solar car when he rolled into Victoria, British Columbia this week. However he doesn't intend to stop at surpassing the previous record by a mere ..."

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News: Cruise Cars Offer Solar Option

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... They make a perfect solar vehicle runabout for speeds of 35 mph or less and a range of up to 55 miles. However vehicles require the addition of seat belts and turn ..."

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News: Neutrik Helps Out Solar Car Team

Radio World has an article mentioning: "... from the University of Minnesota's engineering department participated in the North American Solar Challenge, in which teams compete to build solar-powered cars; the annual ..."

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News: The solar sails could be fixed to super-yachts to help reduce ...

CNN International has an article mentioning: "... Solar sails are large solar-paneled wings which can harness sun or wind power ..."

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News: Ahoy there, mates

Penrith City Star has an article mentioning: "... THE third annual Australia's International Solar Boat Challenge will be held at the International Regatta Centre, Penrith Lakes on Saturday, November ..."

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News: Solar Energy Expo lights up elementary

abc13.com has an article mentioning: "... Expo at Stewart Elementary School in Kemah. The day featured a variety of hands on activities including cooking nachos in solar ovens and races with solar cars and solar crabs ..."

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News: Solar energy highlighted at Hillman Marsh

Leamington Post has an article mentioning: "... more about the sources, technology and importance of conserving renewable energy, he said, and give the students the opportunity to take part in solar car experiments, use a spectrometer to measure light energy, learn how a photovoltaic cell works and the advantages of renewable and ..."

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News: Solar Record Shattered

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian man set a world distance record in his solar car this week. Marcelo da Luz and his ..."

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News: Solar Energy

Leamington Post has an article mentioning: "... Grade 5 students from Mill Street Public School get ready to race while MP Pay Hoy (far right) tries to figure out why his solar powered car won't work. The students were participating in the first solar powered activities now at Hillman Marsh. Local politicians were on ..."

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News: Schools' solar boat awards

Penrith City Star has an article mentioning: "... home ground advantage to full effect on Saturday, dictating the terms at the Sydney International Regatta Centre to reign supreme at the National Solar Boat Challenge ..."

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News: Conservation area offers solar energy education

Windsor Star has an article mentioning: "... The educational program also includes a solar car experiment, which allows visitors to take apart, assemble and use solar-powered vehicles ..."

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News: TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: The DIY Electric Motorcycle

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... View post The Xof1 Solar Vehicle Breaks World Distance Record ..."

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News: The Xof1 Solar Vehicle Breaks World Distance Record!

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... xof1, power of 1, power of one, solar car, solar vehicle, solar record shattered, new solar record, power of one solar vehicle, canadian solar record ..."

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News: Everyday microcontrollers

Electronics News has an article mentioning: "... Sunswift is a multidisciplinary student project in designing, building, and racing in the cutting edge world of solar cars. Particularly, electrical engineering and computing students who have learnt about microcontroller theory in their coursework are eager to ..."

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News: Chigago Schools to Get Solar Power from Motorola

AZoBuild has an article mentioning: "... plan on climate change and renewable energy and taught the students about solar energy through a hands-on project of building and racing miniature solar-powered cars ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car Shatters Distance Record

Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... for normal car tyres. This means to move a 1000 kilogram vehicle on a smooth flat surface would require a push force of 2.5 kg in the case of the solar powered car; compared to 11 to 13 kilograms for a 1000 kilogram car using a regular tire ..."

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News: Marcelo da Luz's solar car to beat world record

Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... POWER OF ONE Marcelo da Luz, who recently stopped by the Tourism Discovery Centre, was to beat the world distance record Friday after driving his solar car 16,070 kilometres from Toronto to the Arctic Circle and south to Victoria, B.C ..."

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News: Eco Festival draws 'globally conscious' of all ages

Winchester Star has an article mentioning: "... lt;b>Photo by Staff photo by Eric Tsetsi</b><br />Michaela Eichel, 5, of Winchester, designs her own solar powered car during the Eco Festival on Saturday ..."

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News: Solar-powered car sets record

Sault Star has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian man has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than an automobile ..."

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News: Man says cross-country solar-car trek a record

Times Colonist has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz is claiming a world record after pulling into Mile Zero yesterday in his solar-powered car ..."

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News: Canadian sets distance record in solar car

CBC.ca has an article mentioning: "... Toronto native Marcelo da Luz has set a new world distance record by zig-zagging across Canada in his solar-powered car ..."

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News: Second look at first rock from the sun

Christian Science Monitor has an article mentioning: "... sun’s light as a kind of “wind” to help make small course changes as it closes in out its quarry. Although the craft carries no solar sail, this pressure is significant enough in Mercury's vicinity to allow the craft itself to serve as a substitute sail ..."

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News: Man claims solar-powered distance record

Canoe.ca has an article mentioning: "... VICTORIA — A Canadian man has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than an automobile ..."

