Japan Space Systems (JSS) will operate aircraft equipped with solar panels flying 5-to-7 kilometers above sea level and beam back microwaves to the ground that will be turned into electricity. JSS is ...
UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW ...
Space Solar wants to keep the lights on in Iceland by beaming solar power from space in a massive step to limitless renewable energy for all. In what could be the world’s first commercial ...
Solar-powered lasers that run on the photosynthetic machinery of bacteria could one day provide a low mass, simple and sustainable means of providing power in space, replacing the usual heavy ...
The primary source is the sun, with disturbances coming from solar flares, coronal mass ejections and magnetic storms. Scientists from Nasa, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the ...