News: Solar car crew showered with help

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... The second and third day solar car driver Marcelo da Luz and his crew spent in New Orleans were kinder than the first. ..."

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News: Somewhere Out There, A Solar Airplane is Gliding Silently Across ...

Jaunted has an article mentioning: "... Eric] Raymond's eight-country tour of the continent in Sunseeker II... would be the first trans-European flight in a manned solar plane.The environmentally friendly aircraft developed by Solar Flight will highlight the potential for electric aircraft to shape air travel ..."

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News: Solar-car inventor receives outpouring of support after burglary

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo Daluz on Monday stands next to the solar-powered car that he invented and has been driving across country ..."

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News: Solar car tour hits bump in Quarter; burglar breaks in an hour ...

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo da Luz gave up his job, girlfriend and nearly a half-million dollars to build a solar-powered car and drive it all over the Americas, a trek that brought him and several international volunteers, following in a van, to New Orleans ..."

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News: Solar car owners try to recoup stolen cash, computers, passports

The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com has an article mentioning: "... Marcelo Da Luz is in the French Quarter with his solar-powered car, hoping to raise awarness about alternative sources of energy ..."

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News: Earth Day draws crowd

Alamogordo Daily News has an article mentioning: "... Kalani Hodges, a first-grader at Cloudcroft Elementary, won the Kindergarten to Second Grade Division with a model solar boat ..."

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News: Solar car sparks enthusiasm for science in local schools

Santa Cruz Sentinel has an article mentioning: "... The UC Berkeley solar car arrives at Soquel High Saturday ..."

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News: Let the sunshine in

Delaware County Daily Times has an article mentioning: "... SWARTHMORE — Last Sunday, children lined the sidewalk in front of Open Sky Energy Systems for a chance to race solar-powered cars to help fund solar power in West Africa ..."

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News: How Will We Prepare for an Asteroid Impact?

Universe Today has an article mentioning: "... tractor, or to impact the asteroid to alter the space rock’s trajectory. Other current options are to use a mass driver, rocket engines or a solar sail to push the asteroid on a different course ..."

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News: Earth Day celebration

Alamogordo Daily News has an article mentioning: "... Earth Day Science Fair, Poster Contest and Displays of science-fair style solar car kits and other projects by local children are some of the educational activities that have gone on leading up to the event ..."

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News: Solar car makes a stop in Lumberton

Beaumont Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... The environmentalist showed off his solar powered car this morning while the sun beamed down letting the car soak up some rays ..."

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News: And the Green Dot Award goes to...

Mother Nature Network has an article mentioning: "... From solar-powered lily pads & twirling wind-powered lights to sweet sorghum ethanol & one very James-Bond-like solar boat ..."

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News: Schlarman goes 'green' with science fair

Danville Commercial News has an article mentioning: "... Luke Vaughn, a Schlarman sophomore, showed the middle-schoolers how miniature solar-powered cars worked, pointing out each of the cars’ components and tracing the solar energy creation process ..."

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News: Glass bottomed boat a solar panel totes

San Marcos Daily Record has an article mentioning: "... The solar boat, along with the rest of the glass bottomed fleet, will be running from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday ..."

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News: Record Solar Car Stops in Houston

MyFox Houston has an article mentioning: "... The Power of One" solar car project is the result of da Luz's dream that began in 1999. The vehicle runs like an electric car with one big difference. Instead of ..."

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News: Horizon looks to greener alternatives in the SunCat 46

Marine Business News has an article mentioning: "... Taiwan-based Horizon Group is hoping to stake its claim in the eco-realm of the luxury category, developing a series of solar powered boats in cooperation with Thomas Meyer, CEO of Solar Water World AG, a German company that is known for pioneering solar powered boats ..."

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News: Envision Solar Unveils Solar Vehicle Charging Station

Solar Industry has an article mentioning: "... Solar Careers ..."

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News: Autodesk drawing the world's largest "solar sails"

四川新闻网-攀枝花日报 has an article mentioning: "... design software company Autodesk (Autodesk Inc.) Germany Planet Solar announced the company sponsored the construction of the world's largest solar-powered boat and plans to achieve the 2010 voyage. This is a people's blood boiling projects - so far the largest solar-powered boat will voyage ..."