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News: Canadian sets record in solar-powered car

Globe and Mail has an article mentioning: "... A Canadian has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than a car ..."

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News: Canadian man claims solar-powered distance record in space-age vehicle

The Canadian Press has an article mentioning: "... VICTORIA, B.C. — A Canadian man has set a new world distance record in a solar-powered vehicle that looks more like a flying saucer than an automobile ..."

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News: SOLAR CAR ARRIVES IN VICTORIA: SETS NEW RECORD

C-FAX 1070 has an article mentioning: "... MARCELLO DA LUZ ARRIVED THURSDAY MORNING AT VICTORIA'S MILE ZERO IN HIS SINGLE-SEAT, "POWER OF ONE" SOLAR CAR ..."

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News: Australian solar technology to power Chinese shipping

Transport and Logistics News has an article mentioning: "... Solar Sailor's technology consists of wing-shaped solar panels fitted to vessels ..."

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News: Cheap Solar-Powered Car Introduced in China

PSFK has an article mentioning: "... and now we see this trend moving to the development of solar-powered cars.  This month, a low-cost, solar-driven mini car was introduced at the Zhejiang International Bicycles and Electric-powered Cars ..."

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News: Solar car sharing scheme launched

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... The organisation, which works in a similar manner to green car clubs here in the UK such as CityCar and WhizzGo, will receive electricity from solar-powered recharging stations. The electricity is passed on to the hubs which are based by a local Co-Operative store and by a light rail station ..."

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News: Electric cars should be the focus

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Solar car sharing scheme launched'>Solar car sharing scheme launched ..."

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News: Cargo ships to sail solar

Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... The Chatswood-based Solar Sailor group has designed the sails, which can be retro-fitted to existing tankers ..."

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News: Creativity Fuels Eco-Friendly Race

findingDulcinea has an article mentioning: "... Mile Race, Sri Chinmoy race, Sri Chinmoy, cockroach races, beer race, giant Madagascar hissing cockroaches, Panasonic World Solar Challenge, solar car race, solar-powered cars, Shipyard Labs ..."

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News: Nerd Girls design solar powered car for seven-day race across ...

Tufts Daily has an article mentioning: "... Nerd Girls, a group of female engineers at Tufts, made progress over the summer in designing and building a solar car that they will race across Australia next October in the 2009 World Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Dow Corning Launch Science Day Program for Children - "Fascinating ...

Azom.com has an article mentioning: "... The program includes five hands-on silicone-related experiments: “Mini Solar Car”, “Tissue Coating,” “Waterproofing Stone,” “Silicone Rubber” and “DIY Cream Mix,” In ..."

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News: Japanese clinch inaugural SA solar race title

Creamer Media's Engineering News has an article mentioning: "... This is the Real Economy Report. Our top stories this week: the Japanese win the South African solar car challenge, the upgraded ConRoast smelter ..."

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News: Husqvarna's solar-powered Automower headed to the US

engadget has an article mentioning: "... Chinese-made solar-powered car gets 150 kilometers on a 30-hour charge ..."

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News: The Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Winners of the UCanTu ...

MarketWatch has an article mentioning: "... created by Tristan Watts-Willis, Ben Newton, Andrew Brown, and Maxwell Strog. Terran Solar Boat is based on the Solar Sailor project, showcasing the multiple ways solar power and renewable energy sources can be used in ..."

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News: China goes solar

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... with its range of electric cars and now China is ready to bring into practice one of the cleanest possible ways of powering transportation - with a solar powered electric car ..."

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News: Premier Power Installs Nation's Largest Bi-Directional Solar Trackers

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... of the nation's largest ''Bi-Directional Solar Trackers''. The solar installation designed, engineered and integrated by Premier Power uses over 50 solar planes on a single solar array ..."

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News: Solar Energy Powers More Vehicles as Gasoline Use Drops

Seeking Alpha has an article mentioning: "... The U.S. Marine Corp at Camp Pendleton, during my last visit, showed me an 8-station solar car port that they use to charge their 320 light-electric vehicles. Petroleum fuel is a multi-billion dollar part of the U.S. Defense budget ..."

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News: BANGLADESH: A floating future

IRINnews.org has an article mentioning: "... in an intense 15-minute downpour. The rain elicits more giggles from the children, who scamper for refuge under the trees lining the bank. Then a solar-powered boat with a sign "Nauka [Boat] School ..."

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News: Ratepayers savings seen in solar powered lighting

ABC Regional Online has an article mentioning: "... Ted Shepherd has called for the installation of solar-powered car park lights at a Mudgeeraba Shopping Centre ..."

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News: Solar Powers more Vehicles as Gasoline use Drops

Cleantech Blog has an article mentioning: "... The U.S. Marine Corp at Camp Pendleton, during my last visit, showed me an 8-station solar car port that they use to charge their 320 light-electric vehicles. Petroleum fuel is a multi-billion dollar part of the U.S. Defense ..."

