Flying over Pennsylvania, the small airplane wirelessly beamed power down to receivers on the ground. The flight test marked ...

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

Helio Corporation (OTCID: HLEO) (“Helio” or the “Company”) today announced its strategic positioning to lead the emerging space-based solar power (SBSP) market as global attention on orbital energy ...

This test flight, conducted by the Ashburn, Virginia-based startup Overview Energy, marks a major victory in the quest for ...

Last year, Aetherflux, a startup founded by a physicist with a background in financial services, announced it was developing a novel space-based solar power technology. Instead of the large arrays in ...

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 ...

In general, solar PV deposited on glass is significantly more efficient than thin film, but this is the price you pay for off-world deployments. Paul Warley, CEO of Colorado-based Ascent Solar, told ...

A new study assesses the risk of space-based solar power satellites damaging nearby orbital space infrastructure with ...

As global energy demands grow space-based solar power (SBSP) may offer a compelling long-term solution. A comprehensive international assessment completed under the International Academy of ...

Beijing team finds that potential electrical discharges, though brief, could induce abnormal currents in spacecraft systems.

China is racing to turn a long imagined science fiction concept into hardware: a gigawatt scale solar power plant in orbit ...

Space-based solar power systems (or SBSPs) are different in that they collect energy in Earth orbit. There is no atmosphere or clouds, making this method much more efficient than on the ground. In ...