Articles (chronological) – See also China, India, and Japan below
- UK Government: Space based solar power: de-risking the pathway to net zero (September 27, 2021)
- AME Info: Renewable energy solutions literally out of this world (September 6, 2021)
- Space News: China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft (August 27, 2021)
- Financial Times: Asimov’s vision of space-based solar power is more than science fiction (August 24, 2021)
- UK Today News: China is looking to build ginormous miles-wide ‘megastructures’ in space (August 20, 2021)
- The Science Times: China Embraces Space-Based Solar Power to Meet 2060 Carbon Neutral Target (August 19, 2021)
- Texas News Today: China unveiled plans to launch a mile-long fleet of solar panels into space (August 19, 2021)
- Daily Mail: China reveals plans to launch a fleet of mile-long solar panels into space to beam energy back to Earth by 2035 (August 18, 2021)
- New Scientist: Solar panels in space could help power the UK by 2039, claims report (August 18, 2021)
- ArsTechnica: Where the sun always shines: Putting solar in space (August 18, 2021)
- The Star (Malaysia): China aims to use space-based solar energy station to harvest sun’s rays to help meet power needs (August 17, 2021)
- The Register: China starts testing tech to harvest solar energy from orbiting panels (August 17, 2021)
- IEEE Spectrum: Solar Power from Space? Caltech’s $100 Million Gambit (August 11, 2021)
- PV Magazine: Solar power from space by 2030? Advocacy group shows how (August 6, 2021)
- SpaceRef: Beyond Earth Announces Major Space Solar Power US Policy Recommendations (August 5, 2021)
- Space.com: Space solar power project got off the ground with billionaire’s $100 million donation (August 4, 2021)
- Caltech: Caltech Announces Breakthrough $100 Million Gift to Fund Space-based Solar Power Project (August 3, 2021)
- Space News: It’s time to seriously consider space-based solar power (July 26, 2021)
- Solar Magazine: Building the Next Era of Solar in Space (July 15, 2021)
- Space News: China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station (June 28, 2021)
- Science Times: Space Solar Power Could Revolutionize Energy As US Air Force Plans to Harvest This Unlimited Source (May 26, 2021)
- Gadgets360: US Air Force Plans to Harvest Solar Energy in Space, Send It to Earth (May 21, 2021)
- Breaking Defense: Solar Power Sats Help Drive DoD Deep Space Push (April 29, 2021)
- SyFy Wire: Could the Air Force’s solar beaming project deliver direct power to Earth? (April 29, 2021)
- Cosmos: Beam the Sun down, Scotty (April 27, 2021)
- Task & Purpose: The Air Force has a groovy idea to beam sunshine power down from space on radio waves (April 26, 2021)
- space.com: The US Air Force wants to beam solar power to Earth from space (with video) (April 25, 2021)
- Los Alamos Daily Post: Earth Day Feature: Beaming Solar Power From Satellite Array (April 21, 2021)
- space.com: Space-based solar power getting key test aboard US military’s mysterious X-37B space plane (April 8, 2021)
- Freethink: Solar Panels in Space Could Beam Continuous Energy Back to Earth (March 20, 2021)
- Science Times: Energy From Space Could Soon Be Beamed Anywhere in the World Using the Space-Based Solar Panel (February 24, 2021)
- Daily Mail: US Navy successfully tests an orbiting solar panel the size of a pizza box that could one day beam power from space to ANYWHERE on Earth (February 24, 2021)
- Interesting Engineering: The Space-Based Solar Arrays That Could Power Our Planet (February 24, 2021)
- CNN: A solar panel in space is collecting energy that could one day be beamed to anywhere on Earth (February 23, 2021)
- MENAFM: USA Can End Global Warming (February 23, 2021)
- Skynews Australia: China is ‘very advanced’ in space-based solar power (February 18, 2021)
- Interesting Engineering: Space-Based Solar Power Could Accelerate Transition to Sustainable Energy (February 3, 2021)
- Popular Mechanics: The Air Force Is Building a Spacecraft That Will Beam Solar Power to Earth (December 30, 2020)
- CleanTechnica: Solar Power Beamed Down To Earth From From Space Moves Forward (December 27, 2020)
- Edwards Air Force Base: AFRL Receives First Component Of Solar-Beaming Project (December 10, 2020)
- NY Jets 101: Scientists and experts think that space solar power stations could mitigate our energy problems (December 5, 2020)
- Hindu BusinessLine: Are space solar stations round the corner? (December 2, 2020)
- Aviation Week and Space Technology: Decision Time for Space-Based Solar Power (November 30, 2020)
- BBC: Solar power stations in space could help save the planet (November 26, 2020)
- Vice: Beaming Solar Power From Space to Earth Is a Sci-Fi Dream That’s Getting Closer (November 20, 2020)
- Gov.UK: UK government commissions space solar power stations research (November 14, 2020). Reported in numerous sources.
