BY: MATTHEW CHIN Swiss pilot André Borschberg from the company Solar Impulse is attempting the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in a solar powered plane, with the hopes of revolutionizing air travel. Borschberg is flying the Solar Impulse 2,…
NYC is adopting solar green roofs as a part of the public school curriculum
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In Manhattan’s original beatnik neighbourhood of Greenwich Village, New York City public school, PS 41, has developed a rooftop garden and solar panel setup spanning 15,000 square feet. Photo by Carla Brown Vicki Sando, a parent of…
The world’s largest solar farm has nine million panels and is the size of a suburb
BY: TED BARNABY Over the last two years, nine million solar panels have been laid out across the California desert, constituting the world’s largest solar farm at nine and a half square miles in total. The Topaz Solar Farm, owned…
The World’s First Country To Get Solar Panel Bike Lanes Is Exactly Who You’d Expect…
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Solar powered bike lanes are here. Are we really surprised that the first one is located in the Netherlands? The lane, named SolaRoad, is located in the Amsterdam suburb, Krommenie. Right now, 70 metres of an existing…