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News: UFOs In Houston!! Or Maybe Just A Solar-Powered Car

Houston Press has an article mentioning: "... not the killin' kind, mind you, but folks who do some far-out things. And we think driving a three-wheeled freaky-looking solar-powered car to the Arctic Circle, and all around the country, fits the bill. So we jumped at the chance to speak with Toronto native Marcelo da ..."

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News: Purdue proves solar prowess

Journal and Courier has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car designed and driven by members of Purdue Solar Racing came away with top honors for solar-powered vehicles at the 2009 Shell ..."

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News: Greg Glenn, Solar Power Pioneer

Santa Monica Mirror has an article mentioning: "... Palisades photovoltaic guru Greg Glenn with the University of Michigan solar car at the 2007 World Solar Challenge race in Australia ..."

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News: ECS solar-powered boat makes a sunny debut

University of Southampton has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered boat designed and built by postgraduate students led by Dr Peter Wilson of ECS is on its way to the United States, the first UK entrant ..."

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News: Mentors Teach Students About Technology At MOA

WCCO has an article mentioning: "... It took about two years for 40 of our students to design and build this car," said David Towey of the University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project ..."

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News: Rooting out the rotten apples

ArabianBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... On a lighter note, last week a group of bright sparks at the University of Sharjah (AUS) unveiled the GCC's first student-built solar powered car, which has a top speed of 100km/h and boasts a 1.5bhp engine powered by a series of 740 cells on its body ..."

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News: Solar-powered speedboat makes a splash

Southern Daily Echo has an article mentioning: "... team of engineers from the University of Southampton has spent months building the solar-powered boat it hopes will make waves in an international tournament next month ..."

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News: Futuristic Catamaran to Attempt First Solar-Powered Circumnavigation

CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... As for practical uses of solar sailing, I recall about 20 years ago while attending an energy conference in Europe there was an interesting story about some local fishermen ..."

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News: Protective Magnetic Spaceshield

The Future of Things has an article mentioning: "... NanoSail-D - A Solar Sail in Space ..."

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News: First Swiss Alps Solar Flight

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... The Sunseeker II, the first solar flight across the Swiss Alps ..."

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News: PG&E hopes to capture solar power from space by 2016

CIO Australia has an article mentioning: "... MIT builds solar-powered race car that runs all day ..."

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News: Your email address

Practical Boat Owner Magazine has an article mentioning: "... $13m dollar 98-foot long solar-powered boat is under construction at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany, with a view to making the first attempt at a solar-powered ..."

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News: FOX unleashes 'Green It. Mean It' campaign for Earth Day

Monsters and Critics.com has an article mentioning: "... The donation also includes classroom activities such as solar cars, solar ovens and wind turbine kits ..."

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News: TenCate supplies composites for solar car

carbon reinforced composites has an article mentioning: "... The solar car is built with composites from TenCate. Picture courtesy of TenCate ..."

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News: Solar multihull aims for 120 day world trip

Marine Business News has an article mentioning: "... In 2010, a pair of Europeans will start a voyage around the world in a solar-powered boat, aiming to complete their quest in 120 days, and if they’re successful, they’ll be the first to pull it off. ..."

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News: Final Preparations for Solar Powered Boat Prior to Solar Splash ...

Azom.com has an article mentioning: "... An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition. Solar Splash, the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating, takes ..."

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News: AUS students build solar car

AME Info has an article mentioning: "... Eight engineering students from the American University of Sharjah GCC have completed work on the region's first student-built solar powered car. The car is the result of a collaboration between Siemens, the regional arm of the global engineering firm, Siemens AG, and the AUS ..."

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News: Solar powered aircraft

New Electronics has an article mentioning: "... With an 80m wingspan and severe weight restrictions, the solar powered aircraft is stretching the developers working on all areas of the project. ..."

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News: Southampton to sail with Solar Splash in international competition

Science Centric has an article mentioning: "... An academic and a team of post graduate students at the University of Southampton are making final preparations to their solar-powered boat ahead of a major engineering competition. Solar Splash, the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating, takes place in ..."

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News: Our energy future: Solar

Michigan Daily has an article mentioning: "... The University's Solar Car Team is the largest student project on campus. Involving about 100 students from different schools on campus, the team works together to ..."