- Aviation Week: U.S. Should Consider Benefits Of Space Solar Power (October 28, 2020)
- SpaceNews: Aerospace Corp. calls for collaboration in space solar power (October 22, 2020)
- MENAFN: Howard Bloom’s Space Solar Power – The Solution To Man-Made Climate Change (October 2, 2020)
- The Hill: The Space Force’s relevance to the green agenda (September 19, 2020)
- The Drive: We Talk To The Scientist Whose Revolutionary Power Beaming Experiment Is Flying On The X-37B (July 30, 2020)
- Navy Research Laboratory: NRL conducts first test of solar power satellite hardware in orbit (May 18, 2020)
- Politico: Why the new X-37 space plane mission is a big deal: U.S. plans to pursue grand world-changing ideas like space solar power (May 16, 2020)
- Space Policy Online: Next X-37B Spaceplane Mission to Test Space-to-Earth Microwave Power Beaming (May 6, 2020)
- GeekWire: Space Force will test solar power transmission during X-37B space plane’s next mystery flight (May 6, 2020)
- Defense One: The Air Force’s Secret Space Plane Is Part of A Plan to One Day Shoot Microwaves to Earth (May 6, 2010)
- Breaking Defense: X-37B’s Next Mission To Demo Space-Based Solar Power (May 6, 2020)
- NSS Blog: Power-Beaming Demonstrated on International Space Station (April 17, 2020)
- Nanalyze: Space-Based Solar Power for Energy Transmission (April 14, 2020)
- Wonderful Engineering: Scientists Figure Out A Way To Beam Solar Energy From Space (January 22, 2020)
- Spectrum News: N.C. Researcher Says New Green Energy Tech Could Help Reverse Climate Change (January 8, 2020)
- Sustainable Energy Forms: US and China Is Trying to Harvest the Energy of the Sun (December 5, 2019)
- AME Info: Fact, not fiction: China, US, want to harvest solar energy directly in space (December 3, 2109)
- KHMER Times: China aims to build space-based solar power station (December 3, 2019)
- Xinhua Net: China to build space-based solar power station by 2035 (December 2, 2019)
- Wired: How to Get Solar Power on a Rainy Day? Beam It From Space (December 2, 2019)
- NetworkWorld: Space-sourced power could beam electricity where needed (November 13, 2019)
- The World News: Air Force Working On Plans To Beam Solar Energy Down From Space (November 5, 2019)
- Air Force Technology: USAF and Northrop develop space-based solar power beaming capability (October 28, 2019)
- AeroTech News: Air Force Research Laboratory developing space solar power beaming (October 26, 2019)
- Edwards Air Force Base: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Developing Space Solar Power Beaming (October 24, 2019)
- Washington Post: How NASA could help stop climate change with solar satellites (October 23, 2019)
- Naval Research Lab: Researchers transmit energy with laser in ‘historic’ power-beaming demonstration (October 22, 2019)
- Sydney Morning Herald: Australia leans into space race for solar power with China (October 4, 2019)
- Foreign Policy: Space Research Can Save the Planet—Again (July 20, 2019)
- International Policy Digest: Shoot for the Sun: Why the U.S. Should Prioritize Space-Based Solar Power (July 19, 2019)
- The Space Review: Why the next Space Policy Directive needs to be to the Secretary of Energy (July 1, 2019)
- Foreign Policy: China Is Winning the Solar Space Race (June 16, 2019)
- Wonderful Engineering: China Will Be Setting Up A Solar Power Station In Space (April 19, 2019)
- The Strategist: Space-based solar power and 21st-century geopolitical competition (April 2, 2019)
- The Daily Galaxy: “Stupendous”–China’s Leap to Space-Based Solar Power: ‘Will Beam Sun’s Energy Back to Earth’ (March 18, 2019)
- CNBC: China plans a solar power play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago (March 17, 2019)
- Forbes: Solar Power Stations in Space Could Supply the World with Limitless Energy (March 12, 2019)
- Clean Technica: China Exploring Space-Based Solar Power (March 11, 2019)
- The Science Times: Solar Panels in Space Is the Next Frontier (March 10, 2019)
- NBC News: Solar farms in space could be renewable energy’s next frontier (March 9, 2019)
- CNN: Space power plant and a mission to Mars: China’s new plans to conquer the final frontier (March 3, 2019)
- China Daily: Scientists envision solar power station in space (February 27, 2019)
- The Hill: First the moon, now China plans to launch space-based solar power satellite (February 22, 2019)
- Nature: China sets sights on first solar power stations in space (February 20, 2019)
- Inverse.com: How China’s Space-Bound Solar Installation Will Beam Power Down to Earth (February 19, 2019)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Plans for first Chinese solar power station in space revealed (February 15, 2019)
- Singularity Hub: Why the Future of Solar Power Is from Space (December 31, 2018)
- Phys.org: Earth’s health could benefit from space solar power, self-sustaining farms and your diet (September 13, 2018)
- Coherent Chronicle: Japan Plans to Harvest Solar Power from Space by 2030 (September 10, 2018)
- Blue & Green Tomorrow: Can Satellite Energy Help Make Our Planet More Green? (August 13, 2018)
- EarthSky: Space-based solar power: How close to reality? (July 29, 2018)
