On May 28, 2024, I was pleased at the invitation from EPFL to speak about my background, Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), our ESA funded study 'Greater Earth Lunar Power Station' and a SBSP Case Study for Switzerland. To address the energy and climate crises, renewed interest in Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) is being [...]
Humanity is at a crossroads: we must decide if we prefer to live and prosper in an energy-rich world, or attempt to survive in an energy poor-one. Finding a viable solution to the impending energy and climate crises confronting humanity is urgently necessary. The fundamental causes of these interrelated issues are the many environmental and [...]
Due to the climate and energy crises, much discussion has focused on the anticipated ‘transition’ from fossil fuels for energy production to cleaner alternative sources of energy. Consequently, terrestrial energy sources such as solar and wind are being deployed at an increasing pace, yet these represent only a small percentage of the current global [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
As the 21st century unfolds, humanity finds that it needs more room and more resources to sustain its numbers and to maintain its thirst for further development and knowledge. The finite planetary resources that contributed immensely to its present state are being exhausted to unsustainable levels and their uncontrolled use within the biosphere is resulting [...]
Due to the many assessments and reports issued since 1990 by the United Nation’s IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – and the subsequent international commitment to address the climate issue achieved in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change which, as of February 2020 has now been signed by 189 countries, a Climate [...]
Among all of nature’s diverse systems, energy is the principal driver of the increasing complexity of galaxies, stars, planets and life-forms in the expanding universe. Energy flows engendered largely by the expanding cosmos seem to be as universal as anything yet found in nature. Indeed, unlocking Earth's vast energy reserves enabled our species to embark [...]
Last year, Astrostrom GmbH analyzed Switzerland's energy situation based on the "Energy Perspectives 2050+" strategy and identified an Energy Dilemma that will lead to an annual energy deficit of 114 TWh by 2050 - equivalent to 15 nuclear power plants the size of Gösgen. As the Sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always [...]
