TerraSpark has raised €5M to develop space-based solar power, starting with ground-level wireless transmission and targeting orbit by 2027.

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

A young energy company is promoting a bold plan to beam sunlight from space to Earth, aiming to power solar panels at night and address other problems caused by darkness. The proposal, discussed this ...

Overview Energy emerged from stealth today with a plan to use the world’s solar panels as nighttime collectors of power beamed down from space. The startup plans to use large solar arrays in ...

Following the closure of its €5.4 million ($6.23 million) pre-seed funding round, Luxembourg's TerraSpark aims to carry out its first space-to-earth power transmission in 2028 using radio ...

On a blustery November day, a Cessna turboprop flew over Pennsylvania at 5,000 meters, in crosswinds of up to 70 knots—nearly as fast as the little plane was flying. But the bumpy conditions didn’t ...

Mantis Space, a startup working on a proposed constellation of satellites that beam solar power around in orbit, said March 12 it raised a $10 million seed round of venture capital. According to the ...

The U.S. Air Force and National Security Space Office (NSSO) have launched a study into the feasibility and practicality of developing a solar energy harvesting system that uses satellites to collect ...

In 2011, I published an article in the Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law examining space-based solar ...