Adventurer seeks more solar plane funds
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Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard said Monday he is confident he can fly a solar-powered airplane on the first round-the-world trip of its kind, even though he needs more money to build the craft.
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The Fool goes globetrotting to find the top investments beyond our borders.
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By The Salt Lake Tribune  Jun. 21--The U.S. Department of Energy has named Salt Lake City among 13  cities nationally to share $2.5 million to increase the use of solar power.
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POWAY, Calif. - A man who gave up a free space ride because he couldn't afford the taxes on the contest prize may be going to the cosmos after all.
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Free hybrid-car parking. Cash rebates for installing solar panels. Low-interest loans for energy-saving home renovations. Money to tear up desert lawns and replace them with drought-resistant landscaping.
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LAS VEGAS - A three-seat rocket plane with stubby wings and a nose studded with round windows will try to blast out of Earth&#39;s atmosphere above the Mojave Desert today to qualify for a US$10 million ($15.
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Large-scale solar-power projects will bring big benefits.
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LONDON -- Putting his money where his environmentalist mouth is, Prince Charles is swapping gas-guzzling private planes and helicopters for commercial flights, train journeys, and biodiesel cars.
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HOUSTON -- The International Space Station (ISS) unfurled a shiny new set of solar wings Tuesday to increase its power supply and support future construction.
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Thirty years ago, Rep. Jim Oberstar testified in favor of his legislation to install solar panels at federal buildings. Now, as chairman of the House Transportation Committee, he's got the juice to make it happen &#151; at least on a small scale.
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These solar companies shine a light on their way to fast cash.
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Exotic materials and cheaper substrates could lead to better photovoltaics.
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Billionaire Richard Branson hopes to entice researchers to seek methods to contain climate damage. By the Associated Press.
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The aerospace company looks for commercial aviation turnaround to fuel growth.
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The five-decade quest for cheap solar power has produced an alternative energy that's still about four times more expensive than conventional electricity. But a group of local physicists, engineers and astronomers hope to be the first to break the cost barrier of solar energy.
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MOJAVE, CALIF: Completing the first leg of a quest for a $10 million prize, a test pilot took a privately financed plane past the cusp of space on Wednesday morning in a flight that had equal measures of white-knuckle moments and triumph.
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Billionaire Richard Branson aims to take his company to the final frontier.