Sanjay Vijendran of TerraSpark explains how space based solar power could soon be a real alternative to fossil fuels... with a music festival in Portugal.TerraSpark is planning a ground-based wireless power transmission demo in Portugal, using power beaming to run a live music concert. The company is also preparing an in-orbit power-beaming payload for Dcube’s Arrakis mission, testing radio frequency power transfer across a spacecraft.

The conversation covers TerraSpark’s plan to power a live music concert in Portugal using wireless power transmission, its in-orbit payload on Dcube’s Arrakis mission, radio frequency versus laser power beaming, near-infrared transmission and power-beaming efficiency.

You'll learn about orbital data centers, energy security, ITU spectrum regulation, interference testing, and what it takes to make solar power from space credible to investors, regulators, and the energy sector.

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Chapters

(00:00) Introduction to Space-Based Solar Power

(01:37) Market Trends and Projections

(03:52) Energy Crisis and Global Dependencies

(06:26) The Threat to Power Structures

(07:39) Innovative Demonstrations of Wireless Power

(10:31) Future Plans and Space Missions

(20:41) Scaling Power Transmission from Space

(22:35) Technologies for Space-Based Solar Power

(31:22) Governance and Regulation of Space-Based Solar Power

(49:57) The Future of Space-Based Solar Power