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Friday, February 14, 2014: Andre Borschberg , CEO of the Solar Impulse project said, “Solar Impulse will land in India in April 2015 and will be the first ever, day and night abled solar powered aircraft to do so,” in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Solar Impulse is a breakthrough in the yielding solar technology. The world’s first solar powered aircraft will be coming to India in a year’s time. It is powered by 12,000 solar cells and flies in the dark by reaching high altitudes during the day and gliding downward over long distances at night. It is yet to be decided in which city, the Impulse will make its debut stop in India.
In an IANS report, Borschberg said that the light solar plane flies at around 70 km per hour and is especially sensitive to air turbulence. The one of a kind aircraft uses no fossil fuels.
Solar Impulse weighs 2,740 kg and it is an attempt to push the envelope as far as research and innovation are concerned in areas such as renewable energy and materials research. It is also a powerful educational tool as well.
