Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

The system is based on a highly compact and flexible ultrathin soft solar blanket that acts as the collection panel and can unroll once the satellite reaches orbit. As it does so, a 3D printer system ...

(CN) — Beyond the confines of earthly methods, a research team in Europe thinks the continent can meet climate change goals with solar panels in space. Currently, Europe’s decarbonization efforts ...

Solar panels positioned in space could be harnessed to continuously supply up to 80 per cent of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050, a new study says. Researchers from King’s College London estimate ...

Virtus Solis wants to group satellites into massive arrays—100,000 satellites for 100MW—allowing for a highly scalable energy platform. Arrays can grow to 20 Gigawatt or more. Virtus Solis and Silicon ...

In the late 1960s, an engineer named Peter Glaser floated a wild idea: what if we launched giant solar panels into orbit and beamed the power back to Earth? At the time, it sounded like something out ...

Solestial, a manufacturer of lightweight, radiation-hardened silicon PV products for space, has received $1.2 million to fund the development of a novel solar array wing concept for small satellites ...

China is racing to turn a long imagined science fiction concept into hardware: a gigawatt scale solar power plant in orbit ...

Electrical engineer Ed Tate was skeptical of proposals for space-based solar power when he initially heard about the concept seven years ago. “My first reaction was, ‘That really sounds like science ...

The successful test is a proof-of-concept for Overview Energy's plans to deliver solar energy to Earth from satellites. The Northern Virginia startup hopes to conduct orbital ...

Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire Corporation announced it completed the first deployment test of its roll-out solar arrays (ROSA) for the lunar Gateway space station. Redwire said the 60 kW ROSAs ...