STANFORD SOLAR CAR PROJECT Drive at highway speeds while only consuming the power equivalent of a toaster Xenith is a 100% solar powered racecar designed and built by the Solar Car Project at Stanford University. When the team began designing Xenith they decided to break the global tradition of using polymer encapsulated solar panels in … Read more
Intersolar North America, the premier solar industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, returns July 9-12, 2012, marking its fifth year in San Francisco. This year’s conference program offers attendees a fresh perspective on the companies and technologies that promise … Read more
Solar Impulse experimental solar-powered plane has taken off from Madrid en route to Morocco in a bid to complete its first transcontinental flight. Gibraltar Crossing and Madrid – Rabat flight is a historical moment for the Solar Impulse and for solar aviation. The mission is as a final dress rehearsal for a round-the-world flight with … Read more
The idea of floating sustainable islands based on solar energy is in the air. The latest Solar Floating Resort (SFR) is signed by the Italian Industrial Designer Michele Puzzolante, a designer passionated about the renewable energy and the development of affordable, inexhaustible and clean solar energy technologies. Michele Puzzolante imagined a hospitality non-polluting project … Read more
Solar-powered PlanetSolar catamaran to herald a new era in eco-friendly travel Swiss electrical engineer Raphael Domjan and his team completed the year-and-a-half world tour of PlanetSolar catamaran. Built after seeing the effects of climate change on an Icelandic glacier, the 31-metre PlanetSolar boat had 537 square metres of black solar panels that can produce up to … Read more
The wingspan of an Airbus A340: 63.40 m; The weight of a family car: 1600 kg; The power of a scooter: four 10 HP engines. Visionary thinking… Solar Impulse plane is moving forward. Swiss pilot André Borschberg completed a 72-hour non-stop flight — but in a simulator for the new Solar Impulse aircraft planned for … Read more