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Space Solar and Transition Labs to deliver space-based solar power to Iceland by 2030
Source: Space Solar : Date: 23-10-2024
The agreement with Reykjavik Energy signals a major breakthrough in space-based solar power’s journey to commercialisation, positioning Space Solar at the forefront of a renewable energy revolution that could have far-reaching impacts across the globe.
Space Solar and Transition Labs to deliver space-based solar power to Iceland by 2030
Source: the energxst / Tim McManan-Smith : Date: 22-10-2024
Space Solar’s first plant, set to be operational by 2030 with an initial capacity of 30MW, marks a groundbreaking step in the global transition to sustainable energy, with this partnership poised to accelerate the shift toward Net Zero.
Space solar inspires hope and skepticism as it inches closer to reality
Source: cipher news / Anca Gurzu : Date: 09-09-2024
The concept of sending solar power to Earth from space has been around for decades. NASA and the U.S. Energy Department investigated it “quite extensively” during the 1970s oil crisis as a way of finding “reliable clean energy that’s from an inexhaustible source,” explained Sanjay Vijendran, who leads Solaris, the space solar program at the European Space Agency (ESA)...
ECL Launches Passive Phase Multiplication Technology For Ultra-Thin Printable Phased Array Antennas
Source: everything RF : Date: 22-10-2024
International Electric Company Limited (IECL), inventor of CASSIOPeiA, a phased array antenna with full 360-degree electronic beam steering using all elements at all angles, launched its latest technical innovation, PERSeIDA Passive Phase Multiplication, at the IEEE Arrays conference in Boston, Mass., on October 15, 2024. IECL patented the PERSeIDA technology to enable the design and manufacture of low-cost, ultra-thin, printable, phased array antennas with fine steering capability and full reciprocity. PERSeIDA lowers cost by reducing the number of active components, including expensive phase shifters, by up to 96 percent.
Iceland could be a reception site for solar power plants in space
Source: mbl.is : Date: 19-10-2024
Reykjavik Energy, the Icelandic climate company Transition Labs and the British high-tech company Space Solar have signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding for cooperation in connection with the activation of solar energy in space and the resale of potential energy generated during the research phase.
UK firm strikes deal to make space-based solar power a reality
Source: The Times : Date: 19-10-2024
Space Solar believes it can have a £600 million system orbiting and providing clean power to Earth by 2029, after it signed an agreement with Reykjavík Energy
The Starship Revolution in Space
Source: RealClearDefense : Date: 19-10-2024
The establishment of a permanent human base on the Moon, and the utilisation of lunar resources opens up a next step in human space activities. This will include construction of large space-based solar power satellites that could solve much of Earth’s energy challenges for the 21st century and beyond.
Launch successful—physicists bring first perovskite tandems into space
Source: Science X : Date: 17-10-2024
"The solar cells have survived launch and started to produce energy, even without perfect alignment to the sun," says Felix Lang, who celebrates this ...
Could Space Technology be the Climate Change Solution?
Source: Sustainability Magazine : Date: 19-10-2024
Space Solar is a UK technology company dedicated to enabling net zero and energy security. Space Solar. 22 subscribers. Space-Based Solar Power. Space ...
Space presents the final frontier for energy
Source: Power Technology : Date: 19-10-2024
In space the sun's energy is continual and cloud-free, so offers a consistent energy source. The ESA has been developing satellite technology to convert the Sun’s energy in space and transmit it back to the Earth.
Researchers in Japan test technology for solar power generation from space
Source: nhk.or.jp : Date: 19-10-2024
The idea is to set up geostationary solar panels in space at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, and convert the generated electricity into microwaves ...
Space-Based Solar Power: The Future Source of Energy?
Source: Greenmatch : Date: 19-10-2020
Space-based solar panels can generate 2,000 gigawatts of power constantly. This is 40 times more energy than a solar panel would generate on Earth annually. This is also several folds higher than the most efficient solar panels today.
