Category: Actualité

We are pleased to share some good news with you! Our former ship MS PlanetSolar, now MS Porrima, is back on the water. The rescue is not yet completely finished, the catamaran will now be removed from the water and placed in a safe place for restoration. We wish her many more great solar adventures…

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This Friday, 12 August 2022, our old ship MS Tûranor PlanetSolar, now MS Porrima, ran aground off the Indian coast north of Bombay on its way to the Maldives. Fortunately, all the crew members were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard. We are reassured to know that they are all safe and in security. We…

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Today is the 10th anniversary of the first solar-powered round-the-world trip. Discover this incredible adventure through unseen image. The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar left Monaco on 27 September 2010 and travelled for 565 days over 60,000 km before returning to Monaco on 4 May 2012. During an official ceremony, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on the…

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Congratulations to the entire #SwisSolarBoat team at #EPFL and #HEIGDVD for their hard work and tenacity ! A magnificent second place for their first participation ! Very proud and happy to support them with our foundation PlanetSolar. It’s always nice to go to Monaco and meet SAS Prince Albert II, pioneer and tireless defender of…

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The PlanetSolar Foundation wishes you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021. Discover our newsletter below (in french only) Newsletter PlanetSolar 2020 (PDF)

100 years after the Aéropostale pioneers set up their French airmail company, the Raid Elektropostal was launched! The event is organised with several stages that take the pilots from Lausanne to Aix-en-Provence via Toulouse and Marseille. PlanetSolar Foundation is a partner of this eco-adventure that promotes respect for the environment, and the Foundation chairman –…

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Ten years ago, on 27th of September 2010, we left Monaco’s harbour, heading west for the first around the world with solar energy ! #firstaroundtheworldwithsolarenergy #PlanetSolar #foundationplanetsolar #solarenergy #solarboat #WorldTour

Interview of Raphaël Domjan on  #Comwatt, a visionary media dedicated to energetic transition. #SolarEnergy #planetsolar #climatechange #RaphaelDomjan

The PlanetSolar Foundation and its president, Raphaël Domjan, received the team of Télématin France 2 TV about the exhibition “Pioneers and adventurers of solar energy” as part of the International Meeting of Sustainable Mobility in Saint-Tropez (France).

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).