Friday, August 28, 2009

News: The ice road calls

Northern News Services has an article mentioning: "... INUVIK - What do you do after you've driven more than 35,500 km in a homemade solar car, demolishing the Guinness World Record for distance travelled in a sun-powered vehicle ..."

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News: Scosche Ships Solar-Powered Car Speakerphone

PC Magazine has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered Bluetooth headset that stays charged indefinitely with moderate use (maybe one or two hours of talk time per day). Now Scosche has ..."

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News: The Solar Circumnavigator ups the stakes

Emea nieuws netwerk (persbericht) has an article mentioning: "... Anthony Howarth announced today that he will attempt two voyages with The Solar Circumnavigator solar boat in ..."

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News: Electric Cars in San Diego

KPBS has an article mentioning: "... MARK (Caller, San Diego): Hi. My question is, I know that they have solar powered vehicles out there and I wondered if there'll ever be a way to have your â€" have a solar energy system at home where you collect the ..."

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

News: Stanford Team Readies Solar Car for Aussie Race

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... Sasha Zbrozek knows solar cars are completely impractical. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t awesome. Three-wheeled carbon-fiber race cars covered with ..."

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News: Solon SE Launches Berlin's First Solar Powered Vessel

Electric.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solon SE Launches Berlin’s First Solar Powered Vessel ..."

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

News: Cambridge Solar Car hits the road

Cambridge Network has an article mentioning: "... CUER previously designed a prototype vehicle 'Affinity' which was driven from John O'Groats in June 2008 making it the only solar car to have driven legally on UK roads. The team aims to uncover the possibilities of sustainable engineering whilst developing their own ..."

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News: Infinium Sun Car Races Ahead

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... Infinium Solar Car, racing, electric vehicle, photovoltaic, lithium battery, Michigan Engineering, U-M, Ford, General Motors ..."

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News: Daily Briefing: Tues.

Mother Nature Network has an article mentioning: "... http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/08/24/solar-powered-plane-could-fly-for-five-years-straight ..."

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News: Espy eyes earth's sustainment

News-Leader.com has an article mentioning: "... reduce, reuse and recycle. Sitting around the truck, which resembles a golf cart/truck , students peppered Jones with questions about the solar-powered vehicle ..."

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Monday, August 24, 2009

News: Solar Powered Plane Could Fly for Five Years Straight

Inhabitat has an article mentioning: "... Odysseus solar powered airplane, sustainable design, green design, transportation, solar plane, solar-powered plane, Aurora Flight Sciences, solar surveillance ..."

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Friday, August 21, 2009

News: Walnut Valley students take third in solar car race

San Gabriel Valley Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Walnut Valley Unified's solar car team, left front, won third place in the Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge held in Dallas from July 12 to 17, 2009. (Photos courtesy ..."

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

News: A new eye in the sky: Design for unmanned

Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... It might look like alien technology but this aircraft is no UFO. It's an Odysseus solar-powered aircraft that aims to be able to stay in the air for over five years continuously ..."

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News: UCF staff turn heads with sun-powered fleet car (video)

University of Central Florida has an article mentioning: "... http://news.ucf.edu/resources/sites/UCF/content/live/NEWS/1000/NE1851/en_US/solar car 98x98.jpg ..."

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News: The Challenges of Navigating a Solar Sail

Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... The concept of solar sails, devices that would rely on solar winds and photons to power up spacecraft traveling through the solar system and beyond, has been around ..."

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News: Espy students start year with environment motif

News-Leader.com has an article mentioning: "... Reduce, reuse and recycle. Sitting around the truck, which resembles a golf-cart truck, students peppered Jones with questions about the solar-powered vehicle ..."

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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

News: First Solar Sail - getting closer

Sail World has an article mentioning: "... http://www.sail-world.com/photos/Med_Solar sailing almost here.jpg ..."

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News: Relativistic Navigation Needed for Solar Sails

MIT Technology Review has an article mentioning: "... decent-sized solar sail could accelerate out of the solar system in no time, which raises new challenges for navigators ..."

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

News: Crowder commemorates TSAR feat

Joplin Independent has an article mentioning: "... Crowder College's TSAR was the first solar-powered vehicle to complete a trek across the US. The car was built with the ingenuity of Art Boyt, Steve Tipton, Chris Kalmbach, Greg Brockman ..."

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News: US energy secretary studies Minn. renewables

Minneapolis Star Tribune has an article mentioning: "... ROCHESTER, Minn. - A mobile self-contained ethanol plant and solar-powered cars will be on display in Rochester for an important audience: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu ..."

