Solar Impulse
Just enjoy this.
Solar Impulse
From Wired Magazine,
“In a world dependent on fossil energies, Solar Impulse is a paradox, almost a provocation.”
Press release gobbledygook? Absolutely. But you’ve got to give it up for any company with the guts to try designing and building a true solar airplane.
We’ve written about Solar Impulse — it’s a consortium of European financial and technology parters led by the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. The group is working on a solar-powered plane that can take off under its own power without generating any emissions at all. The general idea is that sunlight would not only power the plane during the day but would also charge its lithium batteries, allowing it to fly around the clock pollution free.
That was written May 12th, 2008. This is now! Landing at Brussels International Airport, May 2011.
And here’s the Solar Impulse website.
A great Day!….. I wish they would build all new homes with Solar power too… We have the Technology for using so much more Solar energy.. But while ever the Oil barrons are at the helm.. Im afraid little will change very fast unless things shake them up to do so.. Time is something this Earth is running out of..
Sue Dreamwalker
May 26, 2011 at 04:14
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May 26, 2011 at 08:08
It should be possible to commercialize solar cells which would make electricity from all frequencies, even from infra red (thus, at night…) It works already in the lab. Differently from wind energy, which is not a very good joke, solar has a great future…
PA
Patrice Ayme
May 26, 2011 at 18:31
Magnificent beginnings. Definitely a tilt at the future.
argusreloaded
May 29, 2011 at 02:55