Europe's 1st and Foremost Consultancy for Space-based Solar Power!
INTERNATIONAL CONFerence on energy from space 2025
Call for Abstracts
Abstracts for presentation are invited to be submitted on any topic related to Energy from Space including:
- Applications of Energy from Space
- Solar Power Satellites for Terrestrial Energy (Civil and Defence)
- Orbital Reflectors for Sun Redirection
- Orbital Data Centres
- Solar Power Satellites for Lunar Energy
- In-space Power Beaming
- Energy Challenges Towards 2050 and Beyond
- Global energy demand projections and the role of SBSP in accelerating decarbonisation
- SBSP as a solution for energy access in remote or developing regions
- Climate change mitigation potential and lifecycle emissions of SBSP systems
- Energy security and diversification strategies leveraging SBSP
- The Art of the Possible: Capabilities and Opportunities Unlocked by Space-Based Solar Power in 2050. How different can the World be?
- System Concepts & Related Challenges
- Historical and emerging SBSP system architectures
- Beam forming and steering
- In-orbit assembly, maintenance, and repair strategies
- In-space recycling and end-of-life strategies
- Orbital debris considerations
- Reliability, redundancy, and system lifetime considerations
- Demonstration concepts
- Ground-based and aerial demonstrations of wireless power transmission (WPT).
- In-orbit and sub-orbital demonstrations for components and subsystems
- Modular and scalable demonstrator architectures, enabling progressive upscaling from unit-cell validation to multi-module SBSP arrays
- End-end System-level demonstrations from orbit
- International and collaborative demonstration initiatives
- Economics, Commercialisation, Financing
- Cost estimations: launch, assembly, operation, and maintenance
- Levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for SBSP
- Financing models: Innovative public-private models to accelerate demonstrations and drive commercialisation, international consortia, and government incentives
- Market entry strategies and commercial demonstration pathways
- Insurance, risk management, and investment readiness
- Integration of Space Solar Power in the Energy System and Energy Modelling
- Grid integration studies
- Modelling SBSP in national and transnational energy systems
- Role of SBSP in hybrid energy systems (e.g., with terrestrial renewables, nuclear and storage)
- Transmission infrastructure: ground rectennas, HVDC links, and distribution networks
- Demand response and load balancing with SBSP
- Wireless interconnectors: Dispatchability of SBSP to widely separated markets
- Enabling Technologies
- Lightweight, low-cost photovoltaic and solar concentrator technologies
- Wireless power transmission: microwave and laser systems, rectenna design and beam control
- Lightweight, deployable structures and materials for large-scale arrays
- Autonomous assembly, robotics, and in-orbit manufacturing processes for large structures
- Radiation protection and thermal management
- Launch systems, formation flying, and station-keeping for SBSP constellations
- Environmental & Socioeconomic Issues Surrounding Energy from Space
- Life-cycle assessment: energy payback time, emissions, and resource use
- Environmental impacts of ground infrastructure (rectennas, reflectors)
- Space traffic management and orbital congestion risks
- Biological and ecological effects of microwave/laser power beaming on Earth
- Societal acceptance, equity of access, and potential for global energy justice
- Regulation, Policy & Governance
- International treaties and legal frameworks for SBSP deployment
- Spectrum allocation and coordination for wireless power transmission
- Safety standards for microwave/laser energy transmission
- Radio and optical pollution
- Export controls, dual-use technology considerations, and security
- Policy roadmaps and recommendations for national and international governance
- Communications, Outreach & Public Engagement
- Strategies for public engagement and education on SBSP benefits and risks
- Addressing public concerns: health, safety, and environmental impacts
- Stakeholder engagement: governments, industry, investors, academia and civil society
- Media, advocacy, and the role of science communication in SBSP adoption
- Lessons from other energy systems and industries
Submit your abstract here!
Please note the following:
1) All abstracts should only contain information that can be publicly shared. No confidential or proprietary information should be included. Abstracts are expected to be published for use at the event.
2) Only slides are expected for oral presentations. However, submission of a paper within one month of the conference is also welcome which will be published in the Conference Proceedings together with all slide presentations.