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News: Region's first student-built solar car launched

Al-Bawaba has an article mentioning: "... Siemens and American University of Sharjah (AUS) today announce the completion of the Siemens Sunchaser, the GCC region's first student-built solar powered car. The car is the result of a collaboration between Siemens LLC, the regional company of the global engineering powerhouse ..."

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News: World's largest solar boat under construction in Germany

Sail World has an article mentioning: "... team of scientists, engineers, and yachtsmen are making what they say will be the largest solar boat ever built, with a view to making a trip around the world.Planet Solar is being built at the Knierim Yacht Club in Kiel, Germany ..."

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News: Student-built vehicles to take aim at 3000 mpg in speedway contest

Press-Enterprise has an article mentioning: "... The three-wheeled solar car, The Blur, is powered by photovoltaic cells converting sunlight into electrical energy ..."

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News: A Passive Microscale Solar Sail: Computer Chip Space Craft that ...

Next Big Future has an article mentioning: "... The system would act like a micro solar sail and could go like space dust anywhere in the solar system given enough time. The goal is self-contained “Microscale ..."

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News: Solar cat to circle the world - the future for solar energy

Sail World has an article mentioning: "... Raphael Domjan and navigator Gerard d'Aboville together with a seafaring band of scientists and engineers are building what they call the largest solar boat in the world, a $13 million catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year ..."

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News: uae's first automotive assembly plant by Scania, owered by PTL Solar

AME Info has an article mentioning: "... PTL Solar installs Solar Car Park Lights for Nakheel for their Waterfront project ..."

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News: See that UFO in downtown Phoenix? It's a car

AZ Central.com has an article mentioning: "... It's actually Marcelo Daluz's solar-powered vehicle "The Power of One ..."

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News: Around the World in a Solar Boat

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... seafaring band of scientists, engineers and yachtsmen with an obsession for Jules Verne and clean energy are building what they call the largest solar boat in the world, a $13 million catamaran they hope will take them around the world next year ..."

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News: US University develops high-tech solar car

International Business Times has an article mentioning: "... An advanced solar car that can cruise in a range from 50 to 60 miles per hour and weighs less than 500 pounds is being developed by students at the Massachusetts ..."

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News: 3000-plus MPG? New solar cars racing to compete

Corpus Christi Caller Times has an article mentioning: "... plus MPG? New solar cars racing to compete */ yld_mgr.content_topic_id_list=[ "20279001", "20275001"]; // [News / National (NPC), News ..."

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News: Students develop on their own a solar car for race in Australia

Eurogates has an article mentioning: "... On Wednesday 8 April, the Solar Team Twente unveiled its new solar car design. This makes it the first team in the Challenge Class, the Formula 1 for solar cars, to present its design. Seventeen students ..."

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News: Australia's First Solar Powered Car?

Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... system installed on the home where it is housed could form the basis of it being (in part) a solar powered car. Householders could also elect to switch over to ..."

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News: UA team preps solar car for eco-marathon

Casa Grande Valley Newspapers has an article mentioning: "... TUCSON (AP) - University of Arizona students have been developing solar cars for a decade, but the one they're racing to finish right now is a little different ..."

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News: Cambridge team unveils solar car ambitions

Business Green has an article mentioning: "... Students hope solar car innovations could find their way into the mainstream ..."

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News: Supercharged: MIT students overhaul solar car

msnbc.com has an article mentioning: "... MIT students scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed â€" hitting speeds of 80 mph and driving up to 200 miles in the pitch dark ..."

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News: Solar Airplane Euro Tour

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... there will be an attempt at a world record-breaking non-stop flight by a solar plane, piloted by Eric Raymond, from Zurich to Barcelona ..."

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News: Solar Powered Bethany Race Car

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... Solar Powered vehicle, Bethany solar car, world solar challenge, world solar race, green car, cambridge university's solar vehicle, sun power ..."

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News: Lighting the way

The Engineer has an article mentioning: "... It won't be the first time solar cars have travelled this way. The competition has been running every couple of years since ..."

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News: Students build solar-powered race car

Eetasia.com has an article mentioning: "... CUER has already designed U.K.'s first road-legal solar-powered car, code-named 'Affinity', which was driven from Land's End to John O'Groats last year ..."

