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Environment and energy

Space-based solar power: ‘We have nothing to lose and everything to gain’

04 Nov 2024

Martin Soltau believes that a recent NASA report questioning the economics of space-based solar power was wide of the mark

Solar cells in space
Keep on believing Could sunlight captured by solar cells in space be used to power the electrical grid? (Courtesy: Shutterstock/andrey_l)
The most important and pressing issue of our times is the transition to clean energy while meeting r

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Martin Soltau is co-chief executive and executive director of the UK firm Space Solar, e-mail martin.soltau@spacesolar.co.uk. He directed a recent UK government study into the viability of space-based solar power
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