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China aims to shine in space-based solar power tech
Source: Chinadaily.com.cn - China Daily : Date: 29-11-2023
After collecting solar energy, the space facility will convert it into electromagnetic radiation, such as microwaves, and laser beams and send it ...
China Targets Breakthrough in Space Solar Energy Transmission
Source: Space Dailey : Date: 29-11-2023
enior researcher Hou Xinbin, a member of both the Committee of Space Solar Power of the Chinese Society of Astronautics and the Permanent Committee on Space Solar Power of the International Academy of Astronautics, outlined the project's scope. The facility will collect solar energy, convert it into electromagnetic radiation like microwaves and laser beams, and transmit it to Earth. Ground stations will then convert these signals into electricity for distribution to power grids.
Solar energy from space could be the answer to Earth's escalating energy demand
Source: IO Innovation Origins : Date: 28-11-2023
Work is in full swing at the European Space Agency (ESA) and TU Delft to make space-based solar power a reality. ESA is actively tackling this challenge, with SOLARIS representing an ambitious project that delves into the possibilities of a groundbreaking method for energy generation: harnessing solar energy in space. The system consists of several space solar power plants that continuously collect sunlight and convert it into electricity. This is then beamed via microwaves to ground stations, where it is converted back into usable energy.
Orbiting solar power station to send electricity back to Earth
Source: CGTN : Date: 28-11-2023
Named "Zhuri," which means "chasing the sun," the space solar power station (SSPS) project was launched six years ago, led by scientist Duan Baoyan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and also a professor at Xidian University, one of China's leading centers for electronics and information technology research.
Galactic Solar Farms: A New Frontier In Renewable Energy
Source: Oil Price / Haley Zaremba : Date: 14-11-2023
Space-based solar farms present a novel solution to the limitations of terrestrial solar energy, offering a promising pathway toward large-scale ...
A small step forward for space-based solar power technology
Source: The Space Review : Date: 14-11-2023
The experiments fit to a specific architecture for a space solar power system called the “Caltech concept,” explained Pellegrino. “It is actually ...
Space-based solar power prepares for takeoff
Source: Varsity : Date: 12-11-2023
As of this June, the University of Cambridge is one of eight institutions to receive grant funding from the UK government's Space Based Solar Power ...
From Sci-Fi to Sky-High: Are Orbiting Solar Panels a Bright Idea?
Source: Securities.io : Date: 11-11-2023
With large public companies investing heavily in manufacturing Space Solar Power products and solutions, the road ahead looks promising. Innovation will thrive, and the system will become more efficient and optimal. After all, the force that drives Space Solar Power missions globally is the greater cause of achieving sustainability for the planet through renewable energy.
Last Gasp For Fossil Fuels: Space Solar Is Happening
Source: CleanTechnica : Date: 04-11-2023
Meanwhile, the European Space Agency has been conducting cost-benefit analyses through its SOLARIS space solar program.The payoff could be huge. Getting all that equipment up into space is a challenge, though. ESA estimates that an economical solar farm in space would have to reach a size of at least one kilometer across. That would involve a lot of rocket launches.
New study brings us closer to solar space farms that beam renewable energy back to Earth
Source: Salon.com : Date: 01-11-2023
A new, lightweight solar panel is possible and it could withstand solar radiation for more than six years.
Space Solar and Thales Alenia Space in the UK working together to deliver Space-Based Solar Power
Source: THALES : Date: 31-10-2023
In addition to the collaboration with Space Solar in the UK, Thales Alenia Space has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to lead a feasibility study for the SOLARIS initiative which will determine the viability of a project to provide clean energy from spaceborne solar power plants to meet the requirements down on Earth. The SOLARIS studies aims to support Europe to make an informed decision by 2025 on whether or not to embark on a development program for the commercialization of space-based solar energy, with the initial objective of designing a small-scale in-orbit demonstrator.
Beaming Solar Energy From Space Takes a Big Step Forward - WSJ's The Future of Everything
Source: The Wall Street Journal : Date: 28-10-2023
There's also a very interesting project being run by the European Space Agency called SOLARIS. The idea is to see could a constellation of solar space satellites significantly improve the ability of Europe to cut their greenhouse emissions and to really ramp up green energy much more aggressively than they've been able to. So we're going to start seeing answers to these things very soon. It's not like space-based solar power is going to take over instantly, but I think we're going to find out just over the next two or three years, is it viable and are people interested in it enough that they're willing to make the investment and really start to see okay, if you scale this up, what can you do with this technology?
Solar farms in space could be commercially viable
Source: Anthropocene Magazine : Date: 26-10-2023
Engineers sent novel low-cost, lightweight solar cells into space and found that they worked for six years--the mission was meant to last for one.
