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25/09/2023

Sean Moncrieff Podcast: Interview with Martin Soltau

Our Co-CEO, Martin Soltau, sat down for a live interview with Sean Moncrieff about the future of Space-Based Solar Power. The conversation starts at around 45:00. Click here to listen >>

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20/09/2023

New York Times: Looking to Space in the Race to Decarbonize

Ali Hajimiri thinks there’s a better way to power the planet — one that’s not getting the attention it deserves. The Caltech professor of electrical engineering envisages thousands of solar panels floating in space, unobstructed by clouds and unhindered by day-night cycles, wirelessly transmitting massive amounts of energy to receivers on Earth. This year, that […]

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10/08/2023

Satellite Applications Catapult Launches new Partnership with Space Solar to meet the Energy Needs of the 21st Century

For over 10 years, the Satellite Applications Catapult has been helping businesses across the nation harness the power of space technology to improve lives here on Earth. Today, the Catapult announces its most ambitious endeavour to date – a new partnership with Space Solar to tackle one of mankind’s biggest challenges – the need for […]

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01/08/2023

BBC Sounds: People Fixing the World – Surprising Solar

The fast growth of solar power is a success story in the fight against climate change. However, in some countries progress is being stymied by opposition to large solar farms in the countryside. But enterprising people are trying to keep the solar momentum going, by finding less obvious places where we can harness energy from […]

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05/06/2023

Innovation Zero: Space Solar Power A Pioneering Opportunity to Create a New Future for the Next Generation

Hero image: Sam Adlen on the Catalyst Stage at Innovation Zero. Photo courtesy of Innovation Zero. Hear from our Co-CEO Sam Adlen at this years Innovation Zero conference, talking about pioneering opportunities in Space-Based Solar Power. Innovation Zero is a unique event offering a platform for action, positioned between the policy-focused COP events. The best-in-class […]

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05/05/2023

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research: Presentation by Ian Cash on the CASSIOPeiA Solar Power Satellite

Ian gives a comprehensive talk about Space Based Solar Power. He introduces the Space Energy Initiative and the UK programme alongside other international programmes. He addresses many of the mis-perceptions about the technology, and explains how the CASSIOPeiA solar power satellite design delivers class leading performance and economics. View the presentation slides here >>

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25/04/2023

AIAA Aerospace America: Harvesting Sunlight in Space

The UK Space Energy Initiative and Space Solar are featured extensively in this article on several of the international Space Based Solar Power programmes. The author Paul Marks interviews SEI members Martin Soltau and Ian Cash, as well as John Mankins and Pete Swan. Read the full article >>

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17/04/2023

Wired: A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space

The European Space Agency recently announced a new exploratory program called Solaris, which aims to figure out if it is technologically and economically feasible to launch solar structures into orbit, use them to harness the sun’s power, and transmit energy to the ground. If this concept comes to fruition, by sometime in the 2030s Solaris […]

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05/04/2023

Oliver Wyman: A Space-Based Energy Addition to Move the World to Net Zero

The Management Consultancy Oliver Wyman reviews Space Based Solar Power as an important technology to help the world transition to clean energy. It highlights SBSP’s cost competitiveness and ability to scale up rapidly, and highlights CASSIOPeiA Solar Power Satellite as the most promising concept. Read the full article here >>

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