Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:33:26 +0000
Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). Recent developments, including low-cost space access, mass-produced satellites, robotics, […]
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000
California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech’s) first space-borne prototype launched into orbit has demonstrated the ability to wirelessly transmit power in space and beam detectable power to Earth. The
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 21:25:35 +0000
Europe plans to move forward with research into the feasibility of space-based solar power to supply clean energy to the region.
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:16:00 +0000
A research team at Xidian University in China announced it has successfully tested technology that would enable a space-based solar power plant that could transmit energy to Earth, akin to similar technology earlier announced by NASA and studied by other groups over the past decade. The “Daily Project” team, led by Duan Baoyan of Xidian […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:35:04 +0000
Is beaming energy from space the next new thing?