Space-based solar could be competitive by 2040, UK government finds

Investment and support could make small-scale space-based solar power (SBSP) viable, with potential for electricity generated in orbit to participate in UK contracts for difference (CfD) scheme according to new report. Launch costs have biggest impact on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE), according to analysis.Beaming electricity to Earth from space-based solar plants could be economically competitive by 2040, according to a UK government commissioned feasibility study. The levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for small-scale solar plants in orbit is forecast to tumble over the next decade, ...

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