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

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 ...

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 ...

Space solar power, or what I like to call Starlink for electricity, is at once a ludicrous idea and a bit of a pipe dream. None of that is stopping Baiju Bhatt from giving it a go. The billionaire ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

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 ...

(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 ...

While solar power is considered an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels, there are drawbacks such as the need for bulky, costly solar panels and the availability of solar in northern ...

According to Star Catcher, “using space-based optical power beaming, the Star Catcher Network collects and concentrates ...