Three decades after the first and only time that a mirror was launched to demonstrate solar energy could be reflected from space to Earth. My colleagues and I believe it’s time to revisit this ...

Feb. 5 (UPI) --A new study out of the University of Glasgow said that large-scale sunlight reflectors placed in space to help solar farms gain additional energy at dawn and dusk could give solar ...

A group of scientists from the University of Glasgow has suggested using lightweight orbiting reflectors powered by photovoltaics to increase electricity generation in solar power plants located on ...

The Solspace reflectors would focus on an array as long as they could deliver useful power, then rotate themselves away to deflect the energy off into space until they passed over the next large solar ...

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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When ...

Researchers at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology have developed new adjustable reflector systems for increasing the performance of vertical bifacial PV arrays. “The system is ...

Deposition Sciences, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, specializes in advanced materials and optical coatings. For over 20 years, they’ve been producing their Sunshade® thermal ...

If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5, 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian space mirror ...

Onur Çelik and his colleagues receive funding from European Research Council. He collaborated with Dr. Andrea Viale, Dr. Temitayo Oderinwale, Dr. Litesh Sulbhewar and Prof. Colin R. McInnes in the ...