Thursday, February 1, 2007

Document: ASC 2003 Brochure

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Destination: The Most Powerful Photovoltaic Solar Farms

You can find the most powerful photovoltaic solar farms here.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

News: NFA solar car receives local business grant

Mid-Hudson News has an article mentioning: "... NFA students steered Sol Machine VI to a third place finish in last summer’s Dell-Winston National Solar Challenge, a four-day closed-track race at the Texas Motor Speedway. ..."

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

News: DLSU students unveil ‘Sinag,’ RP’s first solar-powered car

Philippine Star has an article mentioning: "... DLSU students unveil ‘Sinag,’ RP’s first solar-powered car ..."

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Friday, January 26, 2007

News: News in full

EEMS - Energy Efficient Motorsport has an article mentioning: "... Jaycar Sunswift III, a solar powered vehicle built by staff and students of the University Of New South Wales has broken the world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney by three days. ..."

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News: Australian university breaks solar power record

EEMS - Energy Efficient Motorsport has an article mentioning: "... Jaycar Sunswift III, a solar powered vehicle built by staff and students of the University Of New South Wales has broken the world record for the fastest solar powered road trip from Perth to Sydney by three days. ..."

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News: Kaohsiung acquires solar powered boat

Radio Taiwan International has an article mentioning: "... National Kaohsiung University of Applied Science won acclaim last year when they organized a solar-powered car exhibition. ..."

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

News: With solar power, ASME prepares for wave of future

The Northeastern News (subscription) has an article mentioning: "... Besides the allure of competition, the group has environmental motives for creating a solar-powered boat. ..."

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

News: Riders on the sun

Michigan Daily has an article mentioning: "... s design process, Ignaut said, many regulations for the World Solar Challenge in Australia were changed. ..."

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Monday, January 22, 2007

News: ISU award recognizes staff groups

Daily Vidette has an article mentioning: "... Previous winners include the Solar Car team, the Service Leadership Lifestyle team, the Women ..."

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Document: Aki Yoshida's WSC 2005 Diary

Aki Yoshida contributed a link to his diary about the Panasonic World Solar Challenge 2005 as a member of the Ashiya University Sky Ace Tiga team.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

News: Sunseeker featured in Detroit auto show mural

WMU News has an article mentioning: "... s Sunseeker solar car is featured prominently in a giant mural appearing at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, an event that is expected to attract nearly 800,000 visitors during its nine-day run. ..."

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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

News: Chch solar car to race in Australia

TVNZ has an article mentioning: "... Solar-powered car breaks record ..."

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Monday, January 15, 2007

News: LCA Opening Day

Builder AU has an article mentioning: "... that broke the Coast to Coast record between Perth and Sydney for a solar car. ..."

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News: Solar-powered car

TVNZ has an article mentioning: "... Sunswift - solar powered car ..."

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

News: The Parsimonious Peugeot

AutSpeed has an article mentioning: "... The absence of a cruise control quickly became noticeable - a complaint that was to occur many times over the next thousand kilometres; surely a car such as this should have cruise as standard equipment? I cranked up the sound system and sat on a scrupulously-observed state limit of 110 km/h, keeping an eye out for the second and third placegetters in the Darwin-Adelaide solar car race, hopefully passing the other way on the dual carriageway. ..."

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

News: Reality Check

EV World (subscription) has an article mentioning: "... solar car that won the World Solar Challenge race from Darwin to Adelaide, Australia. ..."

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News: Solar Powered Car

Slashdot  has an article mentioning: "... Let me take this opportunity to plug the premire solar car race, coming up this October, for its 20th anniversary, the World Solar Challenge. ..."

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

News: We're proud of Garrick Williams

Petoskey News-Review has an article mentioning: "... He and others in the team's strategy division will analyze the race route and likely weather patterns in hope of maximizing the solar car's potential in this year's World Solar Challenge. ..."

