{"id":165710,"date":"2023-06-13T16:22:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/first-ever-beaming-of-orbital-solar-power"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:22:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T21:22:48","slug":"first-ever-beaming-of-orbital-solar-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/first-ever-beaming-of-orbital-solar-power","title":{"rendered":"First ever beaming of orbital solar power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtNwYweL6hY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The transition to renewable energy, critical for the world\u2019s future, is limited today by energy storage and transmission challenges. Beaming solar power from space is an elegant solution that [\u2026] promises a remarkable payoff for humanity: a world powered by uninterruptible renewable energy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>The California Institute of Technology reports the first successful beaming of solar energy from space down to a receiver on the ground, via the MAPLE instrument on its SSPD-1 spacecraft.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Space-based solar power. Credit: Caltech.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, space-based solar power has attracted growing interest from both governments and businesses. Driven by advances in satellite technology, materials science, and energy transmission methods, experts increasingly view it as a feasible option for clean energy that is likely to be a commercial reality within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futuretimeline.net\/21stcentury\/2041.htm#orbital-solar-power-2040\" target=\"_blank\">next two decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The transition to renewable energy, critical for the world\u2019s future, is limited today by energy storage and transmission challenges. Beaming solar power from space is an elegant solution that [\u2026] promises a remarkable payoff for humanity: a world powered by uninterruptible renewable energy. The California Institute of Technology reports the first successful beaming of solar [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":688,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2028,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-satellites","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}