Thursday, December 24, 2009

News: Europe's Solar Impulse Keen On Having Partners From Other Regions

Bernama has an article mentioning: "... Solar Impulse, Europe's long-range solar-powered plane project which could one day change the landscape of aviation industry, needs another 25 million euro ..."

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

News: Solar Car Charging Comes to New York

New York Times (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Beautiful Earth Group, a solar and wind farm company, built this solar-powered car charging station for its electric Mini ..."

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News: Indians vie to be a part of first solar-powered aircraft

Siliconindia.com has an article mentioning: "... Bangalore: Indian engineers are showing a keen interest in becoming a part of the solar-powered aircraft that is expected to fly around the world both during the day and at night without fuel and without polluting the environment ..."

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News: Lightsail Update and Haute Cuisine in Space

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... LightSail - The Future of Solar Sailing ..."

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Friday, December 18, 2009

News: Donation keeps Solar Cup boat afloat

OCRegister has an article mentioning: "... engineering students are sailing ahead with a $250 donation from Fullerton attorney Marty Burbank to buy paint and finishing supplies for their solar boat project in the 2010 Metropolitan Water District Solar Cup competition ..."

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

News: THEIR SOLAR DREAM HOMES: DMS 5th graders inspire green living with science ...

Destin Log has an article mentioning: "... Matthew Markham, 10, built a solar-powered car that actually works in addition to his solar house. He cut out a picture of McGill from The Log, taped it to the car and named it ..."

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Sunday, December 13, 2009

News: Solar plane passes 1st test; global flight set for 2012

Denver Post has an article mentioning: "... IPTC: Solar Impulse HB-SIA, a solar-powered airplane, prepares to "flea hop ..."

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Saturday, December 12, 2009

News: About University of Michigan Solar Car Team

Search-Autoparts.com has an article mentioning: "... Henkel sponsors University of Michigan solar car team ..."

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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

News: Solar plane pioneers set sights on 'flea hop' flight

London Free Press has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — A team hoping to carry out the first solar-powered flight around the world in 2012 say they plan to conduct their first short flight with a prototype Thursday ..."

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

News: Solar flight no pie in the sky

Radio Netherlands has an article mentioning: "... Payerne airforce field in western Switzerland, where the solar panels will be installed. Sometime next year, the aircraft will take its first solar flight. Mr. Piccard says the aircraft may never have commericial applications but is still a worthwhile venture ..."

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News: SUNY New Paltz spiffs up its solar car

Times Herald-Record has an article mentioning: "... Members of the SUNY New Paltz Solar Car Club get ready to lift the shell off the wheel base to check out a new frame last week. From left are Ray Williams, Andrew Crimmins ..."

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News: Solar-powered plane flies in the face of climate change targets

Environmental Transport Association has an article mentioning: "... The world's first solar-powered aircraft made its first hop into the air during testing last week, but the technology will not be widespread in time to meet emissions ..."

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Monday, December 7, 2009

News: Solar Plane Finally Flies!

The Business Insider has an article mentioning: "... Man has achieved solar powered flight, and coincidentally, perhaps suspiciously, on the first day of the climate change talks in Copenhagen ..."

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News: The Solar Powered Plane : It Flies!

CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... The world's first solar powered aeroplane has taken off and cruised for 350 meters before landing again.  Its payload was the pilot Markus Scherdel, making it the ..."

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News: Eco Bikes: Ballarat students riding across Australia on a solar-powered trike

Ecofriend (blog) has an article mentioning: "... climate change awareness, after a 23-hour ride from Sydney to Ballarat last year that raised $8000. The grueling race is already underway and the solar-powered bike is expected to reach Melbourne December ..."

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News: Politicians are driving climate change

TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... general-sciences-features/44927-captain-piccard-flies-solar-powered-plane ..."

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Sunday, December 6, 2009

News: Peoples Projects Foundation announces: BALTIC to BARCELONA

Emea nieuws netwerk (persbericht) has an article mentioning: "... This is a benchmark setting solar journey involving pure solar boats on inland and coastal waterways and real practical solar vehicles on the public road ..."

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News: Solar Impulse makes its maiden flight

Gather.com has an article mentioning: "... After this flight, Solar Impulse will make its first "solar flight". From early 2010 onwards, it will be possible for the batteries to be recharged during the flight, from the plane's solar panels, which ..."

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News: Gadgetell: First Solar-Powered Plane takes flight

NewsFactor Network has an article mentioning: "... the need for alternative fuel has been a must for every form of transportation. And this week, a major milestone was hit in the direction of solar powered flight. Now, it was only a meter high, but that’s still flight. Bertrand Piccard, founder of Solar Impulse, was the lucky guy to ..."

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

News: First Manned Solar Plane Takes First Test...Hop

Treehugger has an article mentioning: "... solar powered plane back in 2005 as the solar plane with plans to circle the globe in 2011. Now they're back in 2009 with a manned solar aircraft that ..."

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News: PNM Donation to Help Power Solar Car

UNM Today has an article mentioning: "... The Public Service Company of New Mexico has donated $25,000 to the Solar Car team at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department in the UNM School of Engineering. The money will be used to buy electrical ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Airplane Has Liftoff

findingDulcinea has an article mentioning: "... Airplane Has Liftoff&bodytext=Solar Impulse, a solar-powered aircraft, made history this week by becoming the first manned solar plane to take off using it’s own power ..."

