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Space Solar Power Feasibility Demonstrated by Caltech-Launched Satellite
Any solar panel located in space has enormous advantages over the ones we have here on Earth. They can be located so that they never are inside Earth’s shadow. That means 24 hours of continuous sunlight. They never have to deal with seasonality, cloud cover, and other atmospheric conditions that could reduce the energy yield.
Transmitting this collected solar energy to Earth using diffuse microwave beams would be revolutionary.
Space Solar Power Feasibility Demonstrated by Caltech-Launched Satellite
A satellite demonstrator showed that energy collected from solar panels in space can be beamed to Earth using diffuse microwaves. Widespread deployment similar to the Starlink telecommunications constellation could democratize energy for all the inhabitants of the planet.
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