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News: Auto show focuses on antiques, alternatives

New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... to have some steam-engine cars, which will be parked next to GM's hydrogen-fuel-cell car, the Equinox," he said, "and New Britain High School's solar car ..."

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News: Bailout czar Kashkari trains engineer's eye on bank chaos

Arizona Daily Star has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical-engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U of I students ..."

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News: Solar powered circumnavigation planned

Power Boat - World has an article mentioning: "... The biggest solar boat of the world will begin its world tour in 2010, with a new design. A village, in the form of an exhibition will accompany this first ..."

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News: The rapid rise of bailout czar Kashkari

SunJournal.com has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U of I students ..."

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News: Good and Bad news for the Electric Car

Tom's Guide has an article mentioning: "... and Bad news for the Electric Car'; digg_bodytext = 'While a Chinese company reveals its sub-$6,000 solar-electric car, Tesla fires 90 percent of its Detroit operations ..."

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News: Solar tour encourages community to conserve

Gainesville Sun has an article mentioning: "... South Plantation High School from Fort Lauderdale displayed its solar car, the Solar Knight II, which won third place at the Texas Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge in July ..."

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News: Professor exciting students on using alternative energy

Citizens Voice has an article mentioning: "... knowledge learned from each course to work toward an end goal. That’s why the last few years, he had his students work on projects — a solar-powered car, a lightweight airplane, and a wind turbine ..."

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News: Chinese-made solar-powered car gets 150 kilometers on a 30-hour charge

engadget has an article mentioning: "... for that matter, but this solar-powered car built by China's Zhejiang 001 Group is pretty impressive in its own right, both for its price (just $5,560), and it's efficiency ..."

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News: Solar-powered Chinese car travels 93 miles per 30-hour charge

CrunchGear has an article mentioning: "... a solar-powered car that costs some $5,500—more than reasonable for any car, let alone one that’s partially fueld by our own local star ..."

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News: Solar car promotes clean energy

Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz passed through the city this month with his solar-electric car that he drove from Buffalo, New York to the Artic Circle. The Lakers Car Club showed its support by donating $1,000 to help him ..."

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News: Chinese Company Unveils Solar-Powered Car for $5560

Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Chinese Company Unveils Solar-Powered Car for ..."

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News: Real Economy Report

Creamer Media's Engineering News has an article mentioning: "... Earlier this month South Africans from Johannesburg to Cape Town were treated to a sight they haven't seen before - six solar cars competing in Africa's first ever solar challenge. Irma Venter has the story ..."

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News: It's solar powered, and student-powered as well

New Britain Herald has an article mentioning: "... NEW BRITAIN - A dozen New Britain High School built a 13-foot solar-powered car, and six took it to Texas in July to compete in the Dell Winston Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car Takes 10 Days to Charge

Earth2Tech has an article mentioning: "... a sun-powered vehicle that was making an around-the-world road trip to promote clean energy, has to pull a 6-square-meter solar panel trailer behind it ..."

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News: Solar sail to ride the sunbeams

Cnet Asia has an article mentioning: "... rendition, will use an exotic fuel to travel through space: sunbeams. Photons from the sun are captured by a large pinwheel structure known as a solar sail ..."

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News: The £3000 solar-powered GPz900R

Visordown.com has an article mentioning: "... The owner, Kyle Dansie, of Utah-based company ZEVUtah, purchased a defunct old Kawasaki Ninja from eBay for £250 and transformed it into a solar-powered vehicle capable of hitting 55 mph with a 50 mile range ..."

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News: MIT Museum glows with promise of future energy

MIT News has an article mentioning: "... is being sold only in California, along with two different versions of custom cars built by the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle team. The team's original solar car has competed in past solar car races, and a newer version is in the process of being finished in preparation for a trans-Australia solar ..."

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News: SAN FRANCISCO 49ers PARTNER WITH PG&E TO CELEBRATE SOLAR POWER AT ...

SanFranciscoSentinel.com has an article mentioning: "... the ribbon and kick off their exploration of solar science and energy education. Several 49ers players will team up with the students as they race solar cars, play energy games, and create solar crafts ..."

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News: 40 Student Projects Displayed to PublicAt MIT Energy Night

The MIT Tech has an article mentioning: "... Meanwhile, the Solar Electric Vehicle Team, first organized in 1985, designed a solar-powered vehicle of their own. Team president Michael P. Roberts '11, a mechanical engineering major, said that they expect their most recent ..."

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News: Chinese company produces 1st solar-powered car

China Internet Information Center| has an article mentioning: "... One of China's first group of solar-powered cars went on display last Friday at the 29th Zhejiang International Bicycles and Electric-powered Cars Exhibition in Hangzhou, eastern ..."

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News: Interest in solar car drives outreach day

Sturgis Journal has an article mentioning: "... Sunseeker is Western Michigan University’s solar powered race car. Each vehicle is designed, assembled and maintained by students ..."

