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French Talents In AI, Artificial Intelligence At The Elysee - Paris

Founder of "Solar Impulse Foundation" Bertrand Piccard speaks during a meeting with members of the artificial intelligence sector as part of a summit on artificial intelligence hosted by France's President at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on May 21, 2024. Photo by Eric Tschaen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Talents In AI, Artificial Intelligence At The Elysee - Paris

Founder of "Solar Impulse Foundation" Bertrand Piccard and Georges Olivier Reymond, general manager of Pasqal during a meeting with members of the artificial intelligence sector as part of a summit on artificial intelligence hosted by France's President at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on May 21, 2024. Photo by Eric Tschaen/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company Bertrand Piccard attends a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organised by French employers association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company Bertrand Piccard attends a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organised by French employers association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

CEO of French energy firm TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne, French paleoclimatologist Jean Jouzel, President of Solar Impulse Foundation Dr Bertrand Piccard, French Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher and CEO of France state-controlled energy giant EDF Luc Remont pose during a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by French employers' association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

CEO of French energy firm TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne, French paleoclimatologist Jean Jouzel, President of Solar Impulse Foundation Dr Bertrand Piccard, French Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher and CEO of France state-controlled energy giant EDF Luc Remont pose during a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by French employers' association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

CEO of French energy firm TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne, French paleoclimatologist Jean Jouzel, President of Solar Impulse Foundation Dr Bertrand Piccard, French Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher and CEO of France state-controlled energy giant EDF Luc Remont pose during a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by French employers' association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

CEO of French energy firm TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne, French paleoclimatologist Jean Jouzel, President of Solar Impulse Foundation Dr Bertrand Piccard, French Minister for Energy Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher and CEO of France state-controlled energy giant EDF Luc Remont pose during a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organized by French employers' association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

French Minister for the Energy Transition Agnes Pannier Runacher, Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company Bertrand Piccard, EDF CEO Luc Remont attends a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organised by French employers association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company Bertrand Piccard attends a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organised by French employers association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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LaRef MEDEF meeting day 2 - Paris

French Minister for the Energy Transition Agnes Pannier Runacher, Swiss pilot and Chairman of the Solar Impulse sun-powered aircraft company Bertrand Piccard, EDF CEO Luc Remont attends a meeting of French Entrepreneurs (REF) organised by French employers association Movement of the Enterprises of France (MEDEF) at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris, on August 29, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Swiss explorer praises China for its contribution to tackling climate change

STORY: Swiss explorer praises China for its contribution to tackling climate change DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in China and solar panels 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERTRAND PICCARD, Chairman of Solar Impulse Foundation STORYLINE: Swiss explorer and chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation Bertrand Piccard has said that China has made a great contribution to tackling climate change. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERTRAND PICCARD, Chairman of Solar Impulse Foundation "China has already done a lot for the world, and I thank China for that, in the production of cheap solar cells. You know, before China was producing the solar cells, the solar cells were produced in Europe. And it cost a lot. And it was so expensive that nobody could afford solar energy without subsidies. Thanks to China, solar energy has become the cheapest source of energy in the world. We should put all the solutions on the table, all the solutions i

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Solar-powered plane set for flight around world

GENEVA, Switzerland - Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Borschberg of Solar Impulse 2, an airplane powered only by solar energy, speak to Kyodo News in Lausanne on Dec. 12, 2014, during preparations for their round-the-world flight set for March.

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Swiss solar-powered plane unveiled in Payerne

PAYERNE, Switzerland - Swiss group Solar Impulse unveils the Solar Impulse 2 plane in Payerne, western Switzerland, on April 9, 2014. The single-seater plane that runs solely on solar energy is set to embark on an around-the-world flight in 2015.

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Pilots promote solar flight with possible stop in Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Bertrand Piccard, a Swiss pilot and initiator of the Solar Impulse project, touts the potential of renewable energy, after completing a two-month journey across the United States in a solar-powered plane. Picture taken on July 13, 2013, at a John F. Kennedy International Airport hangar where the plane was displayed.

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Solar-powered plane in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (2nd from L) chats with Bertrand Piccard (L) and Andre Borschberg, the pilots of the Solar Impulse plane, in front of the solar-powered plane at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport in Virginia on June 17, 2013.

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Solar plane completes transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The Solar Impulse lands at Payerne airport in western Switzerland on July 24, 2012. The solar-powered plane completed a transcontinental flight from Europe to North Africa and back.

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Solar plane completes transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The two pilots cerebrate after the Solar Impulse landed at Payerne airport in western Switzerland on July 24, 2012. The solar-powered plane completed a transcontinental flight from Europe to North Africa and back.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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World's 1st manned solar-powered night flight lands

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The Solar-Impulse lands at Payerne military air base in western Switzerland on the morning of July 8, 2010, some 26 hours after its departure from the same airport. The brainchild of famed Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard made the first successful nighttime flight of an entirely solar-powered aircraft operated by a human pilot.