- The Space Review: Space power: a timely answer to Europe’s energy challenge (July 9, 2018)
- Next Big Future: Reusable SpaceX Falcon Heavy will make highly cost competitive space based solar power (February 5, 2018)
- PVBuzz: Is Space-Based Solar Power the Answer to a Looming Energy Crisis? (February 4, 2018)
- Next Big Future: Caltech and Grumman partner on Space Based Solar Power Initiative (February 2, 2018)
- Next Big Future: New Space based solar power designs can get to less than 2 cents per kwh (February 1, 2018)
- Chinanews: China can become first country to build solar power station in space (November 3, 2017)
- Discover: NASA Wants to Know Cost of Space Solar Power (September 30, 2017)
- Colorado School of Mines: Lange studying feasibility of space-based solar power (September 27, 2017)
- The Space Review: Better than Paris: space solar power (June 19, 2017)
- SatNews: Space Solar Power R&D Competition Initiated by NSS and SPACE Canada (May 1, 2017)
- Forbes: Trump Should Make Space-Based Solar Power a National Priority (March 18, 2017)
- Deccan Herald: Sourcing energy from space (March 7, 2017)
- Salon: Houston, we have power: Space-based solar power could be the final frontier in renewable energy (December 4, 2016)
- Smithsonian: Future of Energy What’s Next for Solar Energy? How About Space (November 4, 2016)
- RF Globalnet: Japanese Scientists Develop Long Distance Wireless Power Transmission (October 11, 2016)
- All About Circuits: An Introduction to Harvesting Solar Energy from Space (October 5, 2016)
- Take Part: The Next Space Race: Farming Solar Power in the Cosmos (June 27, 2016)
- The Space Review: Petitioning the US to take the lead in space solar power (May 31, 2016)
- Phys.org: Will orbiting flying carpets light the world? (April 8, 2016)
- The Space Review: Federal legislation to jumpstart space solar power (April 4, 2016)
- Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama should lead in space solar power (March 24, 2016)
- Popular Science: Solar Panels Grown on the Moon Could Power the Earth (March 17, 2016)
- The Space Review: US terrestrial non-fossil fuel energy vs. space solar power (March 14, 2016)
- Naval Research Laboratory: NRL Space-Based Solar Power Concept Wins Secretary of Defense Innovative Challenge (March 11, 2016)
- New Space: Lunar Based Self Replicating Solar Factory (March 10, 2016)
- South China Morning Post: China sets up laboratory to research building solar power station in space (March 8, 2016)
- The Space Review: US fossil fuel energy insecurity and space solar power (March 7, 2016)
- Blasting News: China Plans to Build Space Solar Power Stations (March 8, 2016)
- Huffington Post: Reaching For The Sun: Space-Based Solar Power Could Be the Answer to Climate Change (March 9, 2016)
- Montgomery Advertiser: Space-based solar energy wins big in DOD contest (March 3, 2016)
- Montgomery Advertiser: Space: the new frontier in clean energy (January 16, 2016)
- CNET: Could leaders at Paris summit find climate answers in space? (December 3, 2015)
- The Post (Athens, OH): Ohio University professor pioneer in renewable energy (November 29, 2015)
- Forbes: Space-Based Solar Power: Here’s How It Could Work (September 25, 2015) – Page 1 – Page 2
- Business Insider Australia: We’re getting closer to space-based solar panels that could beam unlimited energy to Earth (September 11, 2015)
- Energy magazine: Space-Based Solar Power: Science Fiction or Reality? Click here and then click on September-October 2015 issue and go to page 32.
- Discover: The Promise of Space-Based Solar Panels (May 28, 2015)
- Northrup Grumman: Space Solar Power Initiative Established by Northrop Grumman and Caltech (April 20, 2015)
- Phys.org: Harvesting energy from electromagnetic waves (April 14, 2015). See also paper: Metamaterial electromagnetic energy harvester with near unity efficiency
- Xinhua News: Chinese scientists mull power station in space (March 30, 2015)
- CNN: Space-based solar power: the energy of the future? (December 18, 2014)
- Pollution Solutions: Space-Based Solar Power Could Be Reality by 2030, Says Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (November 28, 2014)
- BBC Future: Space-based solar farms power up (November 18, 2014)
- The Space Review: Are solar power satellites sitting ducks for orbital debris? (September 22, 2014)
- The Energy Collective: Power Satellite Progress (September 9, 2014)
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Solar Power Origami Style (August 14, 2014)
- Business Insider: What if Giant Space-Based Solar Panels Could Beam Unlimited Power to the Earth? (August 11, 2014)
- Aviation Week: New Concepts For Solar Power From Space Collectors (June 9, 2014)
- New York Times: Peter Glaser, Who Envisioned Space Solar Power, Dies at 90 (June 5, 2014)
- Japan Times: Space-based power stations on the horizon (May 27, 2014)
- The Space Review: Building a bridge to space solar power for terrestrial use (May 12, 2012)
- Extreme Tech: Japan’s 25-year plan to put a gigawatt solar power farm in space (April 28, 2012)
- IEEE Spectrum: How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm (April 24, 2014).
