Solar Impulse Co-Pilot Bertrand Piccard

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Bertrand Piccard, the co-pilot of Solar Impulse, the first solar-electric plane to circumnavigate the globe.

Bertrand is a Swiss aviator who spent 15 years of his life obsessed with flying a solar airplane across the world. He didn’t just see it as a novel technical feat—he wanted to prove the extraordinary capabilities of renewable energy.

This conversation was recorded in 2018 at Powerhouse’s headquarters in Oakland, CA. 

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