Renewable Energy’s Next Frontier — Space

Space solar power is superior to earth-based production. Orbiting the Earth at 35,000 kilometers above its surface and continuously facing the sun, space solar could provide consistent supply without being constrained by weather and nighttime. Satellites convert sunshine into electricity, which is in turn converted to microwaves and beamed to the earth, where they are once again converted into electricity and fed into the local grid.

Although this process may seem complicated, space...