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11-08-2024	5.680	Space-based solar power: Generating electricity above Earth	Ynet news /. Yuval Rosenberg	Countries worldwide are advancing technologies to generate electricity from massive solar panel arrays in space, aiming to harness continuous solar energy for a sustainable and reliable power source		Y		Energy
11-05-2024	5.671	Space Solar Power	Space Settlement Progress	Swiss company Astrostrom GMBH, headed by astronautical artist and researcher Arthur R. Woods, has presented an ambitious plan to provide power from space. Space Solar is a company established in the UK as a commercial entity for ownership and delivery of the Space-Based Solar power development programme as outlined in Space Energy Initiative. The ESA SOLARIS Space-based Solar Power Initiative will consist of system studies, technology developments, stakeholder engagement and research activities to mature the technical, economic and programmatic feasibility of Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) for terrestrial clean energy needs		Y	Y	Energy
	5.658	Space-Based Solar Power: Generating Electricity Above Earth	מכון דוידסון	The European Space Agency (ESA) aims to lead a trillion-dollar industry, while China has entered the race with determination, with some suggesting it is already in the lead. Meanwhile, the United States, which first promoted the idea in the 1970s, has renewed its interest, ...		Y		Energy
	5.651	Solar power from satellites poised to become reality within a year	TechSpot	In a nutshell: The European Space Agency spent years studying space-based solar power as a potential solution for meeting one-third of the ...Aetherflux is starting small with just a single satellite positioned about 500 km up in low-earth orbit.		Y		Energy
09-09-2024	5.648	Space solar inspires hope and skepticism as it inches closer to reality	cipher news / Anca Gurzu	The concept of sending solar power to Earth from space has been around for decades. NASA and the U.S. Energy Department investigated it “quite extensively” during the 1970s oil crisis as a way of finding “reliable clean energy that’s from an inexhaustible source,” explained Sanjay Vijendran, who leads Solaris, the space solar program at the European Space Agency (ESA)...		Y		Energy
	5.632	Space presents the final frontier for energy	Power Technology	In space the sun's energy is continual and cloud-free, so offers a consistent energy source. The ESA has been developing satellite technology to convert the Sun’s energy in space and transmit it back to the Earth.		Y		Energy
10-09-2024	5.627	Space presents the final frontier for energy	Verdict	The ESA has been developing satellite technology to convert the Sun’s energy in space and transmit it back to the Earth. Finally, researchers in Switzerland have worked on a campaign for clean space energy. This includes a Greater Earth Lunar Power Station, which is a solar power satellite constructed primarily from lunar resources. The Lunar Power Station would be made up of Moon-manufactured solar cells that beam down power to receivers on the moon’s surface for future activities on the moon.		Y	Y	Energy
10-02-2024	5.614	Space-Based Solar Power for U.S. Energy Independence	POWER Magazine	Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit ...		Y		Energy
	5.612	The space-based solar power systems: state of the art and implications	ISPI	Research on space solar power has gained momentum over the past decade, with major space-faring nations developing projects to harness this energy ..		Y		Energy
	5.579	The Race for Space-Based Solar Power	WIRED	Beaming solar energy from space is not new; telecommunications satellites have been sending microwave signals generated by solar power back to Earth ... “You really have a source of 24/7 clean power from space,” Vijendran said. The power can be transmitted regardless of weather conditions because of the frequency of the microwaves. “A 1-gigawatt power plant in space would be comparable to the top five solar farms on earth. A power plant with a capacity of 1 gigawatt could power around 875,000 households for one year,” said Andrew Glester, host of the Physics World podcast.		Y		Energy
	5.578	Will space-based solar power ever make sense?	Ars Technica	The Solaris initiative is exploring two possible technologies, according to Sanjay Vijendran, lead for the Solaris initiative at the ESA: one that involves beaming microwaves from a station in geostationary orbit down to a receiver on Earth and another that involves using immense mirrors in a lower orbit to reflect sunlight down onto solar farms. He said he thinks that both of these solutions are potentially valuable. Space Solar is working on a satellite design called CASSIOPeiA, which Physics World describes as looking “like a spiral staircase, with the ...		Y		Energy