- Aviation Week: Low-Cost Launches May Boost Chances for Space Solar Power (April 18, 2014)
- Beyond Apollo: Solar Power Satellites: A [Historical Visual Introduction (April 18, 2014)
- Navy Research Laboratory News: Solar Power When It’s Raining: NRL Builds Space Satellite Module to Try (March 12, 2014)
- Daily Mail: US Navy reveals plot to beam power from SPACE using giant orbiting solar panels (March 17, 2014)
- Wired: The Navy’s Plan to Beam Down Energy From Orbiting Solar Panels (March 17, 2014)
- U. S. Department of Energy: Space-Based Solar Power (March 6, 2014)
- GreentechSolar: Can 3-D Printing Turn Space-Based Solar Into a Reality? (November 27, 2013)
- Space Exploration Network (SEN): Japan aims to beam solar energy down from orbit (September 28, 2013)
- Daily Mail: Plugged into the sun: Solar panel satellite could beam a THIRD of humanity’s power to Earth by 2025, claims former Nasa engineer (August 26, 2013)
- MotherBoard: This Satellite Could Be Beaming Solar Power Down from Space by 2025 (August 23, 2013)
- CleanTechnica: National Space Society Will Pitch Space-based Solar Power To G8 Nations (June 18, 2013)
- The National: Solar energy plan no space oddity (June 7, 2013)
- The Economist: Manna from heaven: Solar arrays in space could meet many of Earth’s energy needs (June 2, 2013)
- Slate: Blue Sky Thinking: The entirely serious plan to collect solar energy by spaceship and beam it back to Earth with lasers (March 26, 2013)
- BBC: Space-based solar farms power up (February 27, 2013)
- Times of India: China proposes space solar power collaboration with India (November 2, 2012)
- Aviation Week: Space Solar Power Looks For Shortcuts (October 22, 2012)
- Aviation Week: Clearing the Obstacles to Space Solar Power (October 18, 2012)
- Russia Beyond the Headlines: Russia enters the race for cosmic energy (September 3, 2012)
- SpaceRef.com: Is There a Future for Space-Based Solar Power? (June 11, 2012)
- Next Big Future: A new paradigm for space-based solar power (June 7, 2012)
- BBC News: Sticking solar power station where the Sun shines (with 2 videos) (May 16, 2012)
- New Energy and Fuel: NASA Starts to Get Serious On Space Based Solar Power (April 12, 2012)
- Space.com: Proposed Satellite Would Beam Solar Power to Earth (April 6, 2012)
- Space.com: Air Force Eyes Nuclear Reactors, Beamed Power for Spacecraft (February 22, 2012)
- NBC: Air Force Plans Nuke-Powered Spacecraft, Space-Based Power Stations (February 22, 2012)
- Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET): Space-Based Solar Power Could Arrive in Ten Years and Create Millions of Jobs, Say Researchers
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Projecting power: The security implications of space-based solar power (February 15, 2012)
- Discovery News: Beaming Down Earth’s Energy from Space (December 20, 2011)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review: The Development of Space Solar Power System Technologies (Vol. 48 No. 4, December 2011) [PDF]
- National Geographic: Beam It Down: A Drive to Launch Space-Based Solar (December 5, 2011)
- Next Big Future: Space Based Solar Power Status (November 29, 2011)
- The Space Review: Making the case, again, for space-based solar power (November 28, 2011)
- Next Big Future: Major IAA Space Based Solar Power Report (November 27, 2011)
- Power-Technology.com: Giant leap for space-based solar (November 24, 2011)
- Aviation Week: Space Solar Power Seen Profitable By 2040 (print edition Nov. 21, 2011, p.20)
- ABC Science: Space solar power touted for energy needs (November 14, 2011)
- Reuters: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs (November 13, 2011)
- Kurzweil AI: A limitless power source for the indefinite future (November 11, 2011)
- The Space Review: National Space Strategy: proactive or reactive? (October 3, 2011)
- Observer Research Foundation: China Walks the US-India Space Solar Power Dream (September 21, 2011)
- Young Scientists Journal: Can space-based solar power save the climate? (August 1, 2011)
- China News: Chinese “Four Step” Development of Space Solar Power Station Faces Enormous Challenges (July 12, 2011)
- Photovoltaics Insider: Beaming solar power from space (July 11, 2011)
- Orbital Power Corporation: Thin Film Solar Cells (July 9, 2011)
- PTI India: Power From Space to Tackle Fukushima-Like Incidents? (June 26, 2011)
- The Economist: Beam it down, Scotty: Harvesting solar power in space, for use on Earth, comes a step closer to reality (June 23, 2011)
- The Oil Drum: Space Solar Power – Recent Conceptual Progress (June 3, 2011)
- Space Solar Power Disaster Relief – Online Journal of Space Communication, Ohio University (June 3, 2011)
- Truthout: The Race for Space-Solar Energy (April 30, 2011)
- Observer Research Foundation: Space Based Solar Power: Time to Put it on the New US-India S&T Endowment Fund? (April 2, 2011)
- The Public Record: The Race for Space Solar Energy (March 23, 2011)
- Kurzweil AI: A Radical Alternative to Nuclear Reactors (March 15, 2011)
- GE Txchnologist: Space Race: Will Space-Based Solar Take Off? (March 10, 2011)
- MSNBC: How Serious is Space Solar Power? (February 25, 2011)
- Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International (AFCEA) Signal: Space-Based Solar Power Comes Closer to Reality (December 2010)
- Aviation Week: Indian, U.S. Experts Team on Space Solar Power (November 4, 2010)
- Solar Novus Today: Space-based Solar Power: Nearing the Tipping Point? (November 2, 2010)
- The Telegraph: Lasers to beam energy to Earth from space (January 23, 2010)
- BBC News: EADS Astrium develops space power concept (December 19, 2009)
- Daily Finance: California gives green light to space-based solar power project (December 4, 2009)
- GreentechSolar: Solaren to Close Funding for Space Solar Power (December 4, 2009)
- San Francisco Chronicle: PG&E moves to add energy from wind, space (December 4, 2009)
- New York Times: Solar Plant in Space Gets Go-Ahead (December 3, 2009)
- Space.com: Controversy Flares Over Space-Based Solar Power Plans (December 2, 2009)
