Solar Impulse makes historic solar powered flight across U.S.
Solar Impulse has made history with the first aircraft to fly across the United States without a single drop of fuel. Instead, the innovative Solar Impulse HB-SIA prototype made its segmented journey using renewable solar power.
The ambitious coast-to-coast trip from NASA's Moffett Field in Mountain View, Calif., to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City took two months to complete, landing safely on July 6.
The aircraft draws its power from 11,628 solar cells and has an average flying speed of 43 mph. Its maximum altitude is approximately 27,900 feet, while it boasts an extremely light carbon fiber structure and an enormous wingspan equal to that of an Airbus A340.
According to the project website, the solar powered HB-SIA was designed top to bottom to save energy, resist the hostile conditions facing the plane and pilot at high altitudes, and to marry weight restraints with the required strength.
The Flight Across America mission was steered by Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, the Swiss pilots and founders of Solar Impulse. The two men took turns manning the single passenger cockpit as it made its way across the U.S. making stops in Phoenix, Dallas Fort Worth and Washington D.C. before reaching its final destination in New York.
ENMAT Opens New Energy Management E-Commerce Store
The ENMAT Team are pleased to announce the opening of the ENMAT Store, selling Smart Meters, Data Loggers, and ENMAT Software.
US Photovoltaic capacity has reached 10 Gigawatts
The United States has now a 10 Gigawatts solar photovoltaic capacity. It is the fourth country to reach this threshold.
GLOBAL BRAND ROOIBOS LTD. CHOOSES SOLARWORLD PV TECHNOLOGY
Rooibos Ltd., the global market leader in rooibos tea production, has chosen to install a 511 kWp SolarWorld solar system on the roofs of its storage facilities in the Cederberg region of South Africa.
Nautilus Solar Completes the First Project under the L.A. Clean Solar Program
This project is the first completed under the Clean L.A. Solar program, which is a 150 MW program over the next few years.
Sonali Solar Receives Warm Welcome at Intersolar North America 2013
Sonali Solar outlined for Intersolar attendees how they ensure quality and consistency on all of their modules.
Intersolar North America Delivered Critical Insights and Connections Across the Solar Supply Chain in 2013
Exhibitors note high quality booth traffic as real positive impact to business
Solar Energy International Presents a Webinar Series
As part of the Academia de Profesionales Solares de las Americas (APSA) program, SEI will be providing three webinars to APSA students as well as decision makers, media, businesses, and those generally interested in the subjects of solar electricity and renewable energy in Central America and Mexico. All three webinars will be presented in Spanish and will be recorded for future viewing.
Urban Grid and Tecta Solar Install a 934 kW Solar Array at Harford Community College
Covers the rooftops of four buildings on the HCC campus and is expected to generate almost 1,200 megawatt hours of electricity in its first year of operation.
Schneider Electric awarded comprehensive Service and Hypervision contract for 42MW PV plants in Bulgaria.
Schneider Electric is already operating hundreds of MW of PV Plants worldwide under similar schemes,
"An unbearable inheritance to future generations"
Global coalition of "Alternative Nobel Prize" laureates and members of the World Future Council condemn nuclear power expansion plans
New industry guide "PV Power Plants 2013" published
Solarpraxis and Sunbeam Communications share insights into market developments, technologies, players and areas of application in the field of large- scale PV plants.
sun2flowTM water pumping solution now available as pre-assembled kit
Clients in Paraguayan Chaco choose 490 Wp sun2flow kit to save costs
IREC to Present New 3iForum at SPI in Chicago
30 Minute Insight Sessions for Your Fast Paced World of Solar
MECASOLAR exceeds 400MW supply of solar PV trackers
The multinational has hit this record in the first half of 2013, with solar trackers installed in all five continents.-----
MECASOLAR got orders for 200MW and expects to reach 600MW installed by the end of fiscal year 2015.-----
Europe, America and Australia are, in this order, the markets where MECASOLAR is operating at present. The firm expects 43% of its sales, mostly of the horizontal single-axis solar tracker, to be made in America in 2015, with sales in Asia and Africa reaching a lower volume; instead, sales in Europe are expected to drop.-----
The company ensures supply worldwide through agreements signed with local partners who collaborate with MECASOLAR in the distribution of products that meet quality standards such as CE marking, UL quality assurance, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001.-----
MECASOLAR has launched a marketing strategy that involves granting manufacturing licences to partners in different countries, labelled ‘Licensed by MECASOLAR.
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