The US and China are racing to build space-based solar power infrastructure that would ...

With a time-traveling, Mars-exploring, alien-fighting, android/barbarian governor, is it any wonder that California is looking to harness the power of the Final Frontier? A Manhattan Beach-based ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

Space-based solar power represents a transformative shift in renewable energy, capturing sunlight in orbit and transmitting electricity to Earth continuously. Orbiting photovoltaic arrays receive ...

Japan’s OHISAMA Project is a practical demonstration of space-based solar power (SBSP)—which, if scaled up, could solve many ...

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched. A new study published in Joule00255-7) suggests that Europe could one day ...

A team of researchers from China has proposed a plan for a space solar power (SSP) demonstration mission. The mission aligns with the first step of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) SSP ...

Forward-looking: Beaming solar energy from space could address several drawbacks of today's ground-based solar technology. Organizations around the world are developing ways to deploy orbital solar ...

The conversation around energy is changing fast. With growing concerns about energy security, climate targets, and the increasing pressure to meet rising global energy demand, solutions that were once ...

Energy companies are exploring alternative ways to access less conventional clean energy sources in a bid to support a global green transition and accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels. One of ...