Rocket Lab has released its high-efficiency IMM Apex solar cell, eliminating costly and scarce germanium substrates while ...

Rocket Lab launches IMM Apex solar cells with 31.5% efficiency and 40% lower mass, strengthening its space power portfolio as ...

Rocket Lab says the new cell cuts weight by 40%, delivers 31.5% efficiency, and removes the need for germanium.

There’s a lot of discussion right now about launch costs dropping and access to space expanding. That’s true. But launch costs and access to space are not the constraints that will define the next ...

has tracked space solar power and wireless power transfer companies since 2018. There are 52 primarily commercial entries as of September 2023, which makes it one of the largest public lists. Survey ...

Austin, March 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space-Based Solar Power Market Size & Growth Insights: According to the SNS Insider, "The Space-Based Solar Power Market Size was valued at USD 3.46 Billion ...

One year ago, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate and test three technological innovations that are among those necessary to make space solar power a ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

Is space-based solar power a costly, risky pipe dream? Or is it a viable way to combat climate change? Although beaming solar power from space to Earth could ultimately involve transmitting gigawatts, ...

A first-of-its-kind study has proven that solar power farms in space are a viable option for renewable energy generation — paving the way for the potential commercial application of the technology.

The launch represents the first in-situ test of the technology to harvest solar energy in space and transmit it to Earth. UPDATE: The Transporter-6 mission successfully launched from Cape Canaveral on ...