Future Signals 2024 Beam us down, Scotty: space solar power straight to Earth

In 2023, Caltechs space solar power prototype demonstrated its ability to wirelessly beam power through space and direct a detectable amount of energy towards Earth for the first time. The recent 4. 3 million investment by the UK government, China s ambitious Chasing the Sun project and the US Air Force s plan for a powerbeaming demonstrator from low Earth orbit collectively underscore the global attention on the potential of spacebased solar power. Could 2024 be a pivotal year for spacebased solar power to spark an energy revolution Every year we identify the signals that could show us the shape of things to come. Read about them here: