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Total number of Space Energy Headlines: 1092
Trump Should Make Space-Based Solar Power A National Priority
Source: Forbes / Bruce Dorminey : Date: 2017-03-18
Space-based solar power (SBSP) --- in which satellites in Earth orbit capture the Sun’s radiation, convert it to electricity and then transmit it back to Earth in the form of either microwaves or lasers --- would arguably do more to positively impact the lives of everyday Americans and fellow citizens of the world than almost anything....
Physicist Wants To Beam Solar Energy Back From Moon's Surface
Source: Forbes / Bruce Dorminey : Date: 2017-03-28
For four decades now, retired University of Houston physicist David Criswell has been championing the notion of using several hundred square kilometers-worth of solar panels to collect infalling sunlight on the Moon as a sustainable source of clean electricity.
Beaming solar energy from the Moon could solve Earth's energy crisis
Source: Wired : Date: 2019-10-08
Earth's energy needs could be supplied on the Moon. Although this may sound quixotic, physics says it's feasible, and it could be economically viable. All of the needed technology exists, plus new developments are continuously making a lunar option more viable.
The global photovoltaic market was valued at $53916.0 million in 2018
Source: Yahoo Finance : Date: 2019-10-02
Photovoltaic energy technology is widely used in rooftop solar installations to provide stored energy for residential buildings at a low cost. ... panels to be used in satellite to generate electricity for smooth working of satellite in space.
Nine Reasons Why Globalization Can’t Be Permanent
Source: Our Finite World : Date: 2018-02-01
Since the late 1990s, globalization has seemed to be the great hope for the future. Now this great hope seems to be dimming. Globalization sets up conflict in the area of jobs. Countries around the world compete for development and jobs. If there is not enough cheap-to-produce energy to go around, huge wage disparity is likely to result.
China sets up laboratory to research building solar power station in space
Source: South China Morning Post : Date: 2018-02-03
China has started laboratory research to develop a solar power station in high orbit to beam potentially huge amounts of energy back to earth.
New Space based solar power designs can get to less than 2 cents per kwh
Source: NextBig Future : Date: 2018-02-03
Mankins Space Technology) has thoroughly updated his space-based solar power design. The SPS-ALPHA Mark-II design using new technologies improves technical feasibility and economic viability of space solar power.
Caltech and Grumman partner on Space Based Solar Power Initiative
Source: NextBig Future : Date: 2018-02-02
Space Solar Power Initiative (SSPI) is a multi-year research in the field of Space Solar Power Initiative conducted by Caltech team in collaboration with Northrop Grumman (NG) Aerospace and Mission Systems division.
Researchers Announce Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
Source: OilPrice.com / Irina Slav : Date: 2017-08-27
The team, from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center of the MIT, added trace amounts—1 percent—of helium-3 to the traditional combination and tested the new combination at the Alcator C-Mod tokamak. The results showed that the hydrogen-deuterium-helium plasma got wrigglier and hotter, producing 10 times more energy than before.
NASA Has a $3.46 Billion Plan to Ensure the Yellowstone Supervolcano Doesn’t Erupt
Source: futurism.com : Date: 2017-08-23
NASA has detailed a plan to prevent the Yellowstone supervolcano from ever erupting. By drilling into the volcano and pumping water into and out of it at high speeds, they believe they could cool the volcano and use the emerging hot water to generate electricity.
What Powers the World?
Source: Gocompare.com : Date: 2017-07-28
Interactive Map showing energy use by energy souce yround the world.
What Energy Sources Power the World?
Source: Visual Capitalist / Jeff Desjardins : Date: 2017-07-25
A simple satellite image of the Earth at night - the darkness is a blank canvas for the bright city lights that represent the vast extent of human geography. The bright spots help us understand the distribution of population, as well as what areas of the world are generally wealthier and more urban. Meanwhile, the big dark spots – such as over the wilderness in northern Canada, the Amazon basin, or in Niger – show areas that are not densely populated or more rural.
