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Space Based Solar Power Brought a Step Closer to Earth

Mila Luleva — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:43:23 +0000

Capturing and sending solar power from space has just gotten real, as a the team of Japanese scientists demonstrated wireless transmission of energy from space for the first time. It was around this time last year, when we first told you about scientists working on a technology that can wirelessly send solar energy from space. It […]

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Space-Based Solar Power in Twenty-Five Years, Says JAXA

Benji Jerew — Thu, 15 May 2014 16:32:08 +0000

Solar power may not be the end-all be-all covering our energy needs, but it is clean, which makes it a good investment into our future. On problem, however, has to do with the efficiency of solar power. According to research, an oil well puts out about 27 W/m2 (watts per square meter), while PV (photovoltaic) […]

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Space-Based Solar Power – An Expensive Proposition

Benji Jerew — Mon, 05 May 2014 16:42:52 +0000

It seems like the stuff of a science fiction book, but space-based solar power, at least theoretically, could eliminate the need for fossil-fuel energy production altogether. Earth-based solar power is as far as we’ve gotten, and some studies suggest that solar power could supply the entire world’s energy needs without huge disruptions of living space. […]

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How Viable is Space-Based Renewable Energy?

Benji Jerew — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:09:51 +0000

Since the beginning of the Space Age, the idea has been around to “beam” renewable energy back down to Earth. Still, flying cars have been on people’s minds since at least the 1930’s, perhaps even earlier if you consider science fiction writings. In fact, there are a lot of science fiction-type technologies that we still […]

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Space-based Solar Farm to be Developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Mike Sandru — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:15:03 +0000

According to a report on Bloomberg, Japan plans to build a space-based solar farm, capable of generating 1GW of green power. The project will be developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a manufacturer of solar panels which will join an AUD $25 billion Japanese project to construct a gigantic solar farm in space within three decades.

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