Silicon solar cells at the photovoltaic solar power plant on the appropriately named Mont Soleil in the Bernese Jura mountains
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The Paul Scherrer Institute's solar oven can concentrate the sun's rays by up to a factor of 5,000.
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These solar cells by Flisom, a spin-off of the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, are lightweight and flexible.
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The Spirit of Biel-Bienne won the World Solar Challenge for solar-powered vehicles in Australia in 1990.
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A picture montage showing the Swiss solar submarine "Goldfisch", a project presented in 2008.
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A solar-powered kick scooter was available to visitors to the Expo.02 in 2002
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The Tour de Sol in Switzerland was the first rally for sun-powered vehicles. It ran annually from 1985 to 1993.
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The solar catamaran MS TÛRANOR PlanetSolar has almost 540m² of photovoltaic solar panels
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The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse completed its first night flight in July 2010
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The Monte Rosa Hut is designed to obtain 90 per cent of its power needs from the sun
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Bern’s Stade de Suisse has one of the largest solar rooftops in the world
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Solar panels on skyscrapers on the outskirts of Muri, near the Swiss capital, Bern
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An environmentally friendly house in Nesslau, northern Switzerland, which has solar panels to heat up the water
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Swiss achievements using the power of the sun.
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