Space solar power could be the future of renewable energy. It involves capturing sunlight in orbit and beaming it down to Earth. A new test by Caltech has achieved a record-breaking efficiency of 85%.

#spacesolarpower #renewableenergy #caltech

https://newatlas.com/energy/space-solar-power-transmission-test-caltech/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Space based solar power demonstrator works!

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/in-a-first-caltechs-space-solar-power-demonstrator-wirelessly-transmits-power-in-space

#spacesolarpower #space #caltech

"Electricity from Space: The 1970s DOE/NASA Solar Power Satellite Studies "

https://spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2016/12/energy-from-space-department-of.html

#space #spaceflight #nasa #sps #spacesolarpower

From a 1977 Boeing report on Space Solar Power (giant satellites to beam solar power to Earth), a plot predicting 20% of cars to be battery powered by 1990, and depletion of Uranium reserves by 2000!

#Space #SolarPower #SpaceSolarPower

Space Solar Power Demonstrator Ready for In Space Testing!

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/headed-to-space-today-test-hardware-for-a-solar-power-plant/

#space #spacesolarpower #solar

Do apple news links work in mastodon? It’s from the BBC so I could probably find it there… anyway I thought this was interesting: European Space Agency is consider “Solaris”, a #SpaceSolarPower project: https://apple.news/ALKwS2w2PQqaAUhe9Y12oHw