Solar
Advances in solar energy technology.
- Solar Blimp Takes to French Skies
- Projet Sol’R, led by INSA Lyon and ESSEC Business School, made the blimp’s frame from aluminum frame and covered it in an outer wrap made from nylon and polyethylene. The blimp is 22 meters (72 feet) long and it is powered by semi-flexible solar cells are capable of generating 2.4 kilowatts.
- Interior Dept designates solar energy zones
- Hoping to speed up the development of renewable energy resources on federal lands, the U.S. Interior Department designated about 670,000 acres of land on Monday as potential areas for solar energy production.
