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Solar cell innovators figured out how to harvest solar energy in space and deploy it on satellites and space stations many years ago. Transferring all those clean kilowatts from space down to earth is a challenge of another order. Still, the new solar technologies of today can lay the groundwork for space-to-Earth transmission by cutting the cost of materials and deployment. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the US startup Solestial.
Solestial Is Prepping For A Space Solar Revolution, Self-Repairing Edition
Solestial cropped up on the CleanTechnica radar almost exactly 12 months ago, when the company earned a NASA contract of almost $850,000 for a project called “Next Generation Silicon Based Solar Arrays for Space Stations and Other Permanent Space Infrastructure.” The contract…
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