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Solar plane suspends global flight until 2016

File photo taken in June 2015 shows the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane leaving Nagoya, central Japan, for Hawaii. The plane, circumnavigating the globe, has suspended its journey and will stay in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to batteries from overheating, the Swiss organization operating the flight said on its website on July 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane leaves for Hawaii after monthlong layover in Japan

Photo shows a solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, which left for Hawaii early June 29, 2015, from Nagoya airfield, after a nearly monthlong layover in Japan to avoid bad weather while circumnavigating the globe. The duration of the flight to Hawaii is expected to be 120 hours -- five days and nights -- the longest trip for the plane operated by Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane leaves for Hawaii after monthlong layover in Japan

Photo shows a solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, which left for Hawaii early June 29, 2015, from Nagoya airfield, after a nearly monthlong layover in Japan to avoid bad weather while circumnavigating the globe. The duration of the flight to Hawaii is expected to be 120 hours -- five days and nights -- the longest trip for the plane operated by Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane leaves for Hawaii after monthlong layover in Japan

Photo shows a solar-powered plane, Solar Impulse 2, which left for Hawaii early June 29, 2015, from Nagoya airfield, after a nearly monthlong layover in Japan to avoid bad weather while circumnavigating the globe. The duration of the flight to Hawaii is expected to be 120 hours -- five days and nights -- the longest trip for the plane operated by Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar Impulse 2 delays flight from Japan as weather window closes

Photo taken June 24, 2015 shows the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane (front) at Nagoya airport in central Japan. The plane, circumnavigating the globe and carrying pilot Andre Borschberg, called off a Hawaii-bound flight from Japan as the weather window favorable for its longest five-day trip appears to have closed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar Impulse 2 delays flight from Japan as weather window closes

Photo taken June 24, 2015 shows the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane at Nagoya airport in central Japan. The plane, circumnavigating the globe and carrying pilot Andre Borschberg, called off a Hawaii-bound flight from Japan as the weather window favorable for its longest five-day trip appears to have closed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar Impulse pilot speaks in Tokyo

Andre Borschberg, a pilot of the solar-powered plane Solar Impulse 2, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2015. The Solar Impulse 2 was forced to land at Nagoya airport in central Japan on June 1, cutting short what was to be up to a six-day flight from Nanjing, China, to Hawaii, the longest leg of its around-the-world trip. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar-powered plane makes landing at Nagoya airport

Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered propeller airplane attempting a trip around the globe without a drop of fuel, prepares to make a landing at Nagoya airport, central Japan, on June 1, 2015. The plane changed its plan to fly nonstop from Nanjing to Hawaii due to bad weather and landed at the Japanese airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

Solar Impulse 2 pilot Andre Borschberg speaks at a press conference at Nagoya airport in central Japan in the early hours of June 2, 2015. The solar-powered plane, currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil, fuel made an unscheduled landing on June 1 at the airport to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

Solar Impulse 2 pilot Andre Borschberg speaks at a press conference at Nagoya airport in central Japan in the early hours of June 2, 2015. The solar-powered plane, currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil fuel, made an unscheduled landing on June 1 at the airport to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil fuel, makes an unscheduled landing at Nagoya airport in central Japan on June 1, 2015, to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil fuel, makes an unscheduled landing at Nagoya airport in central Japan on June 1, 2015, to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

The Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered plane currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil fuel, makes an unscheduled landing at Nagoya airport in central Japan on June 1, 2015, to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar plane on round-world trip lands in Japan to avoid bad weather

Photo taken June 1, 2015 shows the Solar Impulse 2 flying above Nagoya airport in central Japan. The solar-powered plane, currently attempting the first-ever around-the-world flight without the use of fossil fuel, made an unscheduled landing the same day at the airport to avoid poor weather around Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swiss doctor promotes clean energy with solar-powered airplane

PAYERNE, Switzerland - Bertrand Piccard, founder of Solar Impulse, speaks about his solar-powered airplane in Payerne, Switzerland, on June 11, 2014. His team is planning to make a round-trip flight with the aircraft in 2015. (Kyodo)

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World's 1st manned solar-powered night flight lands

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The Solar-Impulse lands at Payerne military air base in western Switzerland on the morning of July 8, 2010, some 26 hours after its departure from the same airport. The brainchild of famed Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard made the first successful nighttime flight of an entirely solar-powered aircraft operated by a human pilot. (Kyodo)

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco. (Kyodo)

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco. (Kyodo)