Instead of just trying to slap solar panels to an existing plane ... the night on battery power alone. One interesting potential approach mentioned is to also store energy in the form of altitude ...

Recent trials conducted at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, demonstrated that the solar-powered aircraft can remain ... improve the solar efficiency and energy storage capacity, paving ...

Soaring demand for electricity is leading some companies to not only think out of the box for a solution, but out of this ...

Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable ...

Autonomous energy is essential ... of self-sufficient solar-powered aviation, as the Mars helicopter Ingenuity demonstrated. It made history as the first aircraft to successfully take off from ...

In all, the e-Genius consumed just a fifth of the energy of a typical ... pilots will fly an aircraft around the world that is powered by four electric motors and 11,000 solar cells on its ...

Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

Though costly to implement, solar energy offers a clean, renewable source of power. 3 min read Solar energy is the technology used to harness the sun's energy and make it useable. As of 2011 ...

Discover how solar panel glare affects aviation safety and solar installations in Australia and explore smart solutions for ...