Table of Contents
- Space-based solar power offers the potential to provide all of humanity’s energy needs in a sustainable manner.”
- Collection:
- Transmission:
- “The key to SBSP is the efficient and safe transmission of energy over long distances.”
- Advantages of Space-Based Collection:
- 24/7
- Brief history and development of SBSP technology
- 1960s
- solar cell technology by over 50%
- Unlimited solar energy:constant, unfiltered sunlight
- Energy independence:global energy demandsfinite resources
- Global coverage:remote areasenergy poverty
- Cost:billions
- Technical challenges:
- solar panel efficiencyspace robotics
- governments, private companies, and research institutions
“Space-based solar power can be the key to unlocking a clean energy future for all.”