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Friday, December 4, 2009

News: Solar Powered Aircraft Takes Flight

RedOrbit has an article mentioning: "... NASA, Industry Partners Complete Tests of Solar Sails ..."

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News: Solar Impulse takes first step into aviation history

iTWire has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered airplane is run with batteries, uses the Sun for power, and is only as heavy as a medium size car but as wide as a jet airplane. And, it ..."

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News: Solar-powered plane makes early bound

Nature.com has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered plane which its developers hope will one day fly around the world. On 3 December test pilot Markus Scherdel ..."

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News: Prototype of Solar Powered Plane Records First Successful "Flight"

TopNews United States has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer unveils ‘Solar Impulse' - prototype for sun-powered plane ..."

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News: Solar Planes That Aren't Solar, Nano Snowmen That Aren't Snow

Discover Magazine has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solar Planes That Aren’t Solar, Nano Snowmen That Aren’t Snow ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Plane Sees its First Flight

GreenPacks (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Permanent Link: Solar Plane Breaks Record: 83-hours of Flight'>Solar Plane Breaks Record: 83-hours of Flight ..."

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News: Solar plane takes off, briefly

Straits Times has an article mentioning: "... Despite its wingspan, the aircraft only weighs 1,600kg, about as much as a medium-sized car. Although the prototype is fitted up for solar-powered flight, the four electric motors were powered by batteries for the occasion ..."

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News: The first solar plane takes off

Biofuels Watch has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg must be very proud. The promotors of the solar plane project reported that their ..."

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News: Solar plane takes off on maiden voyage

World Radio Switzerland has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who wants to make the first ever sun-powered global flight with the airplane, said this flight confirmed the choice of technical equipment ..."

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News: First flight for Piccard's eternal solar plane

Times Online (blog) has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard's amazing sun-powered aircraft ..."

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News: Bertrand Piccard's Solar Impulse aircraft makes inaugural flight

Times Online has an article mentioning: "... Hopes that aircraft could one day be kept in the air by solar energy were boosted yesterday when a giant sun-powered plane left the ground in Switzerland on a brief maiden flight ..."

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News: Solar-powered plane makes successful first flight

Telegraph.co.uk has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered aeroplane completed a brief maiden flight on Thursday, boosting hopes that aircraft could one day be kept in the air indefinitely by ..."

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News: Captain Piccard flies a solar-powered plane

TG Daily has an article mentioning: "... Swiss adventurer named Bertrand Piccard has successfully launched and landed an experimental solar-powered plane ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Plane Takes Maiden Flight

Inhabitat (blog) has an article mentioning: "... sustainable design, green design, green transportation, solar impulse, plane, solar power, solar flight ..."

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News: A journey of 8000miles begins with one hop: Round-the-world solar plane makes ...

Daily Mail has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane bidding to fly round the world makes maiden flight... and gets THREE FEET off the ground ..."

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News: Record-attempting solar powered plane's first 'hop'

BBC News has an article mentioning: "... Solar plane ..."

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News: Sun shines on solar plane's 350-metre maiden flight

The Age has an article mentioning: "... THE first flight of a prototype solar-powered plane designed to fly around the world has been pronounced a success ..."

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

News: Solar Impulse Completes First Flight

Wired News has an article mentioning: "... For over ten years now, I have dreamt of a solar aircraft capable of flying day and night without fuel” he said in a press release. “Today, our plane took off and was airborne for the very ..."

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News: First take off for Solar airplane

Swissinfo has an article mentioning: "... Bertrand Piccard unveils solar plane for round-the-clock flights ..."

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News: Record solar plane's first 'hop'

BBC News has an article mentioning: "... Only after this flight will the plane make its first 'solar flight' - that is, powered by the solar generators rather than the on-board batteries ..."

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News: Solar-powered piloted plane makes its first 'flea hop'

New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... It doesn't look like a flea, but this solar-powered aircraft mimicked one at around 1211 GMT today. Although ..."

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News: New solar plane takes first test flight

CNET News has an article mentioning: "... Switzerland's Solar Impulse solar plane has finally taken flight ..."

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News: Solar plane pioneer says first short flight OK

The Associated Press has an article mentioning: "... GENEVA — A Swiss adventurer said his first flight using a prototype of a solar-powered plane he will try to fly around the world in was successful ..."

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News: Swiss Team Achieves First-Ever Manned Solar Plane Flight

Popular Science has an article mentioning: "... need of a green makeover. To that end, the folks over at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, have been working on a solar-powered plane since 2003. Now, after six years of testing, they have finally managed to ..."

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News: Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop

AFP has an article mentioning: "... Although the prototype is fitted up for solar-powered flight, the four electric motors were powered by batteries for the occasion ..."

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News: Engineers on course to make super solar-electric-powered boat

University of Southampton has an article mentioning: "... Solar Splash is the World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating. The competition takes place over five days, with technical inspections on the first day and the remainder of the time occupied by five ..."

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

News: Solar plane ready for its first hop

New Scientist has an article mentioning: "... IT DOESN'T look like a flea, but the owners of this solar-powered aircraft hope it will mimic one next week ..."

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

News: Solar Sails And Space Travel

Energy Matters has an article mentioning: "... The Planetary Society recently announced its new LightSail project, a program to sail a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010. The new solar sail project was unveiled at an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the birth of Planetary Society co-founder Carl Sagan, a long-time ..."

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News: Solar-Powered Space Ship Could Travel 100000 MPH?

CleanTechnica has an article mentioning: "... They are also currently building the solar sailor, and hope to launch it at the end of ..."

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