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Cincinnati.com has an article mentioning: "... UK's solar car, Gato del Sol III, which finished 11th in last year's North American Solar Challenge race and second in this summer's Formula Sun Grand Prix ..."
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WCPO has an article mentioning: "... Several University of Kentucky students stopped by Erlanger Wednesday to meet with Toyota executives about their solar car ..."
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Energy Collective (blog) has an article mentioning: "... SolarCity and Tesla Motors have come together to install solar-powered car charging stations in four Rabobank locations along California Route ..."
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The Local has an article mentioning: "... Already with considerable experience in aircraft innovation, Voit-Nitschmann was behind the solar powered aircraft "Icare II" and is the unofficial World Record holder for distance flown in a solar powered aircraft ..."
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Cooler Planet has an article mentioning: "... Only in California, some observers are saying, but solar enthusiasts see the solar electric car charging stations as the wave of future ..."
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Mainichi Daily News has an article mentioning: "... Tokai University students and Sharp Vice President Toshishige Hamano, back row, third from left, are pictured together with the solar car equipped with Sharp photovoltaic cells at Tokai University's Shonan campus in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. (Mainichi ..."
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Penrith Star has an article mentioning: "... SCHOOL students are primed to take part in Australia's State and National Solar Boat Challenge finals at the Regatta Centre 9am-2pm tomorrow ..."
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Cooler Planet has an article mentioning: "... This week, SolarCity announced a partnership with Rabobank that is expected to result in the creation of the world's first solar powered electric car charging corridor. The plan calls for four recharging stations to be developed between San Francisco and Los Angeles ..."
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India Business Blog (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: British family sets new world record for longest solar-powered flight by paramotor'>British family sets new world record for longest solar-powered flight by paramotor ..."
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Sydney Morning Herald has an article mentioning: "... Australia is at the forefront of solar car technology ..."
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CNN International has an article mentioning: "... The SolarDrive sun-powered car - an energy solution for the future ..."
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Bundaberg NewsMail has an article mentioning: "... Students were challenged to build model solar boats, smilie push carts and robotic dances ..."
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Reuters has an article mentioning: "... Join Global Cinema Audiences for Eco Premiere of 'THE AGE OF STUPID' and Climate Change Panel During Climate Week Guests Arrive Via Boats, Bikes and Solar Cars to Green Carpet Premiere featuring Bicycle ..."
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newjerseynewsroom.com has an article mentioning: "... DÃœBENDORF, SWITZERLAND - A solar-powered aircraft will take flight next month from Switzerland with hopes ultimately to circle the Earth in 2012, without fuel, and stopping ..."
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Creative Loafing Tampa has an article mentioning: "... Solar power works by harnessing the rays of the sun and using them to power devices. There have even been solar cars created but they are not quite on a mainstream level to be available to the average public yet ..."
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Inter Press Service has an article mentioning: "... DÜBENDORF, Switzerland, Sep 16 (Tierramérica) - A solar-powered aircraft will take flight next month from Switzerland with hopes ultimately to circle the Earth in 2012, without fuel, and stopping ..."
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The Engineer has an article mentioning: "... That's because when it takes to the sky next year in an effort to become the first manned solar aircraft to fly continuously through the day and night Borschberg â€" or his partner in the project, Swiss balloonist Dr Bertrand Piccard ..."
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Northfield News has an article mentioning: "... Chris Messer of Northfield, student at the University of Minnesota, left this week for Australia where he will serve as strategist for the solar vehicle, Aurora 4, built by the team of which he is a member. The U of M team will participate in a 1,880-mile solar car race in Australia, the ..."
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Northern News Services has an article mentioning: "... her friends at the Sir Alexander Mackenzie School courtyard Thursday afternoon wearing an ear-to-ear smile after witnessing Marcelo da Luz take his solar car for a spin ..."
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The Denki Shimbun (Electric Daily News) has an article mentioning: "... September 7 saw the unveiling of a new solar-powered car that will be Japan's entry in the Global Green Challenge, an auto race for environmentally-friendly vehicles such as solar cars ..."
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guardian.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... Changing the orientation of a solar sail will allow a spacecraft to change the plane of its orbit around a planet or the sun ..."
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Lawrence Journal World has an article mentioning: "... Asteroids, comets crashing into the Earth. Whoa, now I know we can stop that! Some scientist claim we can blast them to pieces with nukes or attach solar sails to tug them away from crossing our path. All this depends on discovery, some say, in the range of 200 years in advance, of a potential ..."
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Times Online has an article mentioning: "... Solar sailing” has long been a dream for space engineers, who have envisaged craft exploring the depths of the solar system, propelled only by ..."
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AkihabaraNews has an article mentioning: "... Construction has been completed on Tokai University's solar car equipped with Sharp solar cells boasting the highest level of conversion efficiency in the world. A team from Tokai University will use this ..."
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Solar Industry has an article mentioning: "... to power PlanetSolar's new solar catamaran. The solar boat, currently under construction, is expected to be the largest of its kind, says SunPower ..."
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Semiconductor Today has an article mentioning: "... Japan's Tokai University has completed construction of its ‘Tokai Challenger' solar car, which will be used from 24-31 October in the Global Green Challenge (one of the world's largest solar car races, formerly the World ..."
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NEWS.com.au has an article mentioning: "... ALMOST forty cars from 18 countries have entered this year's World Solar Challenge, the race for solar-powered vehicles from Darwin to Adelaide ..."
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Missouri S&T News and Research has an article mentioning: "... Race organizers have officially announced the checkpoint locations for the 2010 American Solar Challenge. On June 23, 2010, the solar cars will stop for the day in Rolla, Mo., home of Missouri University of Science and Technology ..."
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Tech-On English has an article mentioning: "... Tokai University disclosed its solar car to run in the solar car race 'Global Green Challenge,' which will take place from Oct 24 to 31, 2009, in Australia ..."
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Mid-Hudson News has an article mentioning: "... The solar-powered vehicle, equipped with a 48-volt battery system charged by a 185-watt photovoltaic solar panel manufactured by Bad Boy Buggies, will ..."
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The Ann Arbor Chronicle has an article mentioning: "... On the blog @altgate, Furgan Nazeeri recalls his experience in the early 1990s leading UM’s Solar Car team, as he prepares to return to campus for a lecture on entrepreneurship. He writes about a list of advice he gave at the time, including ..."
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Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... PDF) by scientist Bong Wie, working at Arizona State University, who proposed the use of solar sails to eliminate the problem of fuel capacity on the satellite. (Love and Lu’s proposal relied on nuclear energy generators for power in ..."
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SustainableBusiness.com has an article mentioning: "... PlanetSolar, a Switzerland-based company building the world's largest solar-powered boat, has chosen to use photovoltaic cells made by SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB ..."
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Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... The goal is to navigate around the world at an average speed of 8 knots - no mean feat for a solar-powered craft. It is expected to be the fastest solar boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean and the first to cross both the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The vessel will viewable by the public during each ..."
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Gov Monitor has an article mentioning: "... Phones that track the movements of your family, solar-powered cars, flexible manufacturing and advanced computer systems were among the innovative projects outlined to business leaders at a unique ..."
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