News Tag: Space Solar

Wireless Power in 2026: Scoring the Year Against Tesla’s Plan

Records fell in every direction over the last twelve months. 1,180 watts over 100 meters by microwave. More than a kilowatt by laser. 800 watts across 8.6 kilometers. Here is how that actually stacks up against what Tesla promised at Wardenclyffe, and what is still missing.

Space Solar Just Got Its First Real Customers

Meta reserved early access to up to a gigawatt from Overview Energy. Virtus Solis signed terms on a 500 megawatt deployment. Space based solar stopped being a thought experiment the moment somebody agreed to pay for it.

China Beams 1,180 Watts Over 100 Meters in Space Solar Test

China's Zhuri program pushed microwave power transmission to 20.8 percent end to end efficiency and delivered 1,180 watts to multiple moving targets more than 100 meters away. Tesla proposed the same idea in 1901. The engineering finally caught up.