Now, researchers with China's Xidian University have announced progress in their plan to develop a far cleaner and more sustainable alternative: a space-based solar power plant capable of remotely recharging drones while these uncrewed aerial platforms are still in flight. Space-based solar power (SBSP or SSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to Earth. Its advantages include a higher collection of energy due to the lack of reflection and absorption by the atmosphere, the possibility of very. The China space solar power project aims to build a huge orbital station 36,000 km above Earth that can collect sunlight all day and send that energy back to the planet using microwaves. If it works, it could become one of the most important clean-energy systems ever built. Credit: Xidian University. Could SpaceX's Starship revolutionize space-based solar power production? An innovation highlighted by the startup Virtus Solis at the International Space-Based Energy Conference in London promises to capitalize on significant launch cost reductions for energy production.
