Drones have been fitted with solar cells 20 times thinner than a human hair and proven to be able to sustain long-term flight ...

The drone - with a wingspan of 12.5 metres - is to be used for earth observations including environmental monitoring, disaster response and a range of commercial applications.

“Just add solar panels to the wings” is a popular suggestion for improving the flight times of fixed-wing drones ... producing about 50% more power than it was consuming.

An curved arrow pointing right. Facebook showed off a preview of its Internet service-providing drone at its developer conference. The solar-powered flier will have a wingspan greater than a 737.

Wattlab, a Dutch clean-tech start-up founded by Sweden-based power utility ... and Netherlands-based drone manufacturer Avy have announced that a drone equipped with special solar foils produced ...

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Drones are proving their worth in critical infrastructure inspections across various industries, including energy, utility ...