UK offshore 'best location' for giant space solar project
Alongside oil, gas, wind and hydrogen, the North Sea could host space-based solar collectors under plans proposed by a UK developer.
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Alongside oil, gas, wind and hydrogen, the North Sea could host space-based solar collectors under plans proposed by a UK developer.
The project by UK-based Space Solar Ltd involves putting solar panels into Earth's orbit, assembled by robots, that convert electricity into high-frequency radio waves transmitted to the surface.
Scientists in the county could be at the forefront of a project which would see solar farms operating from space.
Today marks the first anniversary of the Space Bridge between UK and Australia
Concept — which uses giant reflectors in orbit around our planet to take in the sun's rays. it points to potentially unlimited electricity, with no carbon footprint. more energy from the sun hits earth in one year than the total ever provided by fossil fuels and nuclear power. so — is this the future or pie in the sky? well — dr sam adlen is the co—chair of the uk's space energy initiative and head of innovation at the satellite applications catapult — which aims to capture 10% of the global space market by 2030, and he explained to me how it would work. for a country like the uk if ...