The utility news abounds this week with the announcement that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) and Solaren Corp., an eight-year-old company based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., are seeking state regulatory approval of using a space-based solar power generator in Earth orbit to power a segment of the state's energy grid in 2016. More from Scientific American.
Last year, the Virginia-based Dominion Resources utility officials heard a presentation a space-based solar power form a representative of the Pentagon's National Security Space Office and offered to support the concept in letters to members of Congress. Space advocates in Virginia are urging a partnership among Dominion Resources, Orbital Sciences Corporation, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and others to use Virginia assets for space-based solar power late in the next decade as well.
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