The team at [Bearospace Industries] has been working on the challenge for the while, and their Solar Dragon aircraft recently had a very successful test flight, producing about 50% more power than ...

The airframe (named the Solar Bear) is a small lightweight flying wing ... We’ve previously covered solar plane entered into the Hackaday prize as well as an actual seafaring solar powered ...

Called Solarstratos, the aircraft measures 8.5m in length and 24.8m in wingspan and has a total weight of 450kg. It is covered with 22m 2 of solar panels totaling 5 kW that will power an electric ...

every small action counts. The Solar Impulse 2 is a Swiss solar-powered airplane that successfully completed a round-the-world flight in 2016. This feat highlighted the potential of renewable ...

The former fighter pilot is currently taking turns with Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard to circumnavigate the Earth in a plane that is powered only by the sun. Solar Impulse 2 (Si2) weighs as ...

Embraer announces establishment of renewable energy facilities at U.S. base to fulfill development and expansion visions.

abu dhabi - Weighing as light as a family car, with the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and the power of a small motorcycle, the Solar Impulse 2 (SI2), is the largest solar airplane ever built.