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News: MIT Students Develop Solar Car

MyFox Washington DC has an article mentioning: "... MYFOX NATIONAL) - Some MIT students are cruising around, solar-style. Members of the solar vehicle team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have launched "Elanor ..."

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News: Solar racing car Eleanor gets set for Australian race

Reuters has an article mentioning: "... BOSTON, April 6 (Reuters Life!) - In a dingy basement in Boston, some scientists are putting the finish touches to Eleanor, one of the most advanced solar cars yet designed. The technology-packed, environmentally friendly ..."

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News: Cambridge University Solar Car

Heart 103 Cambridge has an article mentioning: "... group of Cambridge University students has designed a solar powered car that can travel at 60 miles an hour, using the same amount of energy as a hairdryer ..."

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News: Solar powered car is 'ultra efficient'

Eureka has an article mentioning: "... Plans for a solar powered racing car – which will cruise at 60mph using the same power as a hairdryer – have been unveiled by students at Cambridge University ..."

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News: 3 budding scientists advance to Canada-Wide Science Fair

The Chronicle Journal has an article mentioning: "... Go Green: Solar Car Efficiency by Michael Liu and Dillon Small, Churchill ..."

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News: Solar, Fuel Cell Power Displayed

AVweb has an article mentioning: "... to start a European tour that will cover eight countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, France and Spain. The solar-powered aircraft has already completed hundreds of miles of test flights over the U.S. Southwest, logging more flight hours than all other ..."

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News: Solar Car Aims To Put Rivals In The Shade

Insciences Organisation has an article mentioning: "... CUER has already designed the UK's first road-legal solar-powered car, which was driven from Land's End to John O'Groats last year. The new vehicle should be finished in June. It will then be ..."

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News: Sun's the limit for young entrepreneurs

The National has an article mentioning: "... Tarek al Zubair, 16, with the six-passenger solar vehicle, which he created with his 14-year-old cousin Hamad bin Sulaiman. 'Think what that means if two teenagers can make a car run on solar ..."

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News: Solar Plane Set to Soar Over Europe

Wired Blogs has an article mentioning: "... Eric Raymond is flying across Europe in a solar airplane to prove that 'solar airplane' is not an oxymoron, it's a new direction for aviation ..."

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News: Westminster pupils take a 'Scrapheap Challenge' to make solar ...

Voltimum has an article mentioning: "... Westminster pupils take a 'Scrapheap Challenge' to make solar powered car ..."

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News: Ultimate Un-Road Trip

Green Muze has an article mentioning: "... Bicycle, solar car, kayak, rollerblades and maybe even some cluster ballooning â€" these are just a few of the alternative modes of transport Boaz Frankel is ..."

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News: Solar energy moving slowly in Michigan

The Bay City Times - MLive.com has an article mentioning: "... The University of Michigan competes with a prestigious solar car team. Many companies around the state install solar energy systems. Negaunee High School is planning a solar project, as is the Detroit ..."

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News: Solar car uses 'same power as hairdryer'

Special Broadcasting Service has an article mentioning: "... encodeURIComponent(window.location.href)+'&title=Solar car uses same power as hairdryer ..."

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News: Tiny Machines Convert Sunlight Directly into Work

MIT Technology Review has an article mentioning: "... solar sail ..."

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News: ua's solar car tracks the sun

Arizona Daily Star has an article mentioning: "... University of Arizona students have been developing solar cars for a decade, but the one they're racing to finish right now is a little different ..."

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News: Solar Sail Update: New Opportunities

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society remains committed to flying the first solar sail. Specifically, we aim to fly the first controlled flight of a spacecraft using light pressure to increase the orbit energy ..."

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News: Solar car travels 20000km on sunshine

Zigwheels.com has an article mentioning: "... year old Marcelo da Luz just set the record for the longest distance covered by a solar vehicle in his creation, the Xof1. Though the record is not really official yet, da Luz accomplishment is no small feat, as he travelled ..."

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News: Burnett's new green dream

Bundaberg NewsMail has an article mentioning: "... WORLD-RENOWNED adventurer and inventor of the solar-powered car Hans Tholstrup has gone green in the Burnett ..."

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