The concept of harnessing solar energy from space might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s rapidly edging ...

It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate energy in space, according to new research. It's viable to produce low-cost, lightweight solar panels that can generate ...

Like nuclear fusion, the idea of space-based solar power has always seemed like a futuristic technology with an actual deployment into communities ever remaining a couple of decades away.

Perovskite solar cells are increasingly being viewed as a possible game-changer as a source of power in space – here’s why. Low Earth orbit satellites need a reliable juice source as they zip ...

A 10-month mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth. One year ago, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to ...

It'll be a long time before money spent on this tech bears more fruit than simply building more solar arrays here on the Earth. Indeed, should a space-based energy transmission antenna be deployed ...

The coming wave of satellite constellations all need power, but solar panels built for space are extremely expensive and difficult to manufacture. Solestial is ready to change that with space ...

Europe is seriously considering developing space-based solar power to increase its energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the leader of the European Space Agency said this week.