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News: Starrett Sponsors Solar-Powered Racing Team

Quality Magazine has an article mentioning: "... http://www.qualitymag.com/QUAL/Home/Images/starrett solar car.jpg ..."

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News: Solar-powered racing car unveiled in UK

Rediff has an article mentioning: "... Precision and HP. CUER previously designed a prototype vehicle 'Affinity' which was driven from John O'Groats in June 2008 making it the only solar car to have driven legally on UK roads ..."

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Monday, August 17, 2009

News: Starrett provides support for U. of Michigan solar car team

Reliable Plant Magazine has an article mentioning: "... tools, represents Starrett's continued commitment to provide innovative measuring solutions for unique challenges. Like the U-M precision solar car team, Starrett offers innovative custom solutions to address the needs of high precision manufacturing. In the challenge, teams from ..."

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Sunday, August 16, 2009

News: Engineers offer advice in building solar car

Richmond Register has an article mentioning: "... University of Kentucky students planning to build and race a solar-powered car are getting an assist from engineers at a southern Kentucky company on how to make it as sleek as possible ..."

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News: Atlantic Station eyes electric cars

Atlanta Business Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... Inc. to potentially equip the 140-acre Midtown Atlanta development with hundreds of solar-powered vehicles ..."

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News: Solar car memoirs

Examiner.com has an article mentioning: "... Next to a bicycle, the solar car may be the quintessential alternative vehicle. Granted, commercially viable ones are still considered purely visionary, but this year, a ..."

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

News: Boys & Girls Club participates in solar car races

The Desert Sun has an article mentioning: "... Youth at the Boys & Girls Club of Cathedral City participated Friday in solar car races. The event was funded by a $12,000 Valley Partnership grant to promote energy efficiency, said Cris Stone of the Palm Desert-based ..."

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Friday, August 14, 2009

News: ETS headed to Australia

Auto123 has an article mentioning: "... team of 30 students from Montreal's École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) has officially launched its car, dubbed Eclipse, a solar-powered vehicle entered in the 2009 World Solar Challenge held in Australia on October 25 to 31. They are one of two teams from Quebec that will ..."

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News: The future's so bright I gotta wear shades

North Liberty Leader has an article mentioning: "... Perhaps students won't go home and make a solar-powered vehicle, like the one brought to the workshop by the Iowa State University's Solar Car Team, but they might remember to shut the ..."

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News: Berlin's First Solar-Powered Passenger Ship Launched by Mayor

ENF - PV Industry Info has an article mentioning: "... its drive energy. SolarWaterWorld AG, the manufacturer and operator of the SOLON, also operates the world's first solar charging station for solar-powered boats in the Köpenick district of Berlin. The company has more than seventeen years' experience in the research and development of ..."

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

News: Company Prepares for Solar Sail Live Test Future spacecraft could ...

Softpedia has an article mentioning: "... Solar sails could in the future power up long-distance missions to the outer reaches of the solar system and beyond ..."

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News: British family sets new world record for longest solar-powered ...

Britain News has an article mentioning: "... London, August 12 : A British family who spent their summer holiday flying around the Mediterranean have set a new world record for the longest solar-powered flight by paramotor ..."

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

News: First Solar Sail Might Soon Fly

Space.com has an article mentioning: "... An artist's concept of a sailing ship and a solar sail. Credit: NASA ..."

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News: British family breaks solar flight record

World Travel Guide has an article mentioning: "... British family has set a new record for solar-powered flight ..."

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News: Solar car reaches Inuvik again

Northern News Services (subscription) has an article mentioning: "... SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - As Marcelo da Luz whizzed through Alaska in his solar car he was spotted by one frantic witness who promptly called the cops declaring there was UFO travelling on the highway ..."

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News: Automakers showing sunny side

Metro Canada - Calgary has an article mentioning: "... We're a long way off fully solar-powered cars going into production â€" you can't get enough charge from panels that fit a regular car's roof to run a car. But the use of ..."

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

News: British family sets new solar flight record

Telegraph.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Cardozo, his brothers and neice - who spent their summer holiday flying around the Mediterranean have set a new world record for the longest solar-powered flight by paramotor ..."

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News: Incredible Solar Electric Flight expedition for ataxia awareness

Euro Weekly News has an article mentioning: "... Starting from Monte Carlo and covering an estimated 2,000km, the Incredible Solar Electric Flight aims to achieve the world's longest solar-powered flight, demonstrating the latest combination in solar energy, battery power and paramotors. The British-based team are flying a new ..."