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News: How the Philippines Can Be a Solar Power

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... that end up generating high-purity water [up to 16 liters a day] from moisture in the air. Another school, De La Salle University, built a solar car called SINAG that used SunPower solar cells ..."

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News: The rapid rise of bailout czar

Chicago Tribune has an article mentioning: "... As a graduate student, he was the team leader for the mechanical engineering component of a solar-powered car the school entered in the 1997 Sunrayce, a solar-powered vehicle race from Indiana to Colorado. About 30 to 40 U. of I ..."

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News: South Africa Sees Its First Solar Car Race

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... solar car race, which ended at the Innovation Hub in Pretoria this week. Solar car races are by no means new, but this is the first time one has been ..."

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News: First African-Made Electric Car Debuts at Paris Motor Show

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... South Africa Sees Its First Solar Car Race : EcoWorldly ..."

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News: Neel Kashkari: A Portrait of the $700 Billion Man as a Young Banker

Wall Street Journal Blogs has an article mentioning: "... presenting complicated ideas and leading team projects that depend on gaining cooperation from others. Those include the Sunrayce project to build a solar car as well as his work on the space telescope. “Neel is just plain good, with a high standard of ethics,” said Dr. Surinder ..."

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News: NDC grad white-hatted

High River Times has an article mentioning: "... Calgary whose solar powered car placed sixth overall with a time of ..."

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News: Technical Details About the Solar Car from India

CarTradeIndia.com has an article mentioning: "... The Solar car built by a group of some 20 students from Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology is representing India in the South Africa Solar Challenge ..."

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News: Morocco Backs Quantum and German Solar Partner Asola in Their ...

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... automotive applications and modules for various thin film technologies. Asola is presently developing, for mass production for the plug-in-hybrid solar electric car, "Fisker Karma", the most spherically-bent solar car roof in the world ..."

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News: Bright end for SA's inaugural solar race

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... The final leg of the race saw five solar-powered vehicles glide down the N4 from Ermelo, Mpumalanga, to the capital, bringing to an end the gruelling 4 200km challenge ..."

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News: Solar-powered car for S. African Solar Challenge 2008

Wheels Unplugged - Indis'a Automobile Magazine has an article mentioning: "... from solar energy and would also be representing India (with their model) at the upcoming 'South Africa Solar Challenge', a unique competition in solar-powered cars. The car developed by the Delhi-based institute, is also the cheapest model among all the participants, as revealed by sources ..."

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News: Jump-Starting the Solar Car

EcoWorldly has an article mentioning: "... In recent years, I hear more and more about developments on solar cars. I also hear frequently about solar car races ..."

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News: Local entry holds own in solar car race

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... with a giant school blackboard strapped to the roof, but "The Flying Brick" looks set to become the winning local entry in South Africa's first solar car race ..."

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News: Running on Sunshine

ITWeb has an article mentioning: "... come and the competitors are embarking on South Africa's first Solar Challenge. The South African Solar Challenge 2008 is an epic, two-week race in solar-powered cars through the length and breadth of South Africa. Teams have built their own cars, designed their own engineering systems and are now ..."

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Infibeam has an article mentioning: "... NSIT students develop cheapest solar car ..."

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News: Seeing The Universe From Hawaii

Space Daily has an article mentioning: "... Here is one example of these advances: the Keck Observatory is one of the world centers for the search for extrasolar planets. It was not many years ago that research in this field was a subject without subject matter ..."

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News: Review: Solar Sails

The Space Review has an article mentioning: "... Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel ..."

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News: Solar Car from India

CarTradeIndia.com has an article mentioning: "... car that run on alternative fuel technology. They used electricity as their fuel source and the car needs to be charged with electric power. This solar car has an inverted tail dragon design and meets all the parameters of the competition. It runs at a stop speed of 50kmph and can run at a ..."

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News: Solar car at Univ. of Kentucky made possible by more than $1 ...

Bowling Green News has an article mentioning: "... Laughing, the governor pressed the accelerator and drove down Administration Drive, flanked by the solar car team and a horde of photographers ..."

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News: Students develop cheapest solar car model

Hindu has an article mentioning: "... New Delhi (PTI): A group of students from a city based institute, who have developed a solar car, are representing India at The South Africa Solar Challenge, a unique competition in solar-powered cars ..."

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News: From the Executive Director Seeing the Universe from Hawaii

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... Here is one example of these advances: the Keck Observatory is one of the world centers for the search for extrasolar planets. It was not many years ago that research in this field was a subject without subject matter. Scientists speculated about the existence ..."

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News: Solar-electric car generates power and excitement

Salt Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... nbsp; Whatever the reason, solar-electric cars seem to have a growing appeal ..."

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News: WEB EXTRA: Solar-powered car makes a stop in Williams Lake

Williams Lake Tribune has an article mentioning: "... It was, in fact, Toronto-based Marcelo da Luz's solar-powered car. He stopped in he city as part of a trip to both foster awareness of alternative energy, and to test his machine, nine years in the ..."

