Solvay's Jean-Pierre Clamadieu Is Excited For Next Steps After Solar-Plane's Flight

Solvay Group director and CEO Jean-Pierre Clamadieu was ecstatic with the effectiveness of their high-tech polymers in the development and flight of an airplane that weighs less than most cars on CNBC's Squawk Box Friday morning. The airplane didn't use any gasoline during it's flight across the United States that journeyed from San Francisco to New York City powered by 12,000 small solar panels and specially-made batteries. Clamadieu noted that they wanted to prove that their plastic nuts, bolts, and other parts are just as safe, if not safer for airplanes "We have more than 6,000 parts on this airplane which allow us to two two things basically: manage energy efficiently, produce as much energy as possible from the sun power, from the sunlight, store it very effectively, we have probably the most effective batteries in these airplanes," said Clamadieu. Related: Gasoline Prices Headed Higher as Investors Turn to Oil Clamadieu said that many parts used in the plane are already used in commercial aircrafts, "bringing safety, bringing light weight." "It's all around us and what this project allowed us is to go one step further," said Clamadieu.