The Solar Saucer will be providing power and sound at Powellapalooza Sept 23-26
Use the promo code so1arsaucer and $5 will be donated to the solar saucer cosmonauts.

The Solar Saucer

The Solar Saucer will be used to provide solar power to participants all over the playa

The Flyin Mayan

This rendering was done by Martin Stensas
The SEMR

The solar electric moon rover has two solar panels mounted to the top, its own charge controller and 8 6 volt batteries. The SEMR plugs into the saucer and [...]

Desert Rocks Music Festival is Utah’s largest Jam Band music festival in the middle of the Utah desert. 8 miles south of Moab, the Desert Rocks crew have build an amazing venue to listen to 50+ bands.
The Solar Saucer Cosmonauts brought out everything for this event. I lost count on the number of full box [...]

We had so much fun yesterday at the 7th anual Live Green Festival. This is the 3rd year we have provided solar power to this event and this year we went bigger than ever. We showed up with all three of our rigs and powered the sound, beer garden and all of the food vendors. [...]

April 22, 2010 is the one official day out of the year where we focus our attention on the planet that we live on. Thousands of people came down to Liberty park and played in the beautiful weather.
We were invited to bring the Solar Saucer and play some solar music for the people in the [...]

Burning Man is sort of the birth place of this installation so it was amazing to bring it back out to the playa. It would not have happened without the help and support of an amazing community of people here in Salt Lake City. In recent years I have questioned the validity of taking the saucer such a long distance to provide “Green Power.” The burners are so behind the curve when it comes to this concept. But then I remembered that they are the ones who need it most and who stand to go the furthest with the technology.

Park City holds a Sunday Farmers market all summer long and we often show up and provide a little green power to their stage. We have powered everything from live bands and DJs to belly dancers and silk performers.

I found it very interesting when the on guard highway patrolman told me that I had a snowball chance in hell in getting the saucer on the capitol steps. “I’ve worked here for 7 years and Ive never seen a vehicle out there on the capitol plaza.” Well, when we rolled up for the Buttarspolooza [...]

AKA James Barker has been performing live for over a decade and keeps the musical heart beat flowing here in SLC. He has played in projects such as Conspiracy Freak, 7 Billion and his current incarnation of Karate Chop.