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News: Tap students' hidden talents, Kalam to teachers

Express Buzz has an article mentioning: "... Citing a solar-powered car, designed by the students of a Canadian university, and a robotic car, designed by the students of a university in Germany, Kalam ..."

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News: Spacecraft to image unseen side of Mercury

New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... The manoeuvre makes Messenger the first interplanetary craft to use solar sailing to control its trajectory, says Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Messenger's guidance lead at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ..."

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News: Solar-powered race team bogged down

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... It was supposed to be an exciting two-week race across the country in solar-powered cars in the first South African Solar Challenge, but an Indian team has been bogged down before the start ..."

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News: Md. scientists prepare for fresh look at Mercury

Baltimore Sun has an article mentioning: "... By adjusting the orientation of the spacecraft and its solar panels over several months, "solar sailors ..."

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News: Solar cars race in SA

iAfrica.com has an article mentioning: "... Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said on ..."

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News: SA hosts solar-powered race

Wheels24.co.za has an article mentioning: "... Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said ..."

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News: Alternative fuels: is the price finally right?

ABS CBN News has an article mentioning: "... The same is true with solar-powered cars. The technology is out there. An example is Sinag, the prototype, solar-powered car developed by students of the De la Salle ..."

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News: Solar powered cars race in South Africa

AFP has an article mentioning: "... CAPE TOWN (AFP) — Africa's first-ever solar-powered car race is underway in South Africa to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology, organisers said ..."

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News: Solar cars begin epic race

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... The first solar-powered car race in Africa is under way at last, with seven teams from South Africa, India, Japan and Malaysia expected to reach the quarter-way ..."

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News: A showcase of the sun's power

Morning Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... SUN POWER: Iver Lofving beside his solar powered car he built from a kit outside his home in Skowhegan that has photovoltaic panels, above, to charge batteries and a solar system for ..."

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News: Solar-powered cars start epic race around SA

Independent Online has an article mentioning: "... Six solar-powered cars set off from Pretoria on Sunday on an epic, two-week race around South Africa ..."

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News: Sun-powered cars to race around SA

The Times has an article mentioning: "... Six teams from three countries will put their innovative cars to the test in the SA Solar Challenge 2008, the first race for solar-powered cars this country has seen. The idea is to showcase cutting-edge solar technology that is being developed around the world , said ..."

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News: 'They are scientists': Grants help Forest Ridge students explore ...

Gary Post Tribune has an article mentioning: "... They will be building solar-powered race cars that will be run in May ..."

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News: Funding Cuts Have Meant Losing 'a Little Bit of Magic'

Washington Post has an article mentioning: "... Cuts Have Meant Losing 'a Little Bit of Magic'&bodytext=In a few decades, spacecraft might travel by solar sail ..."

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News: Asola To Produce and Distribute Solar Modules in Italy

SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... automotive applications and modules for various thin film technologies. Asola is presently developing, for mass production for the plug-in-hybrid solar electric car, the Fisker KARMA, the most spherically-bent solar car roof in the world ..."

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News: Solar race gives science a boost

Centralian Advocate has an article mentioning: "... THE Solar Car Challenge is steering Alice Springs students into science and engineering careers, says youth program coordinator Rosemary Carson ..."

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News: Team members to display solar car, discuss race experiences

Missouri S&T News and Research has an article mentioning: "... Members of the solar car team from Missouri University of Science and Technology plan to discuss their experiences in the 2008 North America Solar Challenge during ..."

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News: Amish turn to solar power for electricity

Philadelphia Inquirer has an article mentioning: "... And as he stood in front of his buggy, with its LED lights, he said he had no intention of getting a solar car someday ..."

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News: Nepal's first solar vehicle test-driven

Kantipur Online has an article mentioning: "... at Bheri Technical Institute (BTI) in Nepalgunj have successfully developed and test-drove on Wednesday a vehicle named 'Niful' that runs on solar power and batteries ..."

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News: World solar car traveller arrives in Montreal Friday

CanadianDriver has an article mentioning: "... Montreal, Quebec - Louis Palmer, who is attempting to travel around the globe in a solar-powered vehicle, is expected to arrive in Montreal Friday and stay until September 29. He left his home in Lucerne, Switzerland on July ..."

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News: Racing with the sun

Columbia Basin Herald has an article mentioning: "... Chrystal Doucette/Columbia Basin Herald Peninsula Elementary School fourth-grade student Attay Alaniz watches his solar car as it races against another Wednesday ..."

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News: Solar taxi driver stops at Tufts

Tufts Daily has an article mentioning: "... Swiss schoolteacher discusses worldwide journey in solar-powered car ..."

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News: Solar Power Fuels Science at Ruben Salazar Bilingual Education Center

T.H.E. Journal has an article mentioning: "... His idea, taken from a course he'd attended at Chicago's Adler Planetarium, was to let the kids team up to build model-sized solar-powered race cars. Along the way, they'd learn about climate change (some classes would watch the Al Gore film ..."

