PARIS (ESA PR) — To prepare Europe for future decision making on Space-Based Solar Power, ESA has proposed a preparatory programme for Europe, initially named SOLARIS, for the upcoming ESA Council at Ministerial Level in November 2022. Space-based solar power is a potential source of clean, affordable, continuous, abundant and secure energy. This basic concept has been given fresh urgency by the need for new sources of clean and secure […]
PARIS (ESA PR) — We urgently need solutions to tackle climate change on Earth. Meanwhile, the space sector is working hard to make space exploration more sustainable. ESA is targeting both ambitions by enabling European academia and industry to take further steps towards space-based solar power (SBSP).
(more…)First space-to-earth solar power station targeted for Oct. 2010
The Examiner
Sir Charles Shults of Xenotech Research describes their current projects, including assisting deployment of an orbital solar power station; ramping up for manufacturing of an affordable, modular 500W Solar Pod for purchase within six months; and designing a residential wind turbine expected to be 1/3 the cost of others.
The space review looks at ISS as a national laboratory, SSP as a viable energy solution, Norm Augustine’s panel as a way to solve America’s space problems, and NRO’s ground stations.
SBSP Session Notes
Lt. Col. Paul Damphousse
USMC
Chief of Advanced Concepts
National Security Space Office
Overall Goal of SBSP Initiative
Generate 10% of military’s power via space by 2050
New Company Looks to Produce Space Based Solar Power Within a Decade
Universe Today
The concept and even some of the hardware for harnessing energy from the sun with orbiting solar arrays has been around for some time. But the biggest challenge for making the concept a reality, says entrepreneur Peter Sage of Space Energy, Inc., is that SBSP has never been commercially viable.