- California Public Utilities Commission: PG&E’s proposed power purchase agreement complies with the RPS procurement guidelines and is approved with conditions (November 20, 2009)
- Miller-McCune: Snagging Free-Range Solar Power in Space Is An Option (October 25, 2009)
- Houston Chronicle: Space-based solar power can help on energy needs, by Nick Lampson (October 22, 2009)
- Wall Street Journal: Five Technologies That Could Change Everything (Space-Based Solar Power is listed first) (October 19, 2009)
- The Space Review: An Electrifying Conference? (September 28, 2009)
- Daily Finance: Plans for solar power from outer space move forward (September 26, 2009)
- MSNBC: Making Space Power Pay (September 18, 2009)
- Toronto Star: Bright idea or sci-fi? (September 9, 2009)
- Kurzweil: Mitsubishi, IHI to Join $21 Billion Space Solar Project (September 2, 2009)
- Environment360: Solar Power from Space: Moving Beyond Science Fiction (August 31, 2009)
- Seed Magazine: Getting Solar off the Ground: Interview with PowerSat’s CEO William Maness (July 28, 2009)
- Reuters: Solar panel maker is out of this world (July 21, 2009)
- ars technica: Part 1: Will the stars align for space-based solar power? (July 9, 2009), Part 2: Space-based solar power: running the numbers (July 10, 2009)
- Examiner.com: First space-to-earth solar power station targeted for Oct. 2010 (July 4, 2009) [PDF 115KB]
- The Daily Galaxy: Space-Based Solar Power Gains Momentum (June 18, 2009)
- Press Release: PowerSat Files Patent That Accelerates Viability Of Space Solar Power (SSP) Satellite Systems (June 16, 2009)
- Wall Street Journal: Spaced Out: Is Solar Power From Satellites Achievable? (June 16, 2009)
- The Space Review: Should India and the US cooperate on space solar power? (June 8, 2009)
- The Space Review: SSP: a spherical architecture (June 1, 2009)
- EcoHearth.com: Space-Based Solar Power: The Time Has Come (May 25, 2009)
- Los Angeles Times: A giant leap toward space-based solar power (May 17, 2009)
- The Space Review: The vital need for America to develop space solar power (May 4, 2009)
- The Space Review: Space-based solar power: right here, right now? (April 27, 2009)
- Living on Earth: Solar Power from Space – Radio interview with John Mankins (April 24, 2009)
- Space Solar Power: Star Player on the Bench, by Darel Preble, Chair of the Space Solar Power Workshop (April 19, 2009)
- The Solution to Future Energy Needs and Global Pollution, by Leonard Weinstein (April 19, 2009)
- Scientific American: Will Space-Based Solar Power Finally See the Light of Day? (April 16, 2009)
- The story on Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the nation’s largest utilities, contracting for space solar power with the company Solaren, has generated over 100 articles (April 13, 2009). Some highlights:
- Wall Street Journal: PG&E Looks To Outer Space For Solar Power
- MSNBC: PG&E makes deal for space solar power
- San Francisco Chronicle: California’s new power source a [space] solar farm
- Universe Today: Major Utility Company Makes Agreement for Space Based Solar Power
- Technology Review: Startup to Beam Power from Space
- Gardian UK: US power company to tap solar energy in space
- H+ Magazine: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun: Howard Bloom on Space Solar Power – see page 43 (Spring 2009)
- Satellite Today: Space-based Solar Power Comes to Light (March 1, 2009)
- Space.com: Space Solar Power Crowd Bets on Obama (February 25, 2009)
- Universe Today: New Company Looks to Produce Space Solar Power within a Decade (February 18, 2009)
- In Defense of Space Solar Power by Al Globus (January 2009)
- Wall Street Journal: Obama Transition Looks at Far-Out Idea (December 11, 2008)
- Aviation Week: Pentagon Eyes Orbiting Power Station (December 9, 2008)
- The Economist: Space Solar Power: Let the Sun Shine In (December 4, 2008)
- The Space Review: Space Solar Power and the Khyber Pass (November 24, 2008)
- Futures Channel: New Documentary Sheds Light on Space Based Solar Power (November 18, 2008)
- LiveScience: Power Beaming Satellite: “One Lightbulb” Experiment (October 20, 2008)
- Treehugger: Could Solar Power Satellites Beam Down Gigawatts of Energy? (October 15, 2008)
- Time to Build! A First Look at “The Initial Plan” (October 13, 2008)
- Washington Post: Dear Mr. Future President – An Energy Fix Written in the Stars, by Ben Bova (October 12, 2008). See also translation in Spanish.
- Air Force Research Laboratory Workshop on State of Space Solar Power Technology: Rand Simberg’s blog from the Workshop (October 2, 2008) (October 3, 2008)
- Washington Business Journal: Firm sees satellite as way to grab more solar power (October 2, 2008)
- The Space Review: A step forward for space solar power (September 15, 2008)
- The Space Review: War, peace, and space solar power (September 15, 2008)
- Discovery Channel: Project Earth: Orbital Power Plant Dummie’s Guide (September 12, 2008)
- Space.com: Experiment Boosts Hopes for Space Solar Power (September 12, 2008)
- Wired Science: Researchers Beam ‘Space’ Solar Power in Hawaii (September 12, 2008)
- LiveScience: SolarSat Power Beaming Demo Revealed, by Leonard David (September 12, 2008)
- LiveScience: On the Beam? Sun-gathering Satellites for Energy-hungry Earth, by Leonard David (September 9, 2008)
- ESA funds technology for Earth and Moon base SBSP (August 15, 2008)
- Equilibri (IN ITALIAN) : Space-Based Solar Power, future energy revolution or simple experiment? (August 6, 2008)
- NPR Radio (4 min. audio): Can We Run the World off the Sun? Interview with O. Glenn Smith (July 29, 2008)
- New York Times Op Ed: Harvest the Sun – From Space (July 23, 2008)
- U. S. Chamber of Commerce Space Enterprise Council White Paper on Space-Based Solar Power (July 21, 2008)
- Smithsonian Air & Space Magazine: Where the Sun Does Shine: Will Space Solar Power Ever Be Practical? (July 1, 2008)
- LiveScience: How Satellites Could Power the Future (June 18, 2008)
- CNN: How to harvest solar power? Beam it down from space! (June 1, 2008)
- Ad Astra: Special Report on Space-Based Solar Power (Spring 2008)
