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- Australia leans into space race for solar power with China - A US-Australia joint venture called Solar Space Technologies (SST) has drawn up an extensive plan to build an orbiting solar-power-generated satellite network that could be operational in eight years. https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/australia-leans-into-space-race-for-solar-power-with-china-20190920-p52ta4.html 17 comments space
- Space-Based Solar Power https://www.energy.gov/maps/space-based-solar-power 5 comments space
- China plans to build a space-based solar power station by 2035 https://china-underground.com/2019/12/02/chinese-space-solar-power-station/ 10 comments worldnews
- Is space-based solar power a feasible option with Falcon 9 in the picture? https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/9w3b7q/is_spacebased_solar_power_a_feasible_option_with/ 12 comments space
- Space-based Solar Farms Power Up http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130226-space-based-solar-farms-power-up 6 comments space
- Space Force eyes solar-powered vehicles for operations near the moon - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/space-force-eyes-solar-powered-vehicles-for-operations-near-the-moon/ 7 comments spaceforce
- China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com/chinas-super-heavy-rocket-to-construct-space-based-solar-power-station/ 39 comments space
- Practical Application for Space-Based Solar Power Generation (JAXA) http://global.jaxa.jp/article/interview/vol53/index_e.html 9 comments space
- Japans Moonshot? $21 Billion Space-Based Solar Power Project http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php 19 comments technology
- Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power - Such an initiative would require a 200-fold increase over current space-lift capacity. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/08/european-space-chief-says-continent-will-lead-in-space-based-solar-power/ 10 comments energy
- Earth's oldest artificial satellite -- and oldest space junk -- has been in orbit for 62 years, and should stay there another two centuries. The U.S. launched Vanguard 1 less than five months after Sputnik 1. The solar-powered spacecraft, humanity's first, lost power way back in 1964. https://astronomy.com/news/2020/07/vanguard-1-earths-oldest-artificial-satellite-thats-still-in-orbit 7 comments space
- Why the Future of Solar Power Is from Space - Space-based solar power is the concept of capturing solar energy in outer space and transferring it directly to Earth or other nearby planets. https://singularityhub.com/2018/12/31/why-the-future-of-solar-power-is-from-space/ 20 comments space
- Astronauts to bring asteroid back into lunar orbit: Italian Space Agency presents plans to develop a robotic solar-powered spacecraft capable of displacing a near-Earth asteroid towards lunar orbit for ease of study https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/s-atb080717.php#.wyiy-2gh910.reddit 20 comments space
- Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration https://phys.org/news/2025-04-solar-cells-moon-power-future.amp 4 comments futurology
- Solar power from space is possible but not yet viable https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/17/highs_and_lows_of_sspd_1/?td=rt-3a 8 comments energy
- Solar power from space is possible but not yet viable https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/17/highs_and_lows_of_sspd_1/?td=rt-3a 41 comments technology
- One of these three junction solar cells are the ones powering the new James Webb space telescope https://solaerotech.com/space-solar-cells-cics/ 4 comments energy
- Harvesting energy with space solar panels could power the Earth 24/7 https://www.cnet.com/news/harvesting-energy-with-space-solar-panels-could-power-the-earth-247/ 29 comments futurology
- Wireless power test succeeds - Mitsubishi to beam solar power from outer space http://www.dw.de/mitsubishi-to-beam-solar-power-from-outer-space/a-18314135?maca=en-gk-link-reddit-dwde 16 comments worldnews
- Solar power, white spaces bring 16Mbps broadband to towns without electricity http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/03/solar-power-and-white-spaces-bring-internet-to-towns-without-electricity/ 35 comments technology
- This Man Is Trying to Put Mirrors in Space to Generate Solar Power at Night https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7z3yq/this-man-is-trying-to-put-mirrors-in-space-to-generate-solar-power-at-night 75 comments technology
- Putting Mirrors in Space to Generate Solar Power at Night. Is this viable? Could it create light pollution or other harms? https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7z3yq/this-man-is-trying-to-put-mirrors-in-space-to-generate-solar-power-at-night 149 comments futurology
- A PV antenna for beaming solar power from space to Earth https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/05/19/a-pv-antenna-for-beaming-solar-power-from-space-to-earth/ 8 comments space
- Solar power could replace all US hydro dams using ‘just 13% of the space’ https://www.carbonbrief.org/solar-power-could-replace-all-us-hydro-dams-using-just-13-of-the-space 300 comments technology
- China set to build world's first solar power station in space in the next five years https://www.newsweek.com/sun-solar-power-china-space-renewable-energy-1335145?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true 9 comments worldnews
- Engineers aim to boost the future of renewable energy by collecting solar power in space http://phys.org/news/2012-05-aim-boost-future-renewable-energy.html 6 comments space
- Space Based Solar Power Findings Finally Released http://acuriousguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/space-based-solar-power-findings.html 7 comments space
- Cloud science? Solar-power primacy? Affordable clean-energy cars? Space colonies? Super-centenarians galore? These are some of the visions put forward for the next 50 years in science and technology. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/22/2159108.aspx 3 comments science
- The U.S. Air Force wants to beam solar power from space back to earth, providing remote military outposts with all the electricity they would need https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a29687992/air-force-solar-power-space/ 24 comments worldnews
- U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Developing Space Solar Power Beaming > Robins Air Force Base > Article Display https://www.robins.af.mil/news/article-display/article/1998062/us-air-force-research-laboratory-developing-space-solar-power-beaming/ 4 comments space
- Indian Scientists Design Solar Tree to Save Space for Solar Power Generation http://www.voanews.com/a/indian-scientists-design-solar-tree-to-save-space-for-solar-power-generation/3481641.html 4 comments india
- How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm: JAXA wants to make the sci-fi idea of space-based solar power a reality http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/how-japan-plans-to-build-an-orbital-solar-farm 3 comments space
- By 2050, more than a gigawatt of solar energy will be needed to power space activities. Scientists are looking for ways to make solar energy in space affordable and to keep solar power systems from degrading so quickly in the harsh environment. https://asunow.asu.edu/20181003-asu-researcher-innovates-solar-energy-technology-space 4 comments space
- As the Sun Awakens, NASA Keeps a Wary Eye on Space Weather : NASA says 'sun is waking up from a deep slumber'; Warns solar storms may wreak havoc on power grids, GPS, air travel, radio communications... http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/04jun_swef/ 12 comments science
- In Beyond Earth’s vision, space solar power includes photovoltaics, concentrators, and wireless power transmission systems, including microwave/laser power transmission. Microwaves/lasers beams energy from the satellite to a receiver (rectenna), which then dispatches power terrestrially or the moon. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2021/08/06/solar-power-from-space-by-2030-advocacy-group-shows-how/ 5 comments space
- It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091108/sc_afp/japanspaceenergysolartechnology 49 comments science
- "It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: by 2030 it wants to collect solar power in space and zap it down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves." http://www.sefermpost.com/sefermpost/2009/11/big-shift-japan-targets-solar-station-in-space.html 38 comments worldnews
- Researchers discovered you can make transparent solar windows by punching extremely small holes into crystalline silicon wafers, which when vertical only lose 4% efficiency compared to 30% for traditional solar cells, potentially suitable for powering high-rise buildings with lots of window space. https://www.inverse.com/article/61591-silicon-solar-glass-transparent-efficiency 70 comments science
- In Germany's latest solar program, they are allowing private investors to rent space on school roofs and public buildings for the purpose of solar electricity generation and have already turned 24 schools into mini power plants http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=192 8 comments politics