In case your phone missed it.

There was a minor flurry of Solar Power Satellite / Space Based Solar Power news near the end of October and leading into November, likely prompted by this Wall Street Journal piece:

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/beaming-solar-energy-from-space-takes-a-big-step-forward/922e1641-3aed-4f57-ba33-22fbf998a5a4

 
Just yesterday, there was this in Forbes:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2023/11/29/europes-cop-29-climate-change-goals-should-include-space-based-solar-power/?sh=250110ca45fe

 
And, as typical, not to be left out of news leaked in from the west, there was just this in the People’s Daily:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/1130/c90000-20104057.html
(be careful that link, no SSL.)

Have a friend who is just hearing about Space-Based Solar Power?  Pass them this link to the special SPS Section on SSI.org.

Oh, and here’s a bonus.  There is a lot to this, much very good hardware-wise, but it includes a notion that is not often heard…

““Electricity is plentiful and cheap here on the ground but scarce and expensive in space; we remedy that imbalance,” says Robert Millman, CEO of Electric Sky. “