How do you take care of hundreds of thousands of disaster refugees? It's not like you can plop down a coal power plant and fire it up wherever it's needed. Or can you? Andrew Leinonen has put together a strong concept design for an airship covered in solar panels that can be flown into a disaster area, anchored in, and immediately begin to serve power to the rescue effort.
Solar Power Generating Blimp for Disasters
Solar Power Generating Blimp for Disasters
(via www.ecogeek.org)
Submitted by jcs44 on Mon, 2008-05-19 22:40. | Tags: technology | blimp | burma | china | cyclone | earthquake | natural diaster relief | natural_disaster | solar energy | solar power