Space-Based Solar Power
Orbital solar arrays, wireless power transmission, rectennas, robotic assembly, grid integration, and space logistics for continuous clean energy.
Core metadata
- ID: space_based_solar_power
- Era: Future
- First known date: 2035 (decade)
- Region: Forecast / not yet broadly established
- Review status: structurally_validated
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Interplanetary Supply Chains (interplanetary_supply_chains)
- Orbital Manufacturing (orbital_manufacturing)
- Solar Photovoltaics (solar_photovoltaics)
Dependents
- None.
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- ESA accelerates the race towards clean energy from space (European Space Agency, 2024, official_agency) • Supports: node
Locator: ESA describes SOLARIS work on satellite technology to harvest solar energy in space and transmit it wirelessly to Earth, plus 2023 studies defining candidate systems.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 35%
- Prerequisite sources: 1
- speculative: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orbital Manufacturing (orbital_manufacturing) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Orbital Manufacturing is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. | No sources recorded. |
| Solar Photovoltaics (solar_photovoltaics) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Solar Photovoltaics is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. |
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| Interplanetary Supply Chains (interplanetary_supply_chains) | speculative | 35% | speculative | Interplanetary Supply Chains is a plausible dependency for a forecast technology and should be treated as speculative. | No sources recorded. |
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