- Popular Mechanics: Space-Based Solar Power Beams Become Next Energy Frontier (January 2008)
- The Space Review: The chicken and the egg: RLVs and space-based solar power (November 19, 2007)
- Space.com: Space Based Solar Power Fuels Vision of Global Energy Security (September 19, 2007)
- USINFO: Space Solar Energy Has Future (August 20, 2007)
- Ad Astra: The Case for Solar Power from Space (January, 2004)
- Space Daily: The Case For Space Based Solar Power Development (August 11, 2003)
- IEEE Microwave Magazine: How Safe are Microwaves and Solar Power from Space? (December 2002) [PDF 7 pages 2MB]
- [email protected]: Beam It Down, Scotty! (March 23, 2001)
- Space.com: The World Needs Energy from Space, by Peter Glaser (February 23, 2000)
- Time magazine: Sunny Outlook for Sunsats (December 15, 1980)
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- Space News: China researching challenges of kilometer-scale ultra-large spacecraft (August 27, 2021)
- UK Today News: China is looking to build ginormous miles-wide ‘megastructures’ in space (August 20, 2021)
- The Science Times: China Embraces Space-Based Solar Power to Meet 2060 Carbon Neutral Target (August 19, 2021)
- Texas News Today: China unveiled plans to launch a mile-long fleet of solar panels into space (August 19, 2021)
- Daily Mail: China reveals plans to launch a fleet of mile-long solar panels into space to beam energy back to Earth by 2035 (August 18, 2021)
- The Star (Malaysia): China aims to use space-based solar energy station to harvest sun’s rays to help meet power needs (August 17, 2021)
- The Register: China starts testing tech to harvest solar energy from orbiting panel (August 17, 2021)
- Space News: China’s super heavy rocket to construct space-based solar power station (June 28, 2021)
- Skynews Australia: China is ‘very advanced’ in space-based solar power (February 18, 2021)
- Sustainable Energy Forms: US and China Is Trying to Harvest the Energy of the Sun (December 5, 2019)
- AME Info: Fact, not fiction: China, US, want to harvest solar energy directly in space (December 3, 2109)
- KHMER Times: China aims to build space-based solar power station (December 3, 2019)
- Xinhua Net: China to build space-based solar power station by 2035 (December 2, 2019)
- Foreign Policy: China Is Winning the Solar Space Race (June 16, 2019)
- Wonderful Engineering: China Will Be Setting Up A Solar Power Station In Space (April 19, 2019)
- The Daily Galaxy: “Stupendous”–China’s Leap to Space-Based Solar Power: ‘Will Beam Sun’s Energy Back to Earth’ (March 18, 2019)
- CNBC: China plans a solar power play in space that NASA abandoned decades ago (March 17, 2019)
- Clean Technica: China Exploring Space-Based Solar Power (March 11, 2019)
- CNN: Space power plant and a mission to Mars: China’s new plans to conquer the final frontier (March 3, 2019)
- China Daily: Scientists envision solar power station in space (February 27, 2019)
- The Hill: First the moon, now China plans to launch space-based solar power satellite (February 22, 2019)
- Nature: China sets sights on first solar power stations in space (February 20, 2019)
- Inverse.com: How China’s Space-Bound Solar Installation Will Beam Power Down to Earth (February 19, 2019)
- The Sydney Morning Herald: Plans for first Chinese solar power station in space revealed (February 15, 2019)
- MiceTimes Asia: China started to create the first space power (December 9, 2018)
- Chinanews: China can become first country to build solar power station in space (November 3, 2017)
- Policy Forum: Star wars (September 7, 2016)
- South China Morning Post: China sets up laboratory to research building solar power station in space (March 8, 2016)
- Blasting News: China Plans to Build Space Solar Power Stations (March 8, 2016)
- Xinhua News: Chinese scientists mull power station in space (March 30, 2015)
- Times of India: China proposes space solar power collaboration with India (November 2, 2012)
- The Space Review: National Space Strategy: proactive or reactive? (October 3, 2011)
- Observer Research Foundation: China Walks the US-India Space Solar Power Dream (September 21, 2011)
- People’s Daily of China: Space Solar Energy: a New Source of Energy in the Future? (May 30, 2011) [Chinese version]
- Space Energy: Space Energy supporting China in reassessment of Strategic Energy Policy (May 17, 2011)
- Sichuan International Clean Energy Summit focuses on Space Solar Power (April 12, 2010)
- Solar Power Satellite Research in China – Online Journal of Space Communication, Winter 2010
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- Times of India: China proposes space solar power collaboration with India (November 2, 2012)
- PTI India: Power From Space to Tackle Fukushima-Like Incidents? (June 26, 2011)
- The Daily Pioneer: Post-Japan, the hunt for the safest option (April 23, 2011)
- National Space Society: Senior Indian Researcher Backs Joint U.S.-India Development of Space Solar Power — A Multi-National Power Source (April 4, 2011)
- Observer Research Foundation: Space Based Solar Power: Time to Put it on the New US-India S&T Endowment Fund? (April 2, 2011)
- World Politics Review: U.S.-India Space Cooperation Could Power Ties (October 25, 2010)
- Thaindian News: India-US space-based solar power programme urged (September 13, 2010)
- Times of India: Space-based solar power could solve energy crisis (July 10, 2009)
- Technology Review: India’s Space Ambitions Soar (July 30, 2007)
- India Going Solar in Space (July 6, 2007)
- The Hindu: Energy from Space to be Explored (July 30, 2006)
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- Coherent Chronicle: Japan Plans to Harvest Solar Power from Space by 2030 (September 10, 2018)
- Japan Times: Space-based power stations on the horizon (May 27, 2014)
- JapanDailyPress: Japan looks to develop a new solar energy farm… in outer space (May 5, 2012)
- Extreme Tech: Japan’s 25-year plan to put a gigawatt solar power farm in space (April 28, 2012)
- IEEE Spectrum: How Japan Plans to Build an Orbital Solar Farm (April 24, 2012).
