solar powered airplane Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:40:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Solar Powered Aircraft Paves Way for Satellites https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-aircraft-satellites/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-aircraft-satellites/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:40:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=58644 The solar powered aircraft, Solar Impulse 2, hasn’t yet finished the journey around the world, but next steps are already being considered for new aircraft. The team that built the plane are mulling over not only the fate of Solar Impulse 2 after its journey, but also what lies ahead for other planes like it. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-aircraft-satellites/feed/ 0 58644 Solar Impulse News: Grounded for Now https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 19:57:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55730 After breaking the record for longest flight without refueling, Solar Impulse is grounded in Hawaii. The solar-powered plane’s batteries were damaged during the trek from Japan to Hawaii, and it is expected that it will not be able to fly again until next year. While this is bad news for the Solar Impulse team as well as […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-news/feed/ 1 55730 Solar-Powered Plane HB-SIA Takes off from Washington, Heads to New York https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/#respond Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:51:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=38965 Solar Impulse (HB-SIA), the world’s first solar powered airplane has just departed Washington for New York after performing the first historic flight across the United States. Having taken off in San Francisco, CA, the HB-SIA will land on New York’s John F. Kennedy airport after an estimated 21 hours of flight. The trip of the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-washington-new-york-20130706/feed/ 0 38965 Solar Impulse Airplane (HB-SIA) to Fly Across U.S. in Spring https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:48:20 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34256 Swiss company Solar Impulse has demonstrated that a solar-powered airplane can fly day and night without any other fuel than sunlight. Solar Impulse flew its solar-powered airplane, with a wingspan of 208 feet, aboard a Boeing 747 after the team spent February disassembling the airplane and preparing it for travel. Before beginning test flights in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-us-flight-20130301/feed/ 0 34256 Solar Powered Airplane Will Fly Across the U.S. In 2013 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-airplane-will-fly-across-the-u-s-in-2013-20121227/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-airplane-will-fly-across-the-u-s-in-2013-20121227/#respond Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:04:08 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30403 The Solar Impulse team, based in Switzerland, is engineering a new lightweight solar airplane to fly across the U.S. This technological break-through is completely powered by solar energy, it has a 200-foot wingspan and reaches a speed of 60 to 70 mph thanks to the four 10-horsepower electric motors. The guys from Solar Impulse aim […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-airplane-will-fly-across-the-u-s-in-2013-20121227/feed/ 0 30403 Elektra One: Electric Airplane Doubles Range by Installing Solar Panels https://www.greenoptimistic.com/elektra-one-solar-airplane-20120413/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/elektra-one-solar-airplane-20120413/#respond Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:26:30 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23990 Is it a big thing to produce an airplane that runs on solar power? The obvious answer is yes. It may cost more on the beginning but it will be very affective in the long run. Solar world and PC Aero have joined hands to take the lead in solar aviation. The child of this […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/elektra-one-solar-airplane-20120413/feed/ 0 23990 Solar Impulse, World’s First Solar Powered Airplane Preparing for 48h Trip to Morocco https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-morocco-20120403/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-impulse-morocco-20120403/#respond Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:20:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23796 Solar Impulse, the world’s lightest electric plane, powered entirely by solar panels, will take off this spring and head for Morocco, where it will mark the start of building the country’s five solar complexes that will generate a total of 2 GW of electricity. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the company’s two founders (and both […]

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