Electricity might not grow on trees, but it is freely available in the air — provided you know how to catch it. Such is the contention presented by Dr. Francesco Galembeck of Brazil’s University of Campinas at the 240th annual American Chemical Society shindig
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Airborne electricity is ripe for the picking, claim researchers
Rest easy, fans of solar-powered aeuronautics. Captain Piccard’s Solar Impulse has safely returned after 26 hours in the air — powered by nothing but the sun
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Solar Impulse returns from 24 hour test flight 26 hours later
Epyon, a small Dutch startup, is showing the big boys how it’s done with its recently unveiled fast-charging station for electric vehicles .
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Europe gets first fast-charging EV station, hungers for more
The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat , recapping the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us. This week Inhabitat reported live from the scene of New York Design Week , where we sifted through thousands of new home furnishings and interiors products to bring you the state-of-the-art in green design.
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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: surfing renewable energy, hexagonal LEDs, and ultra-efficient aerodynamics
We’ve tracked this solar-powered tub from its announcement last year, through its first runway tests , past the little hop that counted as its first flight , and now we’ve arrived at the HB-SIA’s first legitimate test flight. The Solar Impulse, brainchild of one Bertrand Piccard, took the upward plunge into the skies yesterday, successfully rising to 5,500 feet and a speed of 30 knots before gliding down gently and calling the whole thing an unqualified success.
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Captain Piccard’s Solar Impulse completes first full test flight, nears another frontier (video)
Need to know how much it would cost you and your town to generate 2,500 megawatts of pure green energy? Your wind and solar farm infrastructure costs will come to 7 billion CAD (just under 6.7 billion in US currency), which includes a 437 million CAD “sweetener” to get Samsung on board.
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Ontario and Samsung seal $6.7 billion renewable energy deal
Good news, kids — the solar-powered jet with globetrotting ambitions has started sneaking out of the hangar and onto the runway for some mild exercise in the form of landing gear and taxi testing. Captained by Bertrand Piccard — a real person — the Solar Impulse project is still on track for a 2012 globe circumnavigation attempt powered only by the sun’s rays from above and the well-wishes from below
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Captain Piccard’s Solar Impulse starts runway testing
You might have seen solar-powered planes before , but few of them come with as much world-changing ambition as the Solar Impulse. Launched in 2003, the project aims to demonstrate the viability of renewable energy sources by being the first to perform a manned flight around the globe using only solar power. The technology is nothing to scoff at, as the 200-foot wingspan features 12,000 photovoltaic solar cells bringing power to four electric motors
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Captain Piccard unveils Solar Impulse HB-SIA solar-powered plane