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News: Boy, 12, invents solar cell that help solve country's energy crisis

KATU has an article mentioning: "... While college students have come up with unusual solar cars and the state of Oregon recently unveiled solar panels to power highway lights, Yuan is thinking global ..."

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News: Quantum, Asola Announce Korean Solar JV

SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... automotive applications and modules for various thin film technologies. Asola is presently developing, for mass production for the plug-in-hybrid solar electric car, 'Fisker Karma', the most spherically-bent solar car roof in the world. More information can be found in ..."

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News: UN chief takes solar-powered commute to work

CCTV has an article mentioning: "... UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon arrived for work at his office in New York Friday morning in a most unusual vehicle. And he said the solar-powered car put him in the perfect mood for a climate change conference with several world leaders ..."

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News: "Serving Alna, Dresden, Edgecomb, Westport, Wiscasset and Woolwich"

Wiscasset Newspaper has an article mentioning: "... There was a lot of excitement at Wiscassets town office Friday morning for the demonstration of a solar powered vehicle made by Kronosport the result of a partnership with the state, town, Chewonki Foundation, Kronosport Inc., Chaplin Designs, and ..."

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News: UN chief calls solar-powered taxi ride 'fantastic'

International Herald Tribune has an article mentioning: "... The U.N. chief arrived at U.N. headquarters Friday in the solar-powered car that is making its way around the world. It will conclude its journey at the next round of climate change talks in Poznan, Poland ..."

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News: Solar taxi lights up Big Apple

Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... The 36-year-old teacher has already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States ..."

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News: Solar car team completing eco-friendly vehicle

The Auburn Plainsman has an article mentioning: "... We've  been building solar-powered race cars for 20 years,” Bhavnani said. “It allowed us to understand the technological problems that occur in converting a dilute ..."

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News: Six months in a leaky boat

Macleans.ca has an article mentioning: "... for the longest distance travelled by a solar car. Last summer, teams of Canadian mechanical and software engineering students from ETS, the ..."

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News: Solar-powered vehicle mistaken for a UFO

Hippy Shopper has an article mentioning: "... Whenever I write about a new solar car, readers get in touch to ask why these vehicles always have to look so freakish. And this doesn't really surprise me: there was the ..."

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News: Alaskan Police Pull Over Solar “UFO” Car

EcoGeek has an article mentioning: "... doesn't get much action, really, so it's no surprise that police thought they were pulling over a UFO when they saw the above solar car tooling down the road. I'd probably have thought the same thing, except that UFOs are unidentified FLYING objects&hellip ..."

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News: Solar Car Mistaken for UFO, Gets Pulled over by Alaskan Police

Gizmodo has an article mentioning: "... Yes, the thing does look like an UFO. For anyone who doesn't have a clue about what a solar car is, anyway. Or who doesn't notice the big honking wheels below. Or the fact that the "UFO ..."

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News: Alaskan police mistake solar-powered car for UFO

CNET News has an article mentioning: "... Alaskan citizen mistakes solar-powered car for UFO ..."

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News: This taxi is sun kind of wonderfuel

New York Daily News has an article mentioning: "... It may not be a yellow cab, but it sure is green. A Swiss adventurer on an ecofriendly mission rolled into New York City on Tuesday to promote his solar-paneled car ..."

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News: Swiss offers free solar taxi rides in New York

Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... He arrived in New York on Tuesday, having already driven his solar-powered vehicle 43,000 kilometres across Europe, Asia, Australasia and the United States without using a drop of petrol ..."

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News: Windbelt, Cheap Generator Alternative, Set to Power Third World

Popular Mechanics has an article mentioning: "... it was 2 meters long and 20 cm large with a minimun speed(as the source u used)? Does windbelt(s) would work or improve if applied to lightweight solar car or light aircraft as handgliding? I was wondering (i have a air cooled computer) what happen if i put the windbelt behind where the air ..."

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News: Follow the Sun: GNSS and Solar Car Racing

Inside GNSS has an article mentioning: "... To make the grade, the University of Michigan's victorious solar car team members first had to map the grades in a 2,400-mile course stretching from Texas to Canada. GNSS helped them do that and then kept the ..."

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News: Man Attempts to Travel Around the World in Solar-Powered Car

CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... and someone is implying that this isn’t a feasible idea?. I’m in Maui right now and gas is $4.60 and up…what better place for a solar car than here. Most trips here by car are under 60 miles easy. Wish we had more people who can think that idiots like McCain promoting drilling ..."

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News: DOZ implements solar power solution

XPRESS has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car park lights are completely integrated, self-contained, waterproof and compact. Offering high performance, the lights are ..."

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News: Nissan to Launch Solar-Powered Electric Car

Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... Alaska Police Pull Over Solar Powered Car, Think It’s a UFO ..."

