The Race For Space Solar Power Heats Up |
Northrop Grumman’s Joseph Ensor (left) and Caltech’s Ares Rosakis (right) at the recent SSPI commemoration event held at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. |
Space Solar Power Initiative Established by Northrop Grumman and Caltech -- PASADENA, Calif., April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Working together, the team will develop the scientific and technological innovations necessary to enable a space-based solar power system capable of generating electric power at cost parity with grid-connected fossil fuel power plants. SSPI responds to the engineering challenge of providing a cost-competitive source of sustainable energy. SSPI will develop technologies in three areas:
- high-efficiency ultralight photovoltaics;
- ultralight deployable space structures; and
- phased array and power transmission.
- Harry A. Atwater, Jr., Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute;
- Ali Hajimiri, Thomas G. Myers Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; and
- Sergio Pellegrino, Joyce and Kent Kresa Professor of Aeronautics, Professor of Civil Engineering and Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist.
Related/Background
- Caltech Receives Northrop Grumman $17.5M Grant - Atwater Research Group
- Are SunSats the next generation ComSats? Don M. Flournoy-ISDC2011.pdf; Online Journal of Space Communication
- Space-based solar power: the energy of the future? - CNN.com
- Space Solar Power
REFERENCES
Selected papers on Space Solar Power has many of these papers- Damphousse, Lt. Col. Paul E." Space Solar Power: Energy for the Future," Ad Astra, Winter 2008, pp.48-49.
- "Energy: Let the Sun Shine in." Economist Technology Quarterly, December 6, 2008, pp.16-18.
- Flournoy, Don M. "Consats and Sunsats: A Marriage made in Heaven," International Academy of Astronautics, IAA Study Group 3.11: Solar Energy From Space, Toronto, Canada, September 2009, pp.8.
- Flournoy, Don M. "Our Next Generation of Satellites will Deliver Sun's Energy to Earth," International Conference on Space Information Technology, Beijing, China, November 26-27, 2009 (published by SPIE, Vol. 5985), pp.206-208.
- Gibbons, John H. "Solar Power Satellites: Current Status, Office of Technology Assessment," Requested by the House Committee on Science and Technology), NTIS order No: PB82-108846, August 1981, pp.1-139. Can also be viewed at http://www.nss.org/.
- Hedman, Eric R. "If We Build it, Will They Come?" The Space Review, February 4, 2008, pp.1-6. Can be viewed at http://www.thespacereview.com/.
- Preble, Darel. "How to Build a Space Solar Power System: The Sunsat Incorporation Act," Space Solar Power Workshop, http://www.sspi.gatech.edu/, Jan. 23, 2008, p. 38.
- Kusiolek, Richard. "Space-based Solar Power Comes to Light," Via Satellite, March 2009, pp. 49-54.
- McLinko, Ryan M. and Basant V. Sagar. "Space-Based Solar Power Generation Using a Distributed Network of Satellites and Methods for Efficient Space Power Transmission." An MIT student paper prepared for the ICISIT09 Conference held in Beijing, China, Nov. 2009, p. 8.
- Laborador, Virgil S. The Satellite Technology Guide For the 21st Century. Los Angeles CA: Synthesis Publications, 2008, p. 200.
- Nansen, Ralph. Sun Power: The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis, 1995, an online book that can be viewed at http://www.nss.org/.
- Nansen, Ralph. Energy Crisis: Solution from Space, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, p. 203.
- Potter, Seth D. "Low Mass Solar Power Satellites Built from Terrestrial or Lunar Materials," The Boeing Company, Seal Beach CA, January 1994, pp.1-5. Can also be viewed at http://www.spacefuture.com/.
- Rosen, Stan, "How Space Can Improve Life on Earth," Ad Astra, Spring 2009, pp. 28-30.
- Rouge, Joseph D. "Space-Based Solar Power as an Opportunity for Strategic Security: Phase O Architecture Feasibility Study," Report to the Director, National Security Space Office, October 10, 2007, pp. 1-39.
- Sato, Shigeru and Yuji Okada, "Musubishi, IHI to Join $21 Bln Space Solar Project," Sept 1, 2009, www.bloomberg.com.
- Smith, O. Glenn, "Harvest the Sun - From Space," New York Times, Op Ed, July 23, 2008, p. 1.
- Snead, James M. (Mike), "The Vital Need for America to Develop Space Solar Power," Spacefaring Institute LLC, May 12, 2009, p. 4. (info@spacefaringinstitute.com)
- Xin, Sun, et al. "Financial and Organizational Analysis for a Space Solar Power System: A Business Plan to Make Space Solar Power a Reality." A Multicultural Team Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Business Administration in Aerospace Management, Toulouse Business School, Toulouse, France, May 18, 2009.
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