Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Courtesy of ESA

At the beginning of 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded two parallel cost-benefit analysis studies, based on two different technical solutions, to Frazer-Nash Consultancy and Roland Berger respectively.

Credit: ESA

These studies, funded through the Preparation element of ESA’s Basic Activities, will evaluate the “business case” for space-based solar power in Europe, using orbiting solar power stations to complement terrestrial renewable power plants.

The outcome of the studies will be ready at the end of summer 2022 and are intended to help inform decision makers in the public and private sector.

Concept for an in-orbit demonstrator of a Space-Based Solar Power beaming satellite.
Credit: ESA

For more information, go to:

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/ESA_reignites_space-based_solar_power_research