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While other major truck companies look at fuel cells and electrics with massive batteries, Scania is experimenting with the possibility of solarized plug-in hybrid trucks. As the “hybrid” part makes clear, the solar panels won’t be able to power the fu… Continue reading Scania tests out solar panel-covered plug-in tractor-trailer
Known for expanding the boundaries of electric-powered ocean navigation, Silent Yachts is turning its outside-the-box thinking to vacation resort development. By using its solarized electric catamarans as floating vacation condos, it would create seasi… Continue reading Silent Yachts pushes ahead with solar-powered floating villa concept
On the 400th anniversary of the start of an epic voyage from England to the New World aboard the Mayflower, an autonomous, solar-powered marine research vessel is due to launch on a mission to gather environmental data about the ocean.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Robot research vessel to set off on epic ocean voyage of discovery
Visitors to McDonald’s new flagship restaurant in Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, will find themselves ordering their Big Mac in an impressively green building that generates its own power with solar panels. The building also features other sustaina… Continue reading Disney World McDonald’s offers fast food with a side of sustainability
In August 2018, a section of Genoa’s Morandi Bridge collapsed during heavy rain, killing 43 people. Following the disaster, high-profile Italian starchitect Renzo Piano’s firm was chosen to design its replacement and, after 15 months of almost non-stop… Continue reading Renzo Piano’s solar-powered bridge opens to traffic in Italy
An unmanned aircraft designed for high-altitude communications has edged closer to the real-world applications, with the HAPSMobile Sunglider successfully completing another round of testing in New Mexico. The solar-powered aircraft soared to new heigh… Continue reading Solar-powered Sunglider UAV soars to new heights at Spaceport America
With several of its staff having graduated from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Hassell was well-suited to design its new Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences building. The project is defined by a shading screen of metal “petals…. Continue reading Sustainable learning hub keeps cool with math-inspired petal facade
Evaporation is one of the most enduring methods of purifying water to make it drinkable. Now researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a novel device made of wood that can do just that, by employing bacteria to hel… Continue reading Solar power, wood and bacteria join forces to purify water for drinking
What do you get when you cross a camping trailer, a tricycle, and a boat? Well, if you’re Latvian design start-up Zeltini, you end up with the Z-Triton, which is currently in the prototype stage and sleeps two people … and a small dog.Continue Readin… Continue reading Offbeat micro-camper cycles on land, floats on water
Russia has a long history of experimenting with wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles, most notably the huge ekranoplans dating back to the 1960s. Now, Russian scientists are developing a smaller unmanned WIG, that’s solar-powered.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Unmanned solar wing-in-ground-effect vehicle being developed in Russia