Solar Impulse Unveils 1st 100% Solar-powered Airplane (discussion)
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Swiss-based Solar Impulse unveiled this month the first ever 100% solar-powered airplane with global reach. The HB-SIA is the culmination of six years of daring research and hard work. The aim of Solar Impulse is to demonstrate the ability of solar power to enable a plane to fly around the world with no combustible fuel.
The HB-SIA is the first prototype of the Solar Impulse 100% solar plane. The HB-SIB will be the more advanced second generation, able to break the current ceiling of 8,500 meters. During the public unveiling of the first finished HB-SIA prototype, the Solar Impulse team declared the great technological adventure of the 21st century to be breaking human dependence on fossil fuels.
When Solar Impulse demonstrates the ability of powerful new renewable energy technologies to enable worldwide transport without interruption and without onboard fuel of any kind, it will have demonstrated the vast economic potential of shifting to 100% zero-combustion power-sourcing. Let’s explore here any such projects that are pushing the envelope of 100% clean energy…
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