It sounds too good to be true: a plan to harvest solar energy from space and beam it down to Earth using microwaves.But according to Martin Soltau, co-chairman of the Space Energy Initiative (SEI), a partnership of business and academia, it might occur as soon as 2035.This Slogging thread by Valentine Enedah, Mónica Freitas and Teri occurred in slogging’s official #technology channel, and has been edited for readability.Cassiopeia: Solar farms in space might beam electricity to Earth
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62636746A constellation of extremely large satellites will be launched into a high Earth orbit as part of the Cassiopeia project, which is being worked on by SEI. The satellites would capture solar energy once they were in place and send it back to Earth.The Sun has a huge energy reserve, and there is enough space in orbit for satellites powered by solar energy. More…
Can We Harvest Solar Energy from Space and Beam it Down to Earth?
