Tag Archives: airplane
Solar Impulse Flies Across America
If there is anything cooler than a solar-powered airplane that can fly at night, we sure haven’t seen it. The plane is called Solar Impulse (technically HB-SIA) and it is making its way across the country right now! In fact, if you live in Phoenix, you could go see it today or Tuesday (and yes, [...]
Transatlantic Biofuel Takes Off
On March 8, KLM Dutch Airlines flew partially on used cooking oil from Amsterdam to New York, the first of a series of transatlantic weekly flights on biofuels. Over the next 25 weeks, the plane will fly between New York’s JFK Airport and Amsterdam each Thursday to pilot the use of biofuels blended with petroleum-based jet [...]
Solar Impulse Lands in San Francisco
Solar Impulse, the manned, solar-powered plane has made its first journey across the Atlantic from Europe—in a plane. The plane landed in San Francisco Feb. 21, ferried the disassembled Solar Impulse (HB-SIA) across the Atlantic in a Boeing 747 (which actually has a smaller wing span than the photovoltaic-powered plane) ahead of its planned flight [...]
Solar Impulse Airplane Featured on 60 Minutes
Solar Impulse, the ultralight, ultra-wide, solar-powered airplane with photovoltaic wings, vying to become the first solar-powered airplane to circumnavigate the globe was recently featured on the respected CBS News 60 Minutes program. During the segment journalist Bob Simon talked with the founders of the $120 million effort, Bertrand Piccard, a doctor, psychiatrist and aeronaut who [...]
Going Somewhere? Consider these Green Options
Bounce Your Way to Work: We’ll start from the ground up, with the perhaps most fun form of transportation: a trampoline road. Estonian architecture studio, Salto, has built an inventive solution to the boredom of the morning commute—a 51 meter (170 foot-long) trampoline, that can be used to bounce to your destination. The trampoline, dubbed [...]
Sustainable Building 101
Building sustainable and energy efficient structures has become very popular over the last few years. Homeowners are always looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints and reduce their energy consumption and costs, and sustainable or green construction techniques fulfill both of those needs. The goal of sustainable or green building is to reduce the [...]
We Have to Fight to Win Our Future
A few months ago I was having a routine beer with my good friend Ken, who is the director of our local sustainable business network. He had met with one of the business people that belonged to his network earlier in the day and was caught off guard by a question. “What do we do [...]
Solar Impulse Airplane: SunPower Inside
Remember the remarkable solar plane that surpassed a 24-hour test flight? If you do, great! If you don’t, then sit tight because I promise to fill you in. In a previous post back in April, I had written about a solar aircraft prototype, whose team of creators agreed to an ambitious goal after the success [...]
Ascent Solar Enters the Aerospace Industry
Ascent Solar’s announcement earlier this week about partnering with Bye Aerospace is just the tip of the wing when it comes to opportunities for the Colorado solar thin-film company. “That’s a pretty interesting opportunity for us,” said Brad Kemp, Ascent’s director of marketing and sales in an exclusive interview with CleanEnergyAuthority.com. He said the company [...]