Solar Electricity from Orbit

Beaming electric power from space could be a viable solar energy option for the near future in the estimation of engineer and researcher Martin Hoffert. Tapping the continuous sunlight in space would avoid the costly challenges of massive terrestrial storage and the transmission of intermittent solar and wind power to match electric-demand curves.

Practical application of this concept, Hoffert maintains, could be markedly accelerated by experiments feasible now — some employing the International Space Station and including orbital mirrors and microwave and laser beaming in space. Economies of scale from commercialization would also help to make solar electricity from orbit a feasible addition to our mix of renewable energy alternatives.

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