Is Space-Based Solar Power a Viable Alternative?

A recent proposal at the Biden-Obama transition team’s online portal, change.gov, suggests the incoming administration take a further look at space-based solar power (SBSP) as a potentially viable electricity source. The movement is being spearheaded by the National Space Society, who argues we have the ability to scale up SBSP with current technology, but that the research and funding for such projects has ‘fallen through the cracks” for years. Learn a little more about SBSP and some of the challenges it faces by watching this short video:

Tags: barack obama, change.gov, Renewable energy, solar power, space-based solar power

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Tim Hurst is the founder/editor of ecopolitology and executive editor of LiveOAK Media. Tim mostly covers energy and environmental politics, renewable energy and green business; but seems to write more about music festivals in the summer for some reason. When not reading, writing, thinking, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim likes to ski, hike with his aging labrador, and toil in his Colorado vegetable garden. He's on twitter at @ecopolitologist.