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How US firm plans to beam solar power from orbit after world-first aircraft laser test
In late November, a Cessna turboprop aircraft flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters performed an impressive world-first ...
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A startup just beamed electricity from a moving airplane to prove we can harvest solar power from space
On a blustery November day in 2025, a Cessna turboprop fought its way through the skies over Pennsylvania. The conditions ...
Space-based solar power could provide round-the-clock access to renewable energy, sidestepping one of the technology's biggest limitations. Now the idea is going to get its first true test after a ...
Solar power has become an important part of our civilization, especially in recent years, and it is presently crucial to our existence. Solar panel farms spread far and wide across the planet, on ...
Scientists are hoping to show that space-based solar power is more than a futuristic concept, and potentially the next big thing in clean energy. Weighing in at just 110 pounds, the prototype ...
Solar power has become the lowest-cost way to generate electricity on Earth. But building it on Earth places some significant limits on how much power it can generate, with the darkness and clouds ...
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