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Space-based solar power gets serious, AI helps optimize chemistry, and a book on food extinction
Source: Science : Date: 28-10-2022
drawing of satellite solar panels with podcast overlay symbol NASA ... First up on the podcast, space-based solar power gets closer to launch.
Space-based solar power for terrestrial energy needs
Source: PV Magazine : Date: 26-10-2022
The Cassiopeia solar project aims to use the sunlight collected by a space satellite for terrestrial energy needs. In early 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) commissioned two independent cost-benefit studies of space-based solar power for terrestrial energy needs from UK and Germany-based consulting firms Frazer-Nash and Roland Berger, respectively. ...
Australia explores solar from space
Source: Kids News : Date: 25-10-2022
Australia and the UK are in talks about building a solar power station in space. The race for net zero will see Australian and British officials attend a top-level meeting next month of European science ministers in Paris that will decide priorities for the European Space Agency (ESA), of which the UK is a member ...
Solar Powered Satellites
Solar Powered Satellites
Source: NBC Bay Area (video : Date: 23-10-2022
Startup Solestial claims it can supply space-worthy solar for 10% the cost.
Space-based solar power for terrestrial energy needs
Source: PV Magazine : Date: 26-10-2022
The Cassiopeia solar project aims to use the sunlight collected by a space satellite for terrestrial energy needs. The electricity generated would ...
This Company Is Sending A Prototype Orbital Solar Farm To Orbit By December
Source: Wonderful Engineering : Date: 22-10-2022
Several organizations, including the European Space Agency, have recently launched programs to test the commercial viability of space-based solar power. Caltech has lately received a hundred-million-dollar donation to help it launch its first solar farm prototype to orbit, a New Atlas report reveals. The researchers want to develop a technology to harvest solar power 24/7 from space. They are building ultralight structures that can gather and ...
Brits to get electricity from new solar power station in space
Source: Daily Star : Date: 22-10-2022
Britain and Australia are in talks to build a solar power station in space in a bid to sure up energy supplies and prevent a repeat of the crisis ...
Space-based solar power is getting serious—can it solve Earth’s energy woes?
Source: Science: by Daniel Clery : Date: 19-10-2022
Late last month in Munich, engineers at the European aerospace firm Airbus showed off what might be the future of clean energy. In November, ESA will ask member states to fund an assessment of whether the technical hurdles can be overcome. If the news is good, the agency will lay out plans for a full effort in 2025. Armed with €15 billion to €20 billion, ESA could put a megawatt-scale demonstration facility in orbit by 2030 and scale up to gigawatts—the equivalent of a conventional power station—by 2040, Vijendran says. “It’s like a moonshot.”
Launching solar farms in space
Source: Physics World : Date: 18-10-2022
One radical idea for replacing fossil fuels – explored in this video – is to harness solar energy directly in space and beam it back to Earth.
European Scientists Unveil Plan to Harvest Sun's Energy in Outer Space
Source: Mercom India : Date: 18-10-2022
Space-based solar power is the concept of collecting solar power with a spacecraft in earth's orbit and distributing it to earth. The propopsed ESA SOLARIS.....
Satellites will soon be able to deliver electricity anywhere on Earth
Source: The Press Stories : Date: 17-10-2022
The European Space Agency, ESA, wants to develop solar power in space. The electricity is then sent to Earth and is available day and night. It is within this framework that New Zealand is a company Emrod demonstrated its technology to ESA Wireless power transmission. The current prototype uses 1.92 meter antennas to transmit and receive power.....
The new age space economy
Source: UBS : Wealth Management USA : Date: 16-10-2022
For example, the UK has identified SBSP as one potential power source to aid in the path to net-zero, and is currently providing grant support to projects for developing the necessary infrastructure. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency is also exploring SBSP as a means to help facilitate energy independence with a clean source. Researchers in China have reportedly tested technologies to enable space-based solar power, and have set a target of 2028 to begin building a plant in space. And in the US, Caltech is working on a project dedicated to space-based solar, and NASA is reportedly performing studies to evaluate the prospects of SBSP.
Scientists dream up a massive floating solar farm in space - here's how it would work
Source: YouTube / Euronews : Date: 14-10-2022
As Europe struggles through the energy crisis, some scientists are looking to space.
European space agency unveils plan to create floating solar farm in space
Source: By Ananya Jena - Times Now : Date: 14-10-2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) has teamed up with the European multinational aircraft company Airbus to create a "wireless power transmission" to ...
