UC system opens 60-megawatt solar farm

A new solar farm that recently opened in Fresno County is now supplying the University of California system with 14 percent of its total electricity usage. Opened just last week, the Five Points Solar Park is a 60-megawatt solar project with an additional 20-megawatts...

Facebook testing solar-powered plane to provide internet access

Facebook announced on its blog that its unmanned, solar-powered plane that could bring affordable internet to secluded areas has completed its first test flight. The plane, known as Aquila, can fly for up to three months at a time and has a wingspan of an airliner,...

Solar-powered plane completed journey around the world

The trip was 25,000 miles and started more than a year ago. It included 17 different flights, including a trip across the U.S. in May.The plane, which was about as heavy as a Jeep and has wings the equivalent of an Airbus 380 that run off 17,000 solar cells. It...
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