Space Solar Power Institute

SSP is a simple idea (pictured above). By collecting the sun's energy in high orbit, almost ten times as much energy per panel - reliable, low-CO2 energy(graph right) can be collected. Rising energy costs slow the economy through higher food, transportation and goods costs.

Growing global demand for energy to keep our world running results in a heavier environmental footprint, as we are forced to environmentally and financially more challenging fossil fuels.Transitioning energy production directly to the sun is the best way to cleanly repower planet Earth. We must add Space Solar Power (SSP), our best energy alternative, to our energy mix.

For many years, volunteers such as the SSP Institute's SSP Workshop at Ga Tech have been studying and doing presentations on many of SSP's key technologies and the energy transformation we must facilitate. We are most fortunate to add Gail Tverberg to our roster as Director of Energy Economics. Ga Tech's ECE6390 satellite design class project required each team to design a Space Solar Power System.