Solar energy harvested in space offers the potential for an unlimited and constant zero carbon power source. A pioneering government-backed study into CASSIOPeiA, and other concepts, will help shine a light on the possibilities for a space-based solar power system.

The UK Government has commissioned systems, engineering and technology consultancy, Frazer-Nash, and global forