Wireless power beaming has quietly crossed a threshold that once belonged to science fiction, with a U.S. space-focused solar ...

Is space-based solar power a costly, risky pipe dream? Or is it a viable way to combat climate change? Although beaming solar power from space to Earth could ultimately involve transmitting gigawatts, ...

Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its ...

"Once Starship is fully reusable, that will drive down the cost." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. LONDON — SpaceX's Starship will ...

The biggest stories from this week include the conclusions of discussions at COP30, the relationship between space solar and ...

Researchers in Malaysia designed a photovoltaic-thermal system that can be used in solar drying, space heating, rooftop systems, and off-grid thermal applications. It relies on a double-pass cooling ...

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 ...

Beaming solar energy from space is not new; telecommunications satellites have been sending microwave signals generated by solar power back to Earth since the 1960s. But sending useful amounts of ...

British startup plans to supply solar power from space to Icelanders by 2030, in what could be the world's first demonstration of this novel renewable energy source. The space solar power project, ...

A lot of space for solar panels already exists above roads and parking lots, as well as along noise barriers and on hard road shoulders. But its potential in these places has remained largely untapped ...