Beam solar energy from space? These scientists say yes
The hurdles that have grounded space-based solar in the past aren’t merely technical, they’re also financial.
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The hurdles that have grounded space-based solar in the past aren’t merely technical, they’re also financial.
A century ago, George Bernard Shaw said, “The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” He’s probably grave-spinning in this Information Age that’s also the
The concept of space-based solar power has been an idea since the 1960s; harnessing the energy of the sun using satellites and beaming it to Earth.
Space-based solar power could make a massive contribution towards safe, clean, renewable energy.
The idea of space-based solar power (SBSP) – using satellites to collect energy from the Sun and "beam" it to collection points on Earth – has been around since at least the late 1960s.