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Round-The-World Solar Plane Lands in Hawaii
2015-07-03 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The world`s first attempt to circumnavigate the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power has completed the longest, most difficult leg of its journey. Landing in Hawaii at 5:55am local time after flying more than five days and nights from Nagoya, Japan to encourage the use of clean technologies, the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse, with André Borschberg at the controls, taxied to a stop in Kalaeloa, on the island of Oahu. Solar Impulse 2 approaches the island of Oahu,...
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Solar plane breaks record for longest non-stop solo flight in history
2015-07-03 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A plane which is attempting to complete the first ever round-the-world solar powered flight lands in Hawaii. The plane took off from Nagoya in Japan on 29 June, meaning the flight has broken the record for the longest non-stop solo journey in history. The previous record was 72 hours; pilot André Borschberg lands after having been in the air for just under 118 hours.
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Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii longest non-stop solo flight in history
2015-07-03 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A solar plane attempting the worlds first flight around the globe has landed in Hawaii, after breaking the record for the longest non-stop solo flight in history. Solar Impulse 2, piloted by the Swiss pilot André Borschberg, took off from Nagoya in Japan at 3am on Monday, for the five-day crossing of the Pacific Ocean, the riskiest leg of its journey. At 72 hours into the seventh leg of its 22,000-mile circumnavigation, Borschberg broke the endurance record for a solo flight. The next...
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India's $100 billion solar push draws foreign firms as locals take backseat
2015-07-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. The money pouring into India's solar industry is likely to be soaked up by foreign-organized projects such as one run by China's Trina Solar - not the country's own solar panel manufacturers. Last week, Softbank became the latest foreign player to enter India's solar market,...
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Sunny weather sees Britain break solar power record, estimate says
2015-07-03 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Solar power is supplying 16% of the UKs electricity demand this afternoon as the country basks in sunshine, the industry estimates. The news comes as solar-powered homes, commercial rooftop schemes and solar farms open to the public on Friday and Saturday as part of solar independence day. The solar schools project run by climate change charity 10:10 is also celebrating the 1,000th solar panel installed on a school roof to save money and carbon, and solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2...
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