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Friday, January 5, 2007

News: Petoskey grad key part of solar team

Petoskey News-Review has an article mentioning: "... Momentum, a project of the University of Michigan Solar Car Team, is shown during the 2005 World Solar Challenge race in Australia. ..."

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Tuesday, January 2, 2007

News: Students' solar-powered car

Miami Herald has an article mentioning: "... solar-powered car has energy to burn ..."

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Monday, January 1, 2007

News: Sailing through space

New Brunswick Home News Tribune has an article mentioning: "... In the future, spacecrafts may be powered by solar sails ..."

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Video: Honda Solar Car Italian Commercial 1996

"Honda Solar Car Italian Commercial 1996"

Video: American Solar Challenge 2003 Trailer Created by DrivenTV

"American Solar Challenge 2003 Trailer Created by DrivenTV"

Destination: Wave Power Plant in Scotland

Type: Wave Power Plant

Brochure

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Location: On the island of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland

Destination: Horse Hollow Wind Farm

Type: Wind farm

Largest wind farm in the USA - 735 MW

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More information about wind energy projects in USA

Location:
14064 US Highway 277 South
Wingate, TX 79566-3402

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Friday, December 15, 2006

News: Astrophysicist and Artist Wife Boldly Go Where Few Couples Have

CCN Magazine has an article mentioning: "... In addition to teaching at City Tech and serving as a Hayden Associate in astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History, Matloff is a consultant with NASA's In-Space Propulsion (ISP) Technology Program, where he works on mission design and evaluates concepts involving solar sail, solar thermal, solar electric, nuclear electric, advanced chemical and other propulsion systems, with the ultimate goal of creating a solar sail for an eventual "Earthling relocation" project in anticipation of an increase in our sun ..."

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Destination: Gut Erlasee Solar Park

Type: Photovoltaic Solar Farm

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Location: Arnstein, Germany

News: Double solar boat

Village Voice.com.au has an article mentioning: "... Burwood Girls High School has won two stages of the Rolan Solar Corporation International Solar Boat Challenge. ..."

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Sunday, December 10, 2006

News: HS Students To Compete In Solar Boat Contest

CBS 2 has an article mentioning: "... As many as one thousand Southern California high school students are expected to compete in a competition to build a solar-powered boat. ..."

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Saturday, December 9, 2006

News: Students To Begin Building Solar Cup Boats

CBS 2 has an article mentioning: "... Up to 1,000 high school students from throughout Southern California will begin building solar-powered boats Saturday to compete in May ..."

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News: Students get ready for Solar Cup

San Diego Union Tribune has an article mentioning: "... Up to 1,000 high school students from Southern California will begin building solar-powered boats Saturday to compete next year in the fifth annual “Solar Cup” at the Lake Skinner reservoir near Temecula. ..."

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

News: First Atlantic Crossing For Solar Boat

Yachting Monthly has an article mentioning: "... A new Swiss catamaran is undergoing final preparations before beginning a record-making project to cross the Atlantic as the first fully solar-powered vessel to make the voyage. ..."

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News: Solar power boat

NW Evening Mail has an article mentioning: "... THE FUTURE: One of the solar powered boats on Coniston water ..."

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

News: Solar sail

New Scientist Space has an article mentioning: "... Solar-sail spacecraft use lightweight, highly reflective sails to fly without engines or fuel – photons from the Sun push on the sails, providing gentle but steady propulsion. ..."

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News: Planetary Radio The Solar Sail and a Russian Space Update from

The Planetary Society has an article mentioning: "... space exploration Planetary Society SETI SETI@home Carl Sagan Bruce Murray Louis Friedman Red Rover Goes to Mars Extrasolar Planets Planetrek Cosmos 1 Solar Sail NEOs ..."

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News: Conspiracy to kill electric cars

Daily Telegraph has an article mentioning: "... Built by America's General Motors, Sunraycer averaged a speed of 67km/h as it won the inaugural Darwin to Adelaide World Solar Challenge race by more than two days. ..."

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