The first nonstop solar-powered flight around the world is being planned for 2015. The plane, the Solar Impulse, was designed by Bertrand Piccard, who was the first person to travel around the world nonstop in a balloon back in 1999.
The main innovation of the Solar Impulse is its capacity to fly overnight,...
For over a year, billionaire Donald Trump has vehemently opposed wind farm developments in the United Kingdom, particularly an offshore wind farm proposed within sight of his £1bn golf resort in Menie, Aberdeenshire.
The media hype over Trump’s claim that wind farm developments in Scotland amounted...
For nearly two years, solar advocate Raphaël Domjan and his crew circumnavigated the globe in a solar-powered vessel, making the 60,000-kilometer journey entirely powered by the sun.
It’s been several months since Domjan wrapped up his journey but his global solar mission is far from over.
Domjan...
Star Island residents and proprietors are proud of the fact that this 43-acre island off the New Hampshire/Maine coastline has remained relatively unchanged for the last 100 years. Visitors find the second largest island in the region, and the number one tourist destination, rustic and quaint but still...
Just 16 days until the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games and already some are wondering if the city can pull off its attempt to hold the “greenest” event to date.
London has titled this year’s Olympic concept the “Towards One Planet Olympics” after calculating...
A solar-powered aircraft landed this week in Morocco, establishing a new world record in solar air travel.
The Solar Impulse project kicked off in 2003 with a €90 million budget and the goal to design an aircraft that would be entirely solar powered. A team of experts worked on the project for 7...
“It would probably be best to allow energy policy of the country to be determined by the people who are democratically elected to determine it.”
That’s Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s response to Donald Trump’s continued efforts to stop the construction of an experimental...
Donald Trump declared war this month on Scotland’s plans to construct 11 offshore wind turbines near his $1.2 billion golf resort off the Scottish coast.
In an open letter to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, he claimed dramatically that the wind plan would “single-handedly have done...
American tycoon Donald Trump has a personal connection with Scotland that goes beyond his plans to develop a 5-star resort on the Scottish coast.
His mother, Mary MacLead, was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States at the age of 20. Trump outlines his Scottish heritage on his Trump International-Scotland...
Las Vegas is the most recent city to announce a large scale solar plant, utilizing new technology that allows energy generation for up to 10 hours without direct sunlight.
The new solar power tower was constructed by SolarReserve as part of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project that will soon be supplying...
