Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:39:10 +0000
China is proposing an orbiting solar power station that would beam energy down to Earth 24 hours a day, every day.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:00:05 +0000
Innovators in the field of space solar power are outperforming expectations for commercial application, motivated by the potential for harvesting solar energy on a 24/7 basis, unimpeded by weather or climate.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 16:35:40 +0000
The US startup Solestial is banking on ultra-thin, self-repairing silicon solar technology for an edge in the red hot space solar race.
The post US Space Solar Startup Readies “Radiation-Hardened” Solar Cells For Mass Production appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:57:46 +0000
Space solar power once seemed like a far-out idea, but the high profile startup Aetherflux is among the stakeholders aiming to bring space-sourced solar energy down to Earth.
The post The Crowded Field Of Space Solar Suddenly Got More Crowded-er appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:11:35 +0000
The newly launched Florida startup Star Catcher Industries is launching a space solar network aimed at beaming solar energy from space to thousands of low earth orbiting satellites.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:15:53 +0000
When it comes to solar and wind power generation, the old quip goes: “What are you gonna do when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow?” Energy storage and returning power to be used by neighbors has always been part of that plan, but like all good disinformation, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:25:53 +0000
Despite the obstacles, the dream of beaming solar power from space down to Earth has been gaining momentum and edging closer to reality.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:48:05 +0000
The US Space Force is working on an orbiting quantum antenna that could play a part in the race to develop space solar technology.
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Read moreCredit to Author: NASA| Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 07:53:43 +0000
Expedition 69 flight engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:17 p.m. EDT after 5 hours and 35 minutes. Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel on the station’s starboard truss […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 12:00:13 +0000
An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Operational Energy Capability Improvement Fund (OECIF), […]