Space Based Solar Power Market

This is a bold, long term bet. Space Based Solar Power (SBSP) involves building massive solar arrays in geostationary orbit that collect sunlight 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (unhindered by clouds or night time), and then beam the energy down to Earth via microwaves or lasers to a ground rectenna. While the engineering and launch cost challenges are enormous, the potential for clean, continuous baseload power is driving renewed interest from space agencies in Europe, Japan, China, and the UK. It is a market for the 2040s, but the technology development contracts are being signed now.

What Numbro covers:

Global feasibility study tracking and technology roadmap analysis for wireless power transmission efficiency. System architecture analysis of microwave beaming versus laser beaming and associated safety concerns. Launch vehicle demand scenario modelling for assembling GW scale orbital power plants. Regulatory and spectrum allocation challenges for a space based power transmitter. India’s potential role in providing low cost launch services for SBSP demonstrator missions.