Ten years ago today, we opened the PlanetSolar Village in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Sailing around the world with a solar boat was still just a childhood dream… What has been done is immense both to make this dream come true but also for a global awareness of climate change. In 2009, the construction of the huge…
On June 13, 2019, the PlanetSolar Foundation inaugurated its solar power plant “PlanetSolar II” installed on the roof of MPS Micro Precision Systems SA in Biel. With the Foundation’s partners, donors and ecodonators, and with the employees of the MPS plant, it is with these words that Raphaël Domjan, president of the PlanetSolar Foundation, and…
Between 3rd and 15th of June 2019, visit the exhibition “Pioneers and adventurers powered by solar energy” in Metropole Centre, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland).
The exhibition “Pioneers and Adventurers in Solar Energy” begin its 2019 tour! From the 6th to the 25th of May, you can visit it free of charge at Avry Center (canton of Fribourg, Switzerland).
PlanetSolar Foundation will soon produce its own energy and cover its operating costs thanks to the sun! During spring, the Foundation will built a large 99 kW solar power plant on the roof of its partner MPS’s factory in Biel, with the collaboration of Soleol, also partner company. This large solar power plant, named “PlanetSolar…
The exhibition “Pioneers and Adventurers in Solar Energy” is open to visitors (free), in the lower hall of Marin Centre, in the canton of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), between October 30 and November 17, 2018. Opening time : • Monday, from 08:00 am to 07:00 pm • Tuesday, from 08:00 am to 07:00 pm • Wednesday, from…
Monday, October 22, 2018 was a memorable day for PlanetSolar Foundation. Attended by Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Foundation brought together the pioneers in solar energy from all over the world: women and men who marked the history of solar energy through their fabulous adventures. The great names of solar exploration were alongside the…
On Monday, October 22, 2018, PlanetSolar Foundation will inaugurate in Montreux its traveling exhibition “Pioneers and Adventurers of Solar Energy”, with the presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco. A book, edited by Editions Favre and co-written by Raphaëlle Javet and Raphaël Domjan, director and president of the PlanetSolar Foundation, will also be presented for…
The heat and the humidity are stifling, at the end of the rainy season in Saint-Louis of Senegal. Ancestral traditions and vestiges of the colonial past are combined in the estuary of the Senegal River, which marks the border with Mauritania. In the middle of the city, the Lycée Amadou Sow Ndiaye welcomes more than…
Created in March 2018, the “Switzerland Chapter” of the famous Explorers Club met for the first time in Switzerland, on Turthday, the 14 of June 2018. The Explorers Club is a historical institution, founded in New York in 1905. It counted among its members many great figures of exploration. Members of the Swiss Section met…
