{"id":6275,"date":"2018-10-29T12:03:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T11:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarstratos.diabolo.com\/2018\/10\/newsletter-030-fr\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T13:41:01","slug":"newsletter-030-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarstratos.com\/en\/2018\/10\/newsletter-030-en\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarStratos team welcomes the pioneers to Payerne"},"content":{"rendered":"

SolarStratos team welcomes the pioneers to Payerne<\/h3>\n

SolarStratos welcomed some of the world\u2019s solar energy pioneers and adventurers to their base in Payerne recently for an evening presentation of the SolarStratos aircraft. The star-studded group included Fred To, inventor of Solar One, Anne Qu\u00e9m\u00e9r\u00e9, sailor, Janice Brown, Marshall Mc Cready and Steven Ptacek of Solar Challenger, Marcelo Da Luz of Power One and Erwann Le Rouzic of PlanetSolar.<\/p>\n

The group, accompanied by Raphael Domjan, also visited SolarStratos\u2019 scientific partner, the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), where they were welcomed by Professor Christophe Ballif. And made a final stop at the Lat\u00e9nium Museum in Neuchatel before heading back to the SolarStratos base in Payerne.<\/p>\n

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New official supplier<\/h3>\n

SolarStratos welcomes Steiger Participations SA to the project; a new official supplier, which develops machines capable of knitting carbon fibers in 3D and lightening certain parts of our solar aircraft.<\/p>\n

Raphael Domjan and his team would like to take this opportunity to thank all the SolarStratos partners, without whom the project to fly in the stratosphere would not have got off the ground. Thank you all for your loyalty and support.<\/p>\n

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The book<\/h3>\n

At last a dedicated history of solar-powered vehicles has been written! This epic which traces the evolution of transport, pioneered by people that dare to dream of exploring the world without the use of fossil fuels, is called \u201cPioneers and Adventurers of Solar Energy\u201d and was co-authored by Raphaelle Javet and Raphael Domjan. The book describes the evolution of solar transport from development to prototype: cars, boats, aircrafts all feature, as does the SolarStratos project.<\/p>\n

After significant research, Raphaelle Javet, archaeologist, historian and director of the PlanetSolar Foundation, has created an exceptional read, published by Editions Favre.<\/p>\n

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Grand opening and Gala evening<\/h3>\n

HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the grand opening of the \u201cPioneers and Adventurers of Solar Energy\u201d exhibition at the PlanetSolar Foundation hosted by the Fairmont Montreux Palace Hotel. Foundation director, Raphaelle Javet, our very own eco-explorer and Foundation president, Raphael Domjan, and a group of solar energy pioneers gave the Prince a preview of the exhibition.<\/p>\n

Prince Albert II, Raphael Domjan and Gildo Pallanca Pastore, President of the Monaco Explorer Club, presented the \u2018Monaco Explorer\u2019s Club Award\u2019 to Fred To, the designer of Solar One, the first solar aircraft in the history of the world.<\/p>\n

The opening gala evening was attended by 350 guests and supporters of the Foundation and punctuated by historic images of the solar vehicles and live anecdotes from the pioneers themselves.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is open at the Marin Centre from October 30 to November 17, 2018.<\/p>\n\n\t\t