solar airplane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:21:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Impulse 2 Set to Kick Off in the Middle East https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-2-middle-east/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-2-middle-east/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:00:57 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=53498 The Middle East is the first leg of Solar Impulse 2‘s record attempt to fly around the world without using a drop of fuel, only relying on solar power. Test flights were made in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, which holds 9% of the world’s proven oil reserves, and were an astounding success as can […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-2-middle-east/feed/ 0 53498 Swiss Solar Airplane Lands in Madrid, Halfway Through to Morocco https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-morocco-trip-20120525/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-morocco-trip-20120525/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 18:02:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24737 Solar Impulse, world’s first and only aircraft powered solely by the 12,000 solar cells mounted on its wings started a journey to Rabat in Morocco, with a stop in Madrid. So, today, Andre Borschberg, the pilot, landed in Madrid this morning at 6:30 GMT and seemed very excited about it. Last year, Borschberg flew 2,500 […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-morocco-trip-20120525/feed/ 0 24737 Zephyr Solar Powered Airplane: Aloft For Two Weeks, Landing on Friday https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zephyr-solar-powered-airplane-20100720/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zephyr-solar-powered-airplane-20100720/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:20:07 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8556 Prototypes are always good if they can prove the weakest link between theory and practice. Then, the heavy industry can have the cake and make it ten times bigger, but the start and beauty of things is in the trial-and-error phase. Such is the case of Zephyr, a solar powered aircraft that took off more than seven days ago and is still aloft.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/zephyr-solar-powered-airplane-20100720/feed/ 1 8556 Huge Swiss Airplane Powered Only by Solar Cells Takes Off For 36h Flight https://www.greenoptimistic.com/huge-airplane-powered-solar-cells-20100402/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/huge-airplane-powered-solar-cells-20100402/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:17:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7241 A huge plane powered by solar energy is being tested in Switzerland. In December, the airplane made its first successful test flight, rising at a height of just one meter above the ground.

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