Satellites could soon beam down solar energy from space
Source: Travel Tomorrow : Date: 14-10-2022
As the first European demonstration of long-range wireless energy transmission for space-based solar power applications, this event underpins ESA’s proposed SBSP preparatory programme, called SOLARIS. The results will be presented at the next ESA Council at Ministerial Level in November 2022. ESA and Airbus believe that commercial Space-Based Solar Power, using satellites to capture solar energy in space, where it is plentiful 24/7, ...
Solar Power Harnessed From Space Could Be Wirelessly Transmitted to Earth
Source: Newsweek : Date: 14-10-2022
A company says it will one day be possible to beam power wirelessly from space-based solar panels down to Earth using electromagnetic radiation. On September 27, 2022, Emrod showcased its technology by beaming power wirelessly across 36 meters (118 feet) at an Airbus facility in Munich, Germany.
Space-Based Solar Power: Folly Or Stroke Of Genius?
Source: Maya Posch / Hackaday : Date: 14-10-2022
That’s more or less the essential thought behind space-based solar power (SBSP) as newly pitched by ESA’s director general, Josef Aschbacher on Twitter. Rather than putting photovoltatic solar panels on the Earth’s surface which has this annoying property of constantly rotating said panels away from the Sun during what is commonly referred to as ‘night’, the panels would be put stationary in space, unaffected by the Earth’s rotation and weather.
Europe unveils ‘urgent’ plan for space-based solar power
Source: The Independent : Date: 14-10-2022
The European Space Agency has unveiled a plan to test the viability of space-based solar power in order to address the “urgent need” for new renewable energy sources. The Solaris program will involve new studies and technology developments, with the aim of making Europe a global leader in this untapped energy resource.
Astrostrom helps ESA to Promote SOLARIS Programme
Source: Astrostrom GmbH : Date: 07-10-2022
Arthur Woods, the CEO of Astrostrom GmbH, emphasized to ESA the great importance of the Space Energy Option for addressing the climate and energy security issues confronting European society. Earlier this year Astrostrom produced an inspiring and informative video about the benefits of SBSP for the ESA SOLARIS programme.
Scientists dream up a massive floating solar farm in space - here's how it would work
Source: euronews.green : Date: 13-10-2022
The European Space Agency (ESA) has unveiled a plan to harvest the sun’s energy in space and beam it back down to Earth. “[Such a project] would ensure that Europe becomes a key player– and potentially leader – in the international race towards scalable clean energy solutions for mitigating climate change,” the ESA said in a statement.
ESA Develops Plan to Research Solar Power From Space
Source: Parabolic Arc : Date: 11-10-2022
Recent studies funded by the Preparation element of ESA’s Basic Activities programme, show the concept, called Space-Based Solar Power, is theoretically workable and could support the path to decarbonising the energy sector. However, significant uncertainties and technical challenges remain. In response ESA is proposing a R&D programme to mature the concept and its critical technologies – SOLARIS.
Beam me down: can solar power from space help solve our energy needs?
Source: Technology Times : Date: 11-10-2022
Solar power from space help solve our energy needs, In late November, a top-level meeting of European science ministers will convene in Paris. Their job is to decide the next priorities for the European Space Agency (ESA), of which the UK is still a member, and one of the items on their list to consider is a proposal for testing the feasibility of building commercial power stations in orbit.
This New Satellite Power Grid Will Beam Energy Around The World Like Data
Source: Wonderful Engineering / Fatima Shakeel : Date: 10-10-2022
“If we’re talking about the European Space Agency’s space solar timescales for 2040–2050, we can get much higher, probably to the same efficiencies of most of the grids around the world. We know that there is always a growing interest in generating space-based solar energy, and different ambitious programs have been started to get ...
The system of satellites that send solar energy to Earth as well as data, functional demonstration by ESA and Airbus
Source: By Arthur Morgan - Gearrice : Date: 10-10-2022
We talk about a global wireless power grid that would instantly transmit renewable energy via satellite between any two points on Earth. This has already managed to transmit power to Airbus and the ESA (European Space Agency). This team sent power from one side of an Airbus warehouse to the other to power a mock-up, a hydrogen electrolyser and a refrigerator.....
Satellite power grid would beam energy around the globe just like data
Source: By Loz Blain - New Atlas : Date: 10-10-2022
Emrod has just demonstrated its wireless power beaming technology to Airbus and the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of the ESA's new push toward 24-hours-a-day space-based solar power. The idea of space-based solar is not new. The problem has always been size; you'd need transmitters and receivers about 2 km (1.2 miles) in diameter ...
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