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

Instead of just trying to slap solar panels to an existing plane, an airframe should ideally be designed from the ground up as a balancing act between a range of factors. These include weight ...

The next issue was that the expensive, 20% efficient solar panels are exceedingly fragile, so the hope was that hot-gluing them to the foam of the airplane would keep them safe, even in the case ...

The goal for Climate Impulse is to take off unassisted, fly some 40,000 kilometers (about 25,000 miles) around Earth along the Equator at a gentle speed of about 200 kilometers per hour (125 mph), and ...

Solar panels capture sunlight and convert it to electricity ... These make up the bulk of the cell, and, as we'll see, the plane where they meet is where much of the key action takes place.

The problem of glare from solar panels affecting landing aircraft near Haarlemmermeer remains unresolved, with Schiphol ...

a souped-up Solar Impulse version would need solar-paneled wings with a span up to 300 meters, he said. Limited in range, the plane flown in 2015 also made 14 stops during its globe-circling trip.

Pilots are struggling with an annoying glare from a nearby solar park when landing at Schiphol Airport. After weeks of complaints piling up, the aviation sector has decided to close the Polderbaan ...