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Space solar seemed like a nutty idea back in the early 2000’s, but the nut is beginning to crack. A research team at the California Institute of Technology has just wrapped up a months-long, in-orbit test of three key space solar technologies, including a batch of 32 different kinds of solar cells. Perovskite solar cells made the cut for this initial test, but it’s complicated…
Space Solar Is Not Nutty, After All
Space solar refers to the idea of collecting solar energy from orbiting solar arrays, and beaming it down to Earth. That makes sense in a way, considering that solar power has been a feature of outer space activities since the 1950’s.
A space solar array could simply shunt that energy down to Earth, for use on the home planet anywhere in the world, 24/7/365, regardless of…
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