Space Solar co-CEO Martin Soltau. Photo: Space Solar
With increasing demand for energy and the push to transition away from fossil fuels, space-based solar power is one of the solutions that could be part of the global energy future. U.K-based Space Solar is working to develop space-based solar power, with a goal of improving global energy security, and delivering clean, affordable energy.
Martin Soltau, co-CEO of Space Solar, spoke to Via Satellite about the company as well as the potential for space-based solar power. He sees a “pressing need” for new sources of dispatchable, baseload power to meet energy challenges on Earth.
“In space in just a narrow band around the Earth in Geostationary Orbit there is more than 100 times the energy needs of humanity in 2050. Space-based solar power delivers baseload and dispatchable power, it offers export potential beaming wirelessly without expensive fixed interconnector cables,…