- Tokyo Times: Japan to capture sunlight from orbit through spatial power stations (October 8, 2013)
- Treehugger: Japan to launch space-based solar power system by 2030 (October 2, 2013)
- Space Exploration Network (SEN): Japan aims to beam solar energy down from orbit (September 28, 2013)
- Got Powered: Space solar power continues to attract Japan (July 24, 2011)
- Renewable Energy Magazine: Japan continues to pursue dream of solar power harvested from space (July 12, 2011)
- New book (in Japanese): Space-Based Solar Power Station by Hiroshi Matsumoto (June 25, 2011)
- Huffington Post: Japan Takes Lead in Wireless Power? 21stC Global Energy Supply (June 14, 2009).
- Fox News: Japan to Beam Solar Power from Space on Lasers (November 9, 2009)
- Space Daily: Japan eyes solar station in space as new energy source (November 9, 2009)
- Bloomberg: Mitsubishi, IHI to Join $21 Billion Space Solar Project (September 3, 2009)
- Nikkei.com: Japan Shooting For Space-Based Solar Power (June 28, 2009)
- Green Car Congress: Japan to Issue Solicitiation for Development of Microwave-Based Space Solar Power System (June 28, 2009)
- EnergyBiz: Harvesting Solar Power in Space: Japan Has High Hopes (PDF, Sept.-Oct. 2008)
- Will Space-Based Solar-Powered Lasers Solve Our Energy Future? (July 24, 2008)
- Scientific American: Farming Solar Energy in Space (July 1, 2008)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) testing space solar power system (February 8, 2008)
- Orbiting Space Power Systems Would Convert Sunlight into Laser Beams (September 7, 2007)
- Electricity from orbiting solar-powered lasers (September 6, 2007)
- Kyoto University projects on space solar power, including the Microwave Lifted Airplane eXperiment (MILAX) with video [MPEG 4MB, open with Microsoft Media Player]
- JAXA: Practical Application of Space-Based Solar Power Generation
NSS web pages devoted to SSP
- Space Solar Power: The Way Forward for Clean Limitless Energy
- Dear Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet (National Space Society, 3 minutes, March 23, 2021)
- NSS Space Solar Power Library
- New Developments in Space Solar Power. John C. Mankins. NSS Space Settlement Journal. December 2017.
- NSS Position Paper on Space Solar Power [PDF]
- NSS Blogs on Space Solar Power
- Mafic Studios images on space solar power
- Brochure on Space-Based Solar Power [PDF]
- Press Conference on First International Assessment of Space Solar Power
- Kalam-National Space Society Energy Technology Universal Initiative: An International Preliminary Feasibility Study on Space Based Solar Power Stations [PDF]
Other web pages devoted to SSP (alphabetical)
- Boeing: Harnessing the Sun
- Caltech Space Solar Power Project
- Citizens for Space Based Solar Power
- Energy Cast podcast on space solar power with Paul Jaffe, PhD, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, January 21, 2019 (30 min)
- International SunSat Design Competition
- Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA): Practical Application of Space-Based Solar Power Generation
- Mitsubishi Electric: How Solarbird Works
- Moon Society Solar Power Beaming Desktop Demo Unit Online Kit
- Power Beaming Motivation, Technology, Demonstrations and Development PDF slides by Paul Jaffe, PhD, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- PowerSat Corporation
- Research and Markets: Analyzing Microwave Power Transmission & Solar Power Satellite Systems (expensive report dated October 2009; we have not seen it)
- Space-Based Solar Power – Public discussion of 2007 National Security Space Office study of space solar power
- Space Based Solar Power – Wikipedia
- Space Canada – Solar Power Alternative for Clean Energy
- Space Environment Technologies: The Vision for Producing Fresh Water Using Space Solar Power
- Spacefaring America: Space Solar Power – Mike Snead’s weblog includes extensive articles on Space Solar Power and America’s Future
- SpaceFuture.com Space Power section
- Space Solar Power – from the Space Development Steering Committee
- Spaceport Operations Assessment for Space Solar Power Earth to Orbit Transportation Requirements – from NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Space Solar Power Disaster Relief – Online Journal of Space Communication, Ohio University
- Space Solar Power Info – News and Blog by QualityPoint Technologies (India)
- Space Solar Power Institute – solarsat.org
- Space Solar Power (SSP) – A Solution for Energy Independence & Climate Change – position paper submitted to the Obama-Biden Transition Team at Change.gov, with public comments
- Space Solar Power Systems Journal – Volume 1 (2016) – Volume 2 (2017) – Volume 3 (2018) – Abstracts in English, papers in Japanese
- Space Solar Power Workshop
- SSP Monitor
- U. S. Department of Energy: Space-Based Solar Power
- A Sunlight-to-Microwave Power Transmission Module Prototype for Space Solar PDF slides by Paul Jaffe, PhD, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Beyond Earth: Solar Power in Space (Beyond Earth Institute, 60 min. August 5, 2021)
- Space Solar Power: Is It Time To Actually Harness the Sun? (Beyond Earth Institute, 77 min. July 28, 2021)
