On November 28, 2003, we announced, together with Bertrand Piccard and engineers from École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, the dream of achieving the first flight around the world with an electric airplane using only solar energy, without any fuel.
Two decades later, the SOLAR IMPULSE#pioneering spirit continues. Bertrand with the Solar Impulse Foundation has identified and is promoting over 1500 economically profitable technologies that can increase energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. H55, that I have co-founded, is the leading enabler of #electricpropulsion solutions which are changing the paradigms of #aviation making air transport clean and efficient.
Tonight the SOLAR IMPULSE team came together to not only #celebrate this important anniversary, but to ensure that the #legacy continues and to remind us that while #climatechange presents societal challenges, there are also many promising opportunities to make our planet cleaner while improving our living standards.
Making a significant and positive impact on the aviation industry has been a very dear personal goal of mine, first with the Solar Impulse project and now with H55 who is revolutionizing the aviation industry. As such, we are immensely grateful to our investors for sharing this vision and recognizing the transformative impact of electric aviation.
#electricflight#positiveimpact#revolution#aviation#cleantech
H55 has raised a series C financing round which will further accelerate the commercialization of electric and hybrid solutions and battery systems for the emerging electric aviation industry.
With this funding, H55 further consolidates its leading position as a major provider of certified electric propulsion aviation technologies.
Making a positive and significant impact on the aviation industry was already part of Solar Impulse and lives through the legacy of H55.
We are grateful for the unwavering confidence of investors in H55's vision and potential.
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