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News: Dubai Outsource Zone Pioneers Implementation Of Solar Power ...

Dubai City Guide has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered car park lights are completely integrated, self-contained, waterproof and compact ..."

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News: PRAIRIE people

Prairie Business has an article mentioning: "... The University of Michigan support team was on hand to welcome its solar car on July 18 at the Corwin Toyota lot as the vehicle worked its way north as part of the North American Solar Challenge 2008. Beginning in ..."

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News: Interfaith community shares ideas on caring for creation

Columbia Missourian has an article mentioning: "... Mark Foecking, left, instructs Mandy Manderino how to test-drive an electric solar-powered scooter Sunday afternoon at Rock Bridge Christian Church during an event discussion with Care for Creation. Foecking transmits energy ..."

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News: Solar-powered plane flies for three and a half days

Nanowerk LLC has an article mentioning: "... The solar powered plane flew for 82 hours 37 minutes, exceeding the current official world record for unmanned flight which stands at 30 hours 24 minutes ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car Attempts to Circle Globe as Slowly as Possible

Gizmodo has an article mentioning: "... Another day, another golf cart size, three-wheeled solar-powered car with style ripped from the 1980's. At least with this one, the ..."

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News: The first race for wind-powered vehicles

Gizmag has an article mentioning: "... practices far more readily than other countries. In recent times the Dutch have conducted the first Hydrogen Fuel Cell Racing event, the first solar boat race and a fortnight ago the Dutch town of Den Helder held the “Aeolus Race”, the first for wind-powered vehicles. The winning ..."

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News: Adventurer makes history with solar-powered joy ride

6abc.com has an article mentioning: "... Palmer admits his solar car is not designed for mass production, but he maintains that a similar and safer model could be mass-produced for around $10,000, not ..."

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News: Plane that flies on solar power, day or night

Los Angeles Times has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane: An Aug. 24 article in the A section about a solar-powered plane misstated the direction of its circumnavigation journey. The plane will ..."

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News: Solar Car Draws Attention On Trip

WSBtv.com has an article mentioning: "... Da Luz is driving a solar-powered car across North America. He said he's been pulled over seven times in his saucer-shaped car ..."

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News: Canada Sunflashes

Toronto Sun has an article mentioning: "... A Toronto man who's aiming to set a world record for driving the longest distance in a solar-powered car has made an unexpected stop in Whitehorse because of mechanical problems with his support vehicle ..."

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News: Strange News

WBOC TV 16 has an article mentioning: "... WHITEHORSE, Yukon (AP) - Marcelo da Luz isn't from outer space. He's from Toronto. But some people think he's in a UFO. Da Luz is driving a solar powered car across North America. He says he's been pulled over seven times in his saucer-shaped car. According to da Luz, an officer chased him ..."

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News: Boatopia: Toyota's Solar Car Carrier to be a Bunker Fuel Buster

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... The solar boat isn't the first attempt at cleaning up cargo ships. A much earlier system developed by the ..."

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News: For Retirement Savings, Solar Power Is a Better Bet Than the Stock ...

Daily Green has an article mentioning: "... The solar vehicle is really nice. All it needs to do is sit in the sun for an hour a day and it's ready to go. It never has to be plugged in. And it ..."

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News: Biggest Solar Power Advantages

3x24 - Your Newspaper and News Magazine has an article mentioning: "... The price of electricity, utilities, et cetera, is going up right along with the cost of gas. Of course, with solar technologies speeding along, solar powered cars may not be far away. They are not here yet, although solar power is. It could help people all over the world stop fighting just ..."

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News: Qinetiq claims record for solar-powered Zephyr

ElectronicsWeekly.com has an article mentioning: "... Inside Qinetiq's Zephyr solar powered plane ..."

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News: Unmanned solar plane stays aloft for over 3 days, sets record

CBC.ca has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered plane shatters unmanned flight record: report ..."

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News: Lankan engineer's solar link for electric cars

Ceylon Daily News has an article mentioning: "... petrol completely by solar energy as the alternative automobile fuel. If implemented, he predicts, that the entire world would be driving solar powered cars whose infrastructure would then became a trillion dollar industry in ten years ..."

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News: Solar plane breaks world record

News24 has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane breaks record ..."

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News: Iqua shines with in-car solar phone kit

SmartPlanet.com has an article mentioning: "... mobile tech company Iqua has developed a solar car kit for your phone. Let's take a look at how Iqua's new Visor SUN compares to the Daddy of solar car kits ..."

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News: Will round-the-world voyage be sunny delight?

Chicago Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss psychiatrist best known for his 1999 trip around the world in a balloon, is trying to repeat the journey in a solar-powered airplane. He and a partner, engineer Andre Borschberg, came to promote the project at the Olympics, hoping to raise ..."

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News: Solar-powered car makes stop here

Buffalo News has an article mentioning: "... Curious onlookers check out the Solar Taxi, a 100 percent solar-powered car, which made a stop on its globe-circling promotional tour outside Dunn Tire Park on Saturday afternoon ..."