- Dear Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet (National Space Society, 3 minutes, March 23, 2021)
- Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research Project (SSPIDR) (Air Force Research Laboratory, 2 minutes)
- Power Beaming and Space Solar Innovation (Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center [HDIAC], 1 hour, July 2020)
- Space Solar Table Top Demo (Naval Research Lab, 1.5 minutes, May 2020)
- PRAM (Photovoltaic Radio-frequency Antenna Module) tested in space (Naval Research Lab, 2 minutes, May 2020)
- Space Solar Power Explained (Naval Research Lab, 1 minute, May 2020)
- Power-Beaming Demonstrated on International Space Station (4 minutes, April 2020)
- Energy transmitted by laser in ‘historic’ power-beaming demonstration (Naval Research Lab, 3 minutes, October 2020)
- TRT World Rountable: Space Solar: Science Fiction or New Frontier (26 minutes, September 2019)
- Space Solar: Common Ground from Space (9 minutes, October 2018)
- D3 Space Solar Power Presentation (11 minutes, March 4, 2016)
- Space Solar Power (Enzspannen Research, India, 7 minutes, August 27, 2015)
- Dr. Paul Jaffe, Naval Research Lab, on SSP (1.5 minutes, August 1, 2015)
- John Mankins on Space Solar Power at 2014 ISDC (29 minutes, May 15, 2014)
- Why Should We Launch Solar Panels Into Space? (3 minutes, May 5, 2014)
- Explaining the Future: Space-Based Solar Power (7 minutes, May 4, 2014)
- Evaluating Alternative Sources of Energy: Solar Energy from Space, talk by Paul Jaffe, PhD (67 minutes, March 20, 2014)
- Press Conference on First International Assessment of Space Solar Power (91 minutes, November 14, 2011)
- Georgia Tech School of Engineering: Space Power Grid (August 28, 2011)
- Spacefaring Institute: Space Solar Power (14 minutes, July 14, 2011)
- SBSP Disaster Relief (4 minutes, June 1, 2011)
- Space Based Solar Power in Sun-Synchronous Orbit (4 minutes, May 25, 2011)
- Space Solar Power and Space Energy Systems – Space Manufacturing 14 Conference, October 31, 2010:
- NewSpace 2010 Space Solar Power Panel (72 minutes, July, 2010)
- Seawater Desalination via Solar Power Satellites (4 minutes, May, 2010)
- TED Talk on Space Based Solar Power by Peter Sage of Space Energy, Inc. (18 minutes, October, 2009).
- Space Solar Power: Exploring New Frontiers for Tomorrow’s Energy Needs (NASA DVD, 1 hour 45 minutes, 2002)
- Space Canada Promotes Solar Energy From Space (6 minutes, April, 2009)
- Powering the Planet – preview of the Futures Channel documentary about Space Solar Power (4 minutes, November 4, 2008).
- Message to the next President of the United States (5 minutes, July, 2008)
- European Space Agency – Solar Power Satellites (5 minutes, July 2008)
- Dr. Peter Glaser, inventor of the space solar power concept, speaks on SSP (9 minutes, 2002).
- Electricity from Orbit: The Case for R & D, lecture by Marty Hoffert, Professor Emeritus of Physics at New York University (55 minutes, December 5, 2007)
- Mafic Studios animation of latest SSP design (1 minute, October, 2007)
- NASA Wireless Power Transmission Demonstration (2 minutes, 2002)
Audio (mostly from The Space Show)
- Dr. Paul Jaffe of the Naval Research Lab on Space Solar Power. March 29, 2020.
- Mike Snead, president and founder of the Spacefaring Institute, on Space Solar Power focused on environmental and U.S. national energy security issues. May 13, 2016. [Info] [Program]
- Christopher Stone, Lt. Col. Pete Garretson, USAF: Space based solar power D3 competition. March 6, 2016. [Info] [Program]
- Brent Sherwood, Manager of Strategic Planning & Project Formulation for the seven business lines of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Space Solar Power (SSP), climate change, SSP demos, SSP economics. August 3, 2015. [Info] [Program]
- Gordon Woodcock, with 59 years experience in aerospace engineering at Boeing, NASA, and elsewhere. Financial analysis for an SSP Power System. June 14, 2013. [Info] [Program]
- Hubert P. Davis, former Manager of the Advanced Systems Office at NASA Johnson Space Center, talks about SSP. August 15, 2010. 86 minutes. [Info] [Program]
- Peter Sage of Space Energy with sage advice on the business case for SSP. December 8, 2009. 96 minutes. [Info] [Program]
- Ralph Nansen, author of Sun Power. October 18, 2009. 94 minutes. [Info] [Program]
- Darel Preble, Chair of the Space Solar Power Workshop at Georgia Tech. Audio only from forthcoming video. July 29, 2008. 60 minutes. [Info] [Program]
- Col. M. V. “Coyote” Smith, USAF, Director of the Space Based Solar Power Feasibility Study for the National Security Space Office. June 10, 2008. First 40 minutes of program. [Info] [Program].
- LtCol. Paul E. Damphousse, USMC, Chief Engineer for the Communications Functional Integration Office of the National Security Space Office. October 19, 2007. 2 hours 10 minutes. [Info] [Program]
- Col. M. V. “Coyote” Smith, USAF, Director of the Space Based Solar Power Feasibility Study for the National Security Space Office. August 1, 2007. 90 minutes. [Info] [Program].
- Darel Preble, Chair of the Space Solar Power Workshop at Georgia Tech. March 8, 2007. 2 hours. [Info] [Program]
- John Mankins, President of the Space Power Association. October 17, 2006. 1 hour 50 minutes. [Info] [Program]