Space Solar Power R&D Competition Initiated by NSS and SPACE Canada
Source: satnews : Date: 2017-05-01
SPACE Canada and the National Space Society (NSS), working with the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Power Committee, the Global Space Solar Power Working Group (GSSP-WG) of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), have organized a new annual faculty-advised, student-conducted international research and engineering research/paper competition on the topic of Space Solar Power.
Japan Demonstates Wireless Power Transmission for Space-Based Solar Farms
Source: IEEE.Spectrum / Evan Ackerman : Date: 2017-06-19
JAXA was able to deliver 1.8 kilowatts “with pinpoint accuracy” to a receiving antenna (rectenna) 55 meters away using carefully directed microwaves. According to JAXA, this is the first time that anyone’s been able to send such a high power output with this level of direction control.
Space-based solar: China starts to planet!
Source: Energy Live News - Energy Made Easy : Date: 2017-06-14
The solar panels of the future could harness the sun’s energy directly from space. China plans to build the first space based solar power station in 2025, a 100kW system. The reason I think it’s exciting is because it will work 365 days a year, 24 hours a day and beam down power either with a microwave or a laser – that’s an amazing achievement.
This Orbital Fruit Roll-Up Could Be the Future of Solar Power in Space
Source: Motherboard : Date: 2017-06-20
Solar power is becoming more widely adopted on Earth, but in space, it's been a default energy source for decades. The International Space Station (ISS) is powered by four sets of massive solar arrays, each measuring 112 by 39 feet, that collect enough sunlight to power 40 average homes.
Better than Paris: space solar power
Source: The Space Review / Lt. Col. Peter Garretson : Date: 2017-06-19
A national program in space-based solar power (SBSP) could do more for solving climate change than the Paris Accord ever could. SBSP is the advanced energy source that “shovel ready,” is fully renewable, produces no greenhouse gasses, is not intermittent, has 24-hour availability, could be made-in-America and could scale to all global demand six times over. Within a generation, we could transform our society to abundant clean energy, enable a $300-trillion global economy, create five million new jobs, drive all carbon emissions to zero, and then have spare energy to suck carbon out of the air.
Deep Space Industries announces Prospector-1 mission to an asteroid
Source: Blasting News : Date: 2016-08-10
Asteroid material could be used to build structures in space, including satellites, solar power stations, and, eventually, space colonies. Deep Space ...
China's Unique Space Ambitions
Source: The Diplomat : Date: 2016-08-17
There are three areas in particular where China's space activities are focused at this point in time: Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), lunar and ...
The Future of Education Is Founded on AI, 3D Printing and NewSpace Tech
Source: ENGINEERING.com : Date: 2016-07-28
Zielinski explained that the additive manufacturing, space solar power and orbital space debris mitigation and remediation ECEs are already well ...
Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 2)
Source: The Space Review : Date: 2016-07-25
Lots of Shuttle stories as we worked through the trauma of Challenger, but also solar power satellite and space station stories. Gen X coded the World ...
Can We Place Solar Panels in Space?
Source: AltEnergyMag (press release) : Date: 2016-08-22
Since clouds, atmosphere and nighttime are absent in space, satellite-based solar panels would be able to capture and transmit substantially more ...
Novel 3D solar cells to undergo testing in space
Source: India Today : Date: 2016-07-18
Washington, Jul 19 (PTI) A novel 3D solar cell that was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) will be installed on the exterior of the station ...
Solar panels study reveals impact on Earth
Source: Science Daily : Date: 2016-07-14
"This is particularly important as solar parks take up more space per unit of power generated compared with traditional sources. This has implications ...
Independence from Nuclear Power in Space, and on Earth
Source: Public News Service : Date: 2016-07-06
Juno is the first spacecraft to use only solar power so far from Earth. ... Until now, space missions beyond the orbit of Mars have used nuclear fuel for ...
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