Space Solar Power - Transforming our Energy, Environment and Economy

Darel Preble,
President, Space Solar Power Institute,
www.solarsat.org

Abstract

Our global economy is dependent on reasonable energy prices. To sustain a reasonable standard of living, while protecting our environment, we must rebuild our energy supply. Many energy alternatives have been subsidized since the 1973 Oil Crisis, yet our dependency has grown, our energy security has declined and energy-related environmental issues increasingly threaten us and global food supplies.

A careful examination of the pros and cons of alternative primary energy sources now available, shows Space Solar Power(SSP), to be a clean, dispatchable, and virtually unlimited energy source. This paper will explore the technical details surrounding the massive energy transformation America must swiftly initiate and facilitate. The key legislation that enables this transformation we call the Sunsat Act. Just as the Comsat Act of 1962 created our robust commercial satellite communications industry, the Sunsat Act would create a commercial power satellite industry - SSP.

Presented at ISDC 2011 - Huntsville. Video is available.