	5.549	Is it time to put a dimmer on the push for space solar power?	Space.com / Leonard David	The thought of beaming power to an energy-hungry Earth from space has long been studied. It was first proposed over 80 years ago in science ...		Y		Energy
	5.545	Solar Power From Orbiting Satellites?	The Environmental Magazine	Credit: European Space Agency. Dear EarthTalk: How feasible is creating orbiting solar plants that can beam energy down to Earth? If it's possible, ...		Y		Energy
	5.543	Beaming solar to earth will change energy forever, says space agency chief: but is it safe?	Recharge News	Space-based solar has unique advantages over other energy sources and should get the same funding as other 'holy grail' technologies like fusion, ...		Y		Energy
	5.542	Renewable Energy's Next Frontier — Space	CEPA	Space solar power is superior to earth-based production. Orbiting the Earth at 35,000 kilometers above its surface and continuously facing the sun, ..		Y		Energy
	5.538	Space, the new frontier of photovoltaics	Enel Green Power	The idea is to set up space-based solar power plants 36,000 km above the Earth's surface, in a geostationary orbit: that is, a circular orbit around ...		Y		Energy
05-10-2024	5.536	Space-Based Solar Power: A Skeptic's Take	IEEE Spectrum / Henri Barde	The European Space Agency (ESA) debuted in 2022 its space-based solar-power program, called Solaris, with an inspiring (but entirely fantastical) ...		Y		Energy
05-03-2024	5.529	Photovoltaic panels in space: a possible revolution in solar energy	Enel Group	Discover the future of space-based solar power with photovoltaic panels in space and their benefits for a revolutionary energy transition. If this first phase of the SOLARIS project is successful and the plan is deemed viable, a prototyping phase will begin after 2025, with the goal of bringing the first one-megawatt plant into orbit by 2030. Then, Rossi further explains, successively larger plants will follow, until the goal of multi-gigawatts of installed capacity is reached between 2040 and 2045. "That’s the reference size that is considered optimal for a single station today, the power needed for a commercial space-based power plant to be considered economically viable."		Y		Energy
05-02-2024	5.527	Europe is falling behind in the race to develop space-based solar power	TheNextWeb	Space-based solar power could help solve some of the energy transition woes plaguing Europe. But is it too good to be true? Meanwhile, startups like Swiss Astrostrom and Finnish ReOrbit are developing new satellite configurations to meet the needs of future European Space Agency (ESA) projects. These companies are all poised to capitalise on stronger support for SBSP.		Y	Y	Energy
	5.523	Here comes the Sun - space-based solar power in the spotlight	Royal Aeronautical Society	Could 24/7 solar power from orbit be the answer to the world's future energy challenges? KATE ARKLESS GRAY reports from the International ...		Y	Y	Energy
	5.521	Europeans Are Hellbent on Making Satellites to Beam Electricity Down from Space	autoevolution	The European Space Agency (ESA) is presenting this week in London its Solaris initiative on Space-Based Solar Power - beaming electricity from ...		Y		Energy
	5.518	Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power	ROOM - The Space Journal	The surge of excitement in SBSP is driven by recent techno-economic studies for NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) which have concluded that SBSP is both technically and economically feasible. Such conclusions are driven by advances in robotics, decreasing hardware costs and, most significantly, decreasing launch costs, due to the emergence of reusable and more sustainable rockets.		Y		Energy
	5.515	Collecting solar power directly from space: Are space solar farms a realistic solution?	France 24 / YouTube	To mark Earth Day, we take a look at the energy transition and how to better harness the power of the sun. Photovoltaic panels have been used ...		Y	Y	Energy
	5.512	ESA to present SOLARIS space-based solar initiative at London conference	PV Tech	The European Space Agency (ESA) will present an initiative aiming to deliver space-based solar power at a conference in London this week.		Y		Energy
	5.511	Solar power plants in space: SOLARIS is looking for the best conce	Notebookcheck	Solar cells in orbit could permanently supply huge amounts of electricity around the clock, regardless of the weather and without using up land surface. Now it's all about the technical realization and financial feasibility of electricity from space. Two concepts are in the starting blocks.		Y		Energy
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