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Monday, August 10, 2009

News: Students endure long days under the sun in solar car contest

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has an article mentioning: "... Starting July 14 the Walnut Solar Car team raced at the Texas Motor Speedway for the 14th Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge. Their goal was to drive as many laps as ..."

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News: Solar-powered boats on the Horizon

Marine Business News has an article mentioning: "... Horizon Group, Taiwan is developing a series of solar powered boats in collaboration with Thomas Meyer, CEO of Solar Water World AG, a German company that has pioneered and been honing the ..."

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News: Couple visits Pomona during trek to promote benefits of electric ...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has an article mentioning: "... Students endure long days under the sun in solar car contest ..."

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News: Ky. engineers offer students advice on building solar car

Clarksville Leaf Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... BOWLING GREEN — University of Kentucky students planning to build and race a solar-powered car are getting an assist from engineers at a southern Kentucky company on how to make it as sleek as possible ..."

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

News: UK students building solar-powered car get assist from engineers ...

KFSM has an article mentioning: "... BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) —University of Kentucky students planning to build and race a solar-powered car are getting an assist from engineers at a southern Kentucky company ..."

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News: Panasonic support for solar electric vehicles race

Commodity Online has an article mentioning: "... The Global Green Challenge evolved from the World Solar Challenge, a solar car race first held in 1987 in Australia. Today, the Global Green Challenge includes the World Solar Challenge for solar powered cars, and the ..."

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Friday, August 7, 2009

News: Tristate Regional News, Friday 8/7

WTVW has an article mentioning: "... dozen University of Kentucky students and graduates are busy designing a solar-powered car. The three-wheel cutting-edged car will carry a price tag of 200-thousand dollars that comes from business sponsors and university ..."

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News: 7 Awesome Solar Boats You Must See

Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... relaxing than a lake full of noisy motor boats that pollute the air and water? Sometimes, it's just better to take it slow, and solar-powered boats are the perfect compromise ..."

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Thursday, August 6, 2009

News: Grade 7 Elm Street School

SunJournal.com has an article mentioning: "... future of cars going to depend on the sun? Well for now no one knows that answer, but we know that kids are working hard to create mini models of solar powered cars to race. These solar cars aren't real cars, they're mini models that have a motor. There's a solar panel hooked up to the motor ..."

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News: 20 years of Solar-Electric Car evolution;

Control Engineering has an article mentioning: "... University of Michigan Solar Car Team’s latest solar car ..."

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

News: Government aims to replace all domestic flights with rail

Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... prototype the world's first manned solar-powered aircraft ..."

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

News: Priuses Delivered to US Aboard Solar Powered Vessel

All Cars Electric has an article mentioning: "... ..."

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Monday, August 3, 2009

News: US energy secretary studies renewable energies in Rochester

WKBT has an article mentioning: "... javascript: var summary = escape('A mobile self-contained ethanol plant and solar-powered cars will be on display in Rochester for an important audience: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.'); var headline = escape('US ..."

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News: SUNY New Paltz solar car club places sixth in grand prix

Times Herald-Record has an article mentioning: "... The SUNY New Paltz solar car team, led by electrical engineering faculty adviser Mike Otis, took sixth place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix in early June at the ..."

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News: Science Weekly: The secrets of the cell and solar aeroplanes

guardian.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Science Weekly podcast: The secrets of the cell and solar aeroplanes:Audio:1256680"; s.channel = "Science"; s.pageType=""; s.server ..."

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News: Panasonic's High-capacity Lithium-ion Batteries Support MIT ...

Stockhouse has an article mentioning: "... The Global Green Challenge evolved from the World Solar Challenge, a solar car race first held in 1987 in Australia. Today the Global Green Challenge includes the World Solar Challenge for solar powered cars and the Eco ..."

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

News: Battery Powered House Stores Sun's Energy

Javno.hr has an article mentioning: "... One of NASA's scientists holding the material of the solar sail ..."

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News: The Solar Bus: Making Changes On The Move

Gas2.0 has an article mentioning: "... to educating the masses, but he also expresses a realistic view on alt-energy. He noted that less than 1% of cars could be powered by WVO, and that solar-powered cars are still a long ways off ..."

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News: Seattle Green teams hit the schools with practical ideas for ...

Seattle Times has an article mentioning: "... Lawton Elementary School teacher Peter Hubbard presides over his fourth-graders who've just finished a project designing solar-powered vehicles. Hubbard is a key leader in the green schools movement, aimed at bringing environmental education to schools via creative ..."

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