SciShow Space | Could Solar Panels in Space Solve all Our Energy Needs? @scishowspace | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
We need more solutions for our energy needs, and one idea is straight out of science fiction: Solar panels, in space.
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Sources:
ourworldindata.org/energy-overview?country=
un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/un-report-world-population-projected-to-reach-9-6-billion-by-2050.html
energy.gov/articles/space-based-solar-power
space.nss.org/satellite-power-system-concept-development-and-evaluation-program
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002956152&view=1up&seq=46&q1
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/911/1/012006/pdf
forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/05/27/solar-power-experiment-launches-on-secret-space-plane/?sh=7706c51d3e17
researchgate.net/publication/23863035_Laser_beamed_power_-_Satellite_demonstration_applications
gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-commissions-space-solar-power-stations-research
sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/solar-power-satellites
kenkai.jaxa.jp/eng/research/ssps/ssps-index.html
Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/coal-power-plant-chimney-at-a-seaport-smoking-in-slow-motion-extreme-long-shot-by-sunset-s5_6cp4m_klk40hes
storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-shot-of-solar-panels---solar-power-plant-4k-slow-motion-aerial-shot-ry8dcont-j7806e82
storyblocks.com/video/stock/multiple-sets-of-large-solar-panel-arrays-facing-upward-to-a-deep-blue-sky-from-ground-ba3wqqvgxiv15yxi1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac.Asimov01.jpg
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4005
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4772
storyblocks.com/video/stock/time-lapse-of-tokyo-at-night-near-hamamatsuch-svjg0huffjbfjdcf6
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/new-ground-station-brings-laser-communications-closer-to-reality
istockphoto.com/photo/solar-panels-with-sunset-and-blue-sky-background-clean-power-energy-concept-gm1247794854-363394470
We need more solutions for our energy needs, and one idea is straight out of science fiction: Solar panels, in space.
The first 1000 people to use the link will get a free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: https://skl.sh/scishowspace07211
Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org
----------
Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/SciShowSpace
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: GrowingViolet & Jason A Saslow!
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Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Twitter: twitter.com/scishow
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Sources:
ourworldindata.org/energy-overview?country=
un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/un-report-world-population-projected-to-reach-9-6-billion-by-2050.html
energy.gov/articles/space-based-solar-power
space.nss.org/satellite-power-system-concept-development-and-evaluation-program
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002956152&view=1up&seq=46&q1
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/911/1/012006/pdf
forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/05/27/solar-power-experiment-launches-on-secret-space-plane/?sh=7706c51d3e17
researchgate.net/publication/23863035_Laser_beamed_power_-_Satellite_demonstration_applications
gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-commissions-space-solar-power-stations-research
sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/solar-power-satellites
kenkai.jaxa.jp/eng/research/ssps/ssps-index.html
Images:
storyblocks.com/video/stock/coal-power-plant-chimney-at-a-seaport-smoking-in-slow-motion-extreme-long-shot-by-sunset-s5_6cp4m_klk40hes
storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-shot-of-solar-panels---solar-power-plant-4k-slow-motion-aerial-shot-ry8dcont-j7806e82
storyblocks.com/video/stock/multiple-sets-of-large-solar-panel-arrays-facing-upward-to-a-deep-blue-sky-from-ground-ba3wqqvgxiv15yxi1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Isaac.Asimov01.jpg
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4005
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4772
storyblocks.com/video/stock/time-lapse-of-tokyo-at-night-near-hamamatsuch-svjg0huffjbfjdcf6
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/new-ground-station-brings-laser-communications-closer-to-reality
istockphoto.com/photo/solar-panels-with-sunset-and-blue-sky-background-clean-power-energy-concept-gm1247794854-363394470
