In late November, a Cessna turboprop aircraft flying at an altitude of 5,000 meters performed an impressive world-first ...

The approach was compelling enough that power beaming expert Paul Jaffe left his job as a program manager at DARPA to join ...

Researchers have successfully beamed power from a moving aircraft to ground receivers, marking a first for airborne wireless ...

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

In general, solar PV deposited on glass is significantly more efficient than thin film, but this is the price you pay for off-world deployments. Paul Warley, CEO of Colorado-based Ascent Solar, told ...

Ascent Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:ASTI), the maker of featherweight, flexible and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solutions, is one step closer to powering the spacecraft of tomorrow, ...

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched. A new study published in Joule00255-7) suggests that Europe could one day ...