Company - International Electric Company
Product/Service - CASSIOPeiA
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- Space Solar Power
Power Beaming
- Fields
- Space Solar Power
Large Space Structures
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
- Partners
- Space Energy Initiative, Space Solar
Space Based Solar Power
Previously considered economically non-viable, CASSIOPeiA’s outstanding specific power, when combined with upcoming low-cost reusable launch and minimal energy storage requirement (24/365 delivery), challenges the extreme cost of grid-scale storage necessary as terrestrial wind, solar and other intermittent renewables continue to grow.
CASSIOPeiA (Constant Aperture, Solid-State, Integrated, Orbital Phased Array) can be launched onto various orbits to collect sunlight and efficiently convert it to a safe beam of microwaves, directed to a terrestrial rectifying antenna ('Rectenna'), feeding into the local power grid.
Status Comment / Notes
Space-based Solar Power activities are possibly under Space Energy Initiative or Space Solar.
News, Research, Projects and Patents
| Title | Type | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOW!! Cassiopeia solar power plant in space! ESA, UK seek to end the energy crisis! | Article | 2022-10-23 | |
| Space-based solar power is getting serious—can it solve Earth’s energy woes? | News | 2022-10-19 |
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