Retro Find: Solar-Powered Plane of the Future?

In 2013, venture capitalists and environmentalists Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg built a solar-powered plane to show the world it’s possible to fly using clean energy. The Solar Impulse had ... Read More

This nuclear-powered mega plane/hotel concept is out of this world

Sky Hotel is a nuclear-powered plane/hotel concept ... This “floating” bus from China was an out-of-this-world public transport concept. It elevated above roadways allowing other traffic ... Read More

A solar-power plane being tested off the Mississippi coast is pushing the limits of flight

Deep in the piney woods of south Mississippi, an aerospace company is pushing the boundaries of solar-powered flight ... are not happening anywhere in the world.” Headquartered in Oklahoma ... Read More

Solar Energy News

Researchers Invent New Triple-Junction Tandem Solar Cells With World-Record ... carbon neutral by 2060, China will have to build eight to 10 times more wind and solar power installations than ... Read More

Skydweller Aero completes world's first successful unmanned/uncrewed flight of large scale solar-powered aircraft in the United States

just completed the world's first successful autonomous/unmanned/uncrewed flight of a large solar-powered aircraft, taking off, flying and landing by itself, without humans on-board or in control ... Read More

Why an Energy Company Is Building the World’s Biggest Plane

When it takes to the skies, the Radia WindRunner will be the world’s largest cargo ... built in remote locations, the plane will also be capable of landing on short, unpaved airstrips. Read More

Yellen warns China's surplus of solar panels, EVs could be dumped on global markets

as well as firms and workers around the world.” China has a surplus of solar power, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries that it can ship out to other countries at cheaper prices. Read More

World News

By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports ... checks at home or abroad on his power. The plan has been in the works ... Read More

Qantas Flight Lands Safely on One Engine After Mid-Flight Issue With Airbus Plane

Qantas Flight Lands Safely on One Engine After Mid-Flight Issue With Airbus Plane (Reuters ... landing and taxied to the gate under its own power, a spokesperson for Australia's largest airline ... Read More

Plane bursts into flames, crash lands on road

"The dashcam footage showed the plane crash land on a road in Mukilteo, about 40 kilometres south of Seattle, on Tuesday afternoon. The aircraft, which cut the power lines and hit a traffic light ... Read More

Passenger lands plane after Duke professor and pilot suffers medical emergency

The passenger who executed the landing ... The plane is registered to Izatt and Coherent Aviation, based in Raleigh. Izatt leaves behind a wife and three children, sources tell WRAL News. Read More

Qantas plane forced to land with one engine after mid-flight issue with Airbus plane

The Airbus A330-200 aircraft requested a priority landing and taxied to the gate under its own power ... News WhatsApp channel Australian media quoted passengers on the Melbourne to Perth flight ... Read More