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News: A round-the-world trip -with no stops for gas

Niagara Falls Review has an article mentioning: "... Louis Palmer is living out a dream travelling around the world in a solar-powered car ..."

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News: High School Students Build Solar Car For Cross-Country Race

Auto Racing Daily has an article mentioning: "... http://www.autoracingdaily.com/site/tag/national winston solar car race ..."

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News: Tech.view Icarus unbound

Economist has an article mentioning: "... adventurers, Bertrand Piccard (of the famous family of explorers) and Andre Borschberg, at the Beijing Olympics for sponsors to help them build a solar-powered aircraft capable of circumnavigating the globe ..."

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News: Sun may soon shine on solar-powered revolution

Vancouver Courier has an article mentioning: "... A few weeks ago, drivers on the Prairie stretch of the TransCanada Highway witnessed a sight straight out of The Jetsons: 15 solar-powered cars, four of them Canadian, silently whizzing along at up to 80 kilometres an hour. The vehicles were heading west through Manitoba and ..."

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News: GM's Ten Favorite Concept Cars

Automobile Magazine has an article mentioning: "... Much of the inspiration for the Impact stemmed from GM's involvement with the Sunraycer, a solar-powered race car built in collaboration with Hughes Electronics and AeroVironment. The car ended up winning the World Solar Challenge in ..."

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News: Australian Woman Wins Prize for Earth-Saving Technique Rejected in ...

/FILM has an article mentioning: "... that Mary D’Souza recently won the competition for the paper entitled “A Body Solar Sail Concept for the Deflection of 99942 Apophis.” D’Souza’s plan calls for wrapping the asteroid with mylar film, which will ..."

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News: Japanese firms to take solar power to sea

Energy Efficiency News has an article mentioning: "... If this first attempt on a partially solar-powered vessel proves successful, Nippon Oil will be looking at full commercialisation of the system over the next 3-5 years ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Airplane Flies For Three Days

The Raleigh Telegram has an article mentioning: "... ARIZONA - A British defense contractor said that its unmanned solar-powered airplane set a record for flight, staying aloft for three and a half days ..."

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News: Solar powered plane stays aloft for three days

Pocket-lint.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... In a demonstration to the US army, a British built solar powered airplane has managed to stay up in the air for 82 hours and 37 minutes ..."

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News: Japanese team tout solar-powered cargo ship

Business Green has an article mentioning: "... but now engineers in Japan have revealed they are working a solar powered cargo ship ..."

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News: Green news harvest: Solayzme gets cash for algae, solar sunroof

CNET News has an article mentioning: "... From the company that does solar car parks is a solar sunroof for a car ..."

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News: Solar plane stays aloft for 3.5 days

Nature.com has an article mentioning: "... A solar powered plane has set a new record over the desert of Arizona, staying aloft for 83 hours and 37 minutes. Importantly, this means it stayed up ..."

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News: Going Solar: For Ships, Planes and Cars

Greentech Media has an article mentioning: "... Two Japanese companies plan to partly propel a cargo ship with solar panels. Meanwhile, QinetiQ says its unmanned solar-powered aircraft broke a world record and Sunrise Solar introduces a solar sunroof for cars ..."

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News: Rocket failure destroys two NASA experiments

New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered cargo ship will leave a cleaner plume ..."

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News: Zephyr Solar-Powered Plane Smashes World Record

ChattahBox has an article mentioning: "... The Zephyr Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from QinetiQ has smashed a world record for a solar-powered plane ..."

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News: TRANS TUES: Solar Powered Plane Breaks Record… Again!

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link to TRANS TUES: Solar Powered Plane Breaks Record… Again ..."

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News: QinetiQ downplays solar flight possibilities

Business Green has an article mentioning: "... It may have just broken the world record for solar powered flight, but the engineering firm reckons commercially viable manned flight remains 'highly unlikely" ..."

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News: Amazing Ultralight Solar Plane Flies For Days

LiveScience.com has an article mentioning: "... The Zephyr solar plane has sailed to what may be a record for sun-powered unmanned flight. The 66-pound craft was aloft for 83 hours and 7 minutes. The plane ..."

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News: Racing with light

2TheAdvocate has an article mentioning: "... Rouge Magnet High instructor Peter Oelschlaeger, left, and students Joey LeBlanc, in the car, and Simon Shirazi, pose with the student-made, solar-powered car, built using donated and scrap yard parts. </div> ..."

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News: Solar plane makes record flight

Moneyweb has an article mentioning: "... A UK-built solar-powered plane has set an unofficial world endurance record for a flight by an unmanned aircraft, says ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Plane Stays Airborne for Record 3 Days

TechNewsWorld has an article mentioning: "... An unmanned solar airplane spent a record 82 hours airborne in a weekend test, a feat that isn't likely to lead to solar-powered commercial aviation any time ..."

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