Dispatchable, baseload solar power could be beamed down from space by 2035, a UK company developing the technology has claimed. Space-based solar uses large panels, located in Earth’s orbit, to generate electricity which is then converted into microwaves that are beamed into receivers on the ground. Oxfordshire-based Space Solar says the orbiting panels can generate 13 times as much electricity as those located on the Earth’s surface.
Solar panels in space could power UK by 2035