Space presents the final frontier for energy
Source: Verdict : Date: 09-10-2024
The ESA has been developing satellite technology to convert the Sun’s energy in space and transmit it back to the Earth. Finally, researchers in Switzerland have worked on a campaign for clean space energy. This includes a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station, which is a solar power satellite constructed primarily from lunar resources. The Lunar Power Station would be made up of Moon-manufactured solar cells that beam down power to receivers on the moon’s surface for future activities on the moon.
Startup takes new approach to space-based solar power
Source: SpaceNews / Jeff Foust : Date: 09-10-2024
A startup led by a founder of a financial services company is taking a new approach to space-based solar power intended to be more scalable and affordable. Aetherflux announced Oct. 9 plans to develop and ultimately deploy a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit that will collect solar power and beam it to Earth using infrared lasers. The company is planning to demonstrate this technology with a small satellite launching by early 2026.
Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup
Source: TechCrunch : Date: 09-10-2024
Aetherflux wants to build a massive constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, each equipped with a solar array, a battery, and a near-optical infrared laser to transmit the power down to the ground. While the satellites will not be constantly exposed to the sun due to their altitude, and each solar array will not collect high amounts of power on its own, the startup wants to put up thousands of these spacecraft to accumulate massive amounts of energy.
A Space-Based Energy Addition To Move The World To Net Zero
Source: Oliver Wyman : Date: 09-10-2024
The Management Consultancy Oliver Wyman reviews Space Based Solar Power as an important technology to help the world transition to clean energy. It highlights SBSP’s cost competitiveness and ability to scale up rapidly, and highlights CASSIOPeiA Solar Power Satellite as the most promising concept.
4 futuristic space technologies — and when they might happen
Source: Space.com /Keith Cooper : Date: 08-10-2024
Solar farms in orbit, nuclear power on the moon, space elevators and interstellar travel — which might we see happen first?
First time energy teleported from space to Earth: the Sun was the key
Source: The Diary 24 : Date: 06-10-2024
Caltech’s Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) was an unprecedented breakthrough in the development of solar power from space. Although moderate in scope, the experiment could lead to much larger projects. SSPD-1 reached space in January 2023 on a Falcon 9 rocket integrated with Momentus’ Vigoride-5 spacecraft.
Space-Based Solar Power for U.S. Energy Independence
Source: POWER Magazine : Date: 02-10-2024
Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit ...
Harnessing Solar Power From Space.
Source: Design News : Date: 01-10-2024
Virtus Solis uses orbiting solar panels to deliver solar energy where needed. Virtus Solis developed a space-based solar panel energy system to ...
The space-based solar power systems: state of the art and implications
Source: ISPI : Date: 18-09-2024
Research on space solar power has gained momentum over the past decade, with major space-faring nations developing projects to harness this energy ..
Space Solar satellite takes off
Source: IOM3 : Date: 10-09-2024
A 'world-first' prototype of a space solar satellite has been tested at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. Solar-power satellites delivering constant power while orbiting Earth have to simultaneously track the Sun and a ground receiver. The CASSIOPeiA ..
This Startup Wants to Tackle AI Energy Demands With Data Centers in Space
Source: PCMag : Date: 06-09-2024
Lumen Orbit says outer space is an ideal place to run a data center, citing 'abundant solar energy, cooling, and the ability to freely scale up.'
UT to receive up to $15 million to study space-based solar energy tech
Source: Toledo Blade : Date: 05-09-2024
The University of Toledo will receive up to $15 million from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to explore new ways to harvest solar energy in outer space. The money will be used to support a team of physicists led by Randall Ellingson. It builds on decades of research ...
Solar power beaming from space – fact or fantasy?
Source: Power Engineering International : Date: 04-09-2024
While solar PV is routinely used to power satellites in space, the possibility of using satellites to redirect solar energy to the Earth to supplement ...
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