AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Affordable & Clean Energy
KEYWORDS
solar aircraft, renewable energies, Energy Efficiency
COUNTRY
Switzerland
DESIGNED BY
Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg
WEBSITE
http://www.solarimpulse.com
Solar Impulse
Solar powered airplane
In 2015 started the attempt of the First Round-The-World Solar Flight, from Abu Dhabi to Hawaii, already achieving the longest solo solar flight ever achieved in aviation history. In 2016, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, our two Pilots and Founders, completed the first circumnavigation of the globe with no fuel. With their solar aircraft, a flying laboratory full of clean technologies, they flew 40,000 km to promote the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency on the ground, for a better quality of life. Across the Round-The-World flight, the team overcame technical, human and operational challenges that had never been faced before.