Tons of Mirrors, an energy company that focuses on making solar energy cheaper and accessible, plans to make sunlight a 24-hour phenomenon. The company CEO Ben Nowack is a 26-year-old technology innovator who previously worked with Space X. Nowack has plans of installing a special setup in space, incorporating large mirrors that could redirect sunlight to solar panels on Earth at night.
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“Today, with the solar panels that are out there, it’s a $20 billion-a-year industry,” said Nowack as reported by Vice. “What I’m building is bigger than any of the markets they currently have. If this is the electric solution, and let’s say in 200 years this replaces fossil fuels, it’s a $17 trillion market.”
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The setup would be positioned on the International Space Station…