Even by the standards of the Space Race, the idea seemed bold, maybe a bit crazy. In 1968, before the first human set foot on the moon, an engineer working on one of the Apollo mission’s experiments ...

Although solar power generation is touted as clean energy, it requires a large amount of land and its output is dependent on the weather. The idea of 'installing a ...

The energy sent is low-intensity, invisible infrared light, which allows ground-based solar projects to generate power even when the sun is not shining. Unlike other concepts, Overview’s wide-beam ...

Japan’s space program is set to make history in 2025 by beaming solar energy from an orbiting satellite down to Earth, marking the first significant test of orbital power transmission. This ambitious ...

いざ、太陽光発電の新境地へ。 日当たりのよい屋根や山間部の斜面などにソーラーパネルが並び、自然エネルギーを生み出す光景がいたるところで見られる時代となりました。 とはいえ、太陽光発電には弱点や課題も。 もっと効率よく、安定した電力供給 ...

What if the boundless energy of the sun could be harnessed not just from Earth, but from the vast expanse of space itself? Imagine a future where colossal satellites orbit the planet, capturing ...

United States-based space solar startup Overview Energy has announced its emergence from stealth mode to work on the next phase of commercialization. Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the company was ...

TOKYO -- A team of Japanese researchers are launching an experiment Wednesday to test technology that would collect solar energy in space and transmit power to Earth.

Dubai Future Foundation releases a report on space-based solar power, a $2tn market that could meet rising global energy demand Dubai Future Foundation (DFF) has released a major new report ...

Dcubed has unveiled plans to demonstrate what it describes as a 2kW in-space manufactured (ISM) solar array, ARAQYS-D3 mission. Basically, a demonstration of space-based energy systems. The system is ...

Overview Energy, a startup attempting to develop a space-based solar power system, plans to demonstrate its technology from a satellite in low Earth orbit in 2028. The Ashburn, Virginia-based company, ...