LONDON — Japan is on track to beam solar power from space to Earth next year, two years after a similar feat was achieved by U.S. engineers. The development marks an important step toward a ...

the Caltech Space Solar Power Project (SSPD) launched a prototype into orbit to beam power to Earth. The SSPD deployed a constellation of modular spacecraft equipped with PV to collect sunlight ...

Scientists from Israel and France have proposed a PV-plus-thermal-storage (PV-TS) concept that may be applied in regions with low direct solar beam radiation and high levels of global solar radiation.