UK offshore ‘best location’ for giant space solar project
- Date: 17-Jan-2023
- Source: Energy Voice
- Sector:Oil & Gas
- Country:Saudi Arabia
UK offshore ‘best location’ for giant space solar project
Alongside offshore oil, gas, wind and hydrogen, the North Sea could play host to space-based solar collectors under plans proposed by a UK technology developer.
UK-based Space Solar has plans to use solar power-gathering satellites in orbit, which would beam energy via radio waves to receiving stations on Earth.
Its proposals were lent government backing last week after a meeting between UK Business Secretary Grant Shapps and Saudi Arabian Space Commission chairman and communications minister Abdullah Al-Swaha, in which the firm was namechecked as part of a potential collaboration with the Kingdom on space-based solar power.