solar impulse 2 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 Solar Impulse 2 Ready to Take Off for First Ever Flight Around the World https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-2-ready-take-first-ever-fuel-flight-around-world-20140410/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-2-ready-take-first-ever-fuel-flight-around-world-20140410/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:23:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46933 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? No, it is the new and improved Solar Impulse 2, the first ever solar powered airplane that will attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. After the enormous success of Solar Impulse, the solar powered airplane prototype that broke numerous […]

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