(CNN) — From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three ...

This UFO shaped plant in Spain is attracting much attention as it is a 2,650 towering structure able to generate solar power ...

A new research paper in the Acta Astronautica journal describes a constellation of mirror satellites to increase the power at the large solar farms on Earth. Among all cases, the paper found SSO (sun ...

New database shines spotlight on decades of solar mirror research NREL work offers insight into measurement, degradation trends for use in models Date: November 3, 2023 Source: DOE/National Renewable ...

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam ...

The Light Bender robotics project from space technology company Maxar will autonomously redirect sunlight to power solar panels in dark regions of the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on ...

A California-based startup's controversial plan to put 4,000 tennis-court-sized mirrors in orbit around Earth is "catastrophic" and "horrifying," astronomers warn. Reflect Orbital, which was founded ...