The climate and energy crises and the urgent need for sustainable and clean energy have created a ‘window of opportunity’ for energy providers – a window that is also a multi-trillion investment opportunity for Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP). Using data from the 2024 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, total world energy consumption [...]
A Public-Private Partnership to Enable Development of Space-Based Solar Power Astrostrom is proposing the creation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to enable development of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP). The public entity - the Greater Earth Energy Organisation (GEEO) - represents a multi-national treaty organisation consisting of nation-stakeholders, independent of any other governmental organisation or [...]
"To build a bridge is much more than connecting points A and B. It's laying the foundations of a whole new economy" The development and growth of the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) system will build upon several “flywheel effects”, which accelerate each other, build greater momentum, and maintain growth over a long time. [...]
In this discussion at the Dubai Futures Forum that took place during COP 28 in 2023, the space experts allude to the eventual use of lunar resources for the manufacture of Space Solar Power components to supply Earth with sustainable clean energy. Astrostrom GmbH has been investigating the feasibility of a “Greater Earth Lunar Power [...]
At the invitation of China's FutureSpace corporation, I was pleased to present the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) at the MYLAKE Aerospace Information Industry International Ecosystem Event in Chongqing, China on November 21, 2023. The theme of the event was 'One Starry Sky, One Shared Future'. This event attracted over 1,000 participants, including representatives [...]
We are pleased to report that our paper ' The Lunar Space Elevator: A Key Technology for Realising the Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS)' was published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Special Issue: Future Directions for Space Elevators (Volume 76 No.7 July 2023) The issue contained the following papers: David Raitt: [...]
We were pleased to present the results of our OSIP study: The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station at the International (On-line) Conference on Energy from Space organized by ESA and the UK space agency. The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) Arthur Woods, Andreas Vogler, Patrick Collins, Dmitrijis Gasperovics Astrostrom GmbH, 8259 Kaltenbach, Switzerland Keywords: [...]
The Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) Astrostrom GmbH has been investigating the feasibility of a "Greater Earth Lunar Power Station" (GE⊕-LPS) (*) manufactured on the Moon and assembled at the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 1 to provide power from lunar orbit to operations on the surface of the Moon. Once the initial station is in [...]
Astrostrom presented initial results of its ESA funded OSIP feasibility study: Greater Earth Lunar Power Station (GE⊕-LPS) at the Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2023 on April 19 Arthur Woods, CEO of Astrostrom GmbH, speaking at the 2023 Luxembourg Space Resources Week In the context of ESA’s open call for proposals “Clean Energy [...]
In 2020 Astrostrom GmbH responded to two ESA open calls for new mission ideas. In the first call: “What’s Next? New Space Missions and Ideas” Astrostrom’s proposal for an orbital demonstration of Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) was one of several ideas selected from 201 submissions for further evaluation. In response to ESA’s open call: "Clean [...]