Beam Solar Energy From Space? These Scientists Achieve a Breakthrough
Source: Bloomberg.com : Date: 26-10-2023
“Nobody’s shown that any of the challenges cannot be solved,” says Sanjay Vijendran, leader of the Solaris initiative at the European Space Agency (ESA). “There are no showstoppers. There are, of course, huge challenges. But we have to make a start at some point. We don’t have a decade to lose.” A report by the Frazer-Nash Consultancy for the UK government in 2021 found that space-based solar power could one day have a levelized cost of energy (which includes capital costs as well as operations) of £35 to £79 ($43 to $96) per megawatt-hour, following an 18-year development program.
Are solar farms in space possible?
Source: Innovation News Network : Date: 24-10-2023
"This ultra-low mass solar cell technology could lead to large, low-cost solar power stations deployed in space, bringing clean energy back to Earth – ...
Green Solar Energy Beamed From Space May Soon Be Cheap and Plentiful
Source: Newsweek : Date: 20-10-2023
Three years ago, Sanjay Vijendran's colleague told him about a scheme that seemed straight out of science fiction: beaming energy from solar panels in space down to the Earth. "The whole idea was new to me," says Vijendran, a scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA). "It sounded like something you'd laugh at." No one's laughing now, least of all Vijendran. He's heading ESA's Solaris project, which is working toward launching satellites that by the mid-2030s could be beaming down a sizable fraction of all the energy Europe needs. And that's just one of several major pushes around the globe to tap sunlight from space to help reduce dependence on fossil fuel. "The pieces are coming together right now to make this a reality," says Vijendran.
UK Space Solar farm initiative could beam clean energy back to Earth by 2035
Source: Travel Tomorrow : Date: 18-10-2023
Space Solar, a tech firm specialising in the commercial development of space, particularly space-based solar power, has revealed its vision for ...
Financial Times: How to make space-based solar power a reality
Source: Financial Times : Date: 18-10-2023
“We fully expect it will be a big challenge — like nuclear or wind farms — to convince people to have this in their backyard,” says ESA’s Vijendran. “That may be the largest challenge of all.” Some projects propose attaching the receiving antenna to offshore wind farms, where grid connections already exist, to help to dampen public concerns. This has to be driven as an energy project that has a large space element,” says Vijendran. “We are trying to have [the energy sector] take it over as soon as possible.”
Space Solar Farms Could Produce 13 Times More Energy Than Standard Farms In Near Future
Source: The Weather Channel : Date: 17-10-2023
Europe has been looking into space-based solar farms to aid their Net Zero transition for a while now. ESA also announced their SOLARIS initiative to harness space-based solar power. Two parallel concept studies for commercial scale farms will be completed at the end of this year, helping create a roadmap to flesh this important green transition element into reality.
Space Solar's ambitious target of a space solar farm by 2035
Source: Interesting Engineering : Date: 12-10-2023
Space Solar's groundbreaking initiative aims to launch a space-based solar farm by 2035, revolutionizing clean energy production.
With a tweet, America has joined the race to develop astroelectricity—hopefully!
Source: The Space Review / Mike Snead : Date: 10-10-2023
Both Japan and China seek an in-space substantial SSP demonstration in the coming years. The European Space Agency has created the Solaris project with similar goals. It is noteworthy that they recently sponsored a substantive study of a lunar SSP architecture undertaken by Astrostrom (German for astroelectricity).
Metro Mayor visits University to celebrate intergalactic research on Space Week
Source: University of Bristol : Date: 05-10-2023
he West of England’s growing space industry is worth over £300 million and Space West, which includes the University, was one of eighteen projects to recently receive funding from the UK Space Agency as part of the levelling-up boost for the UK space sector, funding for new growth.
DARPA Hopes to Beam Power Across 200 Kilometers
Source: IEEE Spectrum : Date: 03-10-2023
These proposed orbital solar farms could harvest sunlight in space and beam it down to Earth in the form of microwaves, avoiding problems earthbound ..
Space Solar teams-up with Frazer-Nash on space-based solar power
Source: Aerospace Manufacturing : Date: 28-09-2023
Space Solar has announced a partnership with leading systems, engineering and technology company Frazer-Nash Consultancy (Frazer-Nash). Frazer-Nash is providing support across a range of disciplines but particularly in concept design and engineering analysis, helping to bring the industry leading CASSIOPeiA solar power satellite concept to reality. Frazer-Nash is also providing project-management and operational services as part of a long-term commitment to the development of SBSP technology with Space Solar Group.
Is Space-Based Solar Power the answer to achieving Net Zero?
Source: Lexology : Date: 28-09-2023
The UK’s £4.3 million government funding for universities and tech companies to develop Space-Based Solar Power is intended to make the country a world leader in the race for this technology. But the UK is far from alone. The EU’s SOLARIS program had funding approved in November 2022 in order to establish the technical, political and programmatic viability of Space-Based Solar Power and prepare for a decision in 2025 on a full development programme.
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