L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE ...

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

China is racing to turn a long imagined science fiction concept into hardware: a gigawatt scale solar power plant in orbit ...

Energy companies are exploring alternative ways to access less conventional clean energy sources in a bid to support a global green transition and accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels. One of ...

L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Propulsion and Power Systems division to AE Industrial ...

Sierra Space, the company behind the in-development Dream Chaser spaceplane, announced a technology center expansion that will allow it to scale its solar power systems manufacturing. The $45 million ...

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it down to our planet. Isaac Asimov popularized the concept in his 1941 ...

has tracked space solar power and wireless power transfer companies since 2018. There are 52 primarily commercial entries as of September 2023, which makes it one of the largest public lists. Survey ...

The final pair of IROSAs will augment the solar power available for life support and scientific research activities aboard ...

The goal is to soak up abundant clean energy in space and beam it back down to Earth. The goal is to soak up abundant clean energy in space and beam it back down to Earth. is a senior science reporter ...

UK startup Space Solar has signed an agreement with Reykjavik Energy that could see Iceland become the first country to receive power beamed from a space-based solar power plant. The 30-MW ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...