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INTRODUCTION

Space Power is about the generation of power from space.

The space around Earth is filled with intense sunlight, undiffused by atmosphere, continuously. It represents an inexhausible supply of energy that can be converted to electricity using semiconductors - that is without the use of any moving parts.

A small fraction of this energy could supply a large part of the world's future energy requirements for the foreseeable future. In addition, it could do it without the need for any kind of fuel, and without producing any waste product.

All that's needed is large-area collectors - and that means large, thousands of square kilometers - and a way to transmit the collected power down to Earth. Several different methods are possible, but the one that has received the most effort so far is the use of microwave beams or wireless power transmission.
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20 September 2008
Added "Evaluation and Comparison of Space Solar Power Concepts" to the archive.
30 August 2008
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14 April 2008
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The Space Power Business
Why SPS will become an economic reality
SPS Timeline
The history of SPS from concept to present day
A Very Big Chip
Macroelectronics and solar cell technology
Large Space Structures
Constructing an SPS will be a big job
Equatorial Times
The newsletter of SPS 2000
SPS 2000
A project to demonstrate the viability of SPS
SFJ power
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KEY DOCUMENTS

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Equatorial Times
The Newsletter of the SPS 2000 Community around the World
No.1 - December 1995
  • Introduction to SPS 2000
  • Field Research - Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Brazil
  • Editorial - Why SPS? Why SPS 2000?
No.2 - June 1996
  • Estimating SPS 2000 rectenna energy output
  • Field Research - Indonesia
  • SPS 2000 Homepage
  • Editorial - SPS 2000 International
No.3 - December 1996
  • Biological Effects of Microwaves
  • Field Research - Equador
  • Launch Cost Prospects for SPS and SPS 2000
  • Editorial - Near-Equatorial Countries' Collaboration
No.4 - June 1997
  • The SPS 2000 microwave beam and international agreement
  • Field Research - Maldives
  • Editorial - Energy, Energy, Energy
No.5 - December 1997
  • Space Solar Power Generation in Society
  • Great Expectations for the Space Solar Power Research Society
  • Comments on Participation in Eco-Japan '97
  • Editorial - Widening the Base of SPS
No.6 - December 1998
  • Field Research Around the Equator - Malaysia & Columbia
  • SPS World Wide Web Sites
  • Editorial - Energy Options Shrink with End of "Fast Breeder" Nuclear Research
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