Showing posts with label Solar power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solar power. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 touches down in Arizona: Pioneering solar-powered plane completes the San Francisco to Phoenix leg of its round-the-world flight

  • The experimental solar powered plane has successfully completed the 10th leg of its round-the-world journey
  • Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg flew this leg of the journey, from San Francisco in California to Phoenix, Arizona
  • Solar impulse was in the air for a total of 15 hours and 52 minutes, with the aircraft landing at 8.55 pm local time
By Ryan O'Hare for MailOnline
Published: 00:50 EST, 3 May 2016 | Updated: 06:38 EST, 3 May 2016

Monday, November 16, 2015

Morocco to build world's largest concentrated solar power plant

CNN
By Milena Veselinovic, for CNN
Updated 1234 GMT (2034 HKT) November 3, 2015 

 Morocco's new solar power plant will cover a 30 square kilometer area outside the city of Ouarzazate.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

The Les Mées Solar Farm in France

Amusing Planet
Friday, April 03, 2015

The Les Mées solar farm is located in the rolling hills of La Colle des Mées plateau, in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in southern France. Covering an area of 200 hectares with a total of 112,000 solar modules, the facility is the biggest in France. This solar project, which was conducted by Siemens Energy on a turnkey basis, generates 100MW of clean energy, enough to power 12,000 typical French households.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Solar-powered Impulse 2 makes maiden flight: Eco-friendly aeroplane set to fly around the world next year

The Solar Impulse 2 HB-SIB took off from Payerne airbase in Switzerland today and successfully soared above the clouds for over an hour before landing safely.
  • Solar Impulse 2 HB-SIB took off from Payerne airbase in Switzerland
  • It soared above the clouds for over an hour before landing safely
  • Aircraft's 36ft (72metres) wings are covered in 17,000 solar cells
  • Maiden flight was made by German test pilot Markus Scherdel
  • Pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will make the record-breaking attempt to circumnavigate the globe over five months in 2015

  • By Sarah Griffiths
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