solar powered aircraft Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:59:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar-Powered “Solarship” Could Deliver Supplies to African Villages https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/#respond Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:59:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32116 Exactly 30 years ago, the idea for a solarship, which can be used to deliver critical supply to remote areas, emerged. It was supposed to take off in Cape Town and reach Lake Tanganyika and Lake Victoria. With the help of various partners from across eastern and southern Africa, Madagascar and northern Canada, the first […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solarship-africa-solar-power-20130126/feed/ 0 32116 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 Solar Impulse Aircraft to Make the First Solar-Powered Flight Around the World https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-aircraft-to-make-the-first-solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-20091108/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-aircraft-to-make-the-first-solar-powered-flight-around-the-world-20091108/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:14:50 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5265 The Solar Impulse aircraft, officially known as HB-SIA, successfully underwent its first engine run up on Friday at an airbase near Zurich in Switzerland. It is designed to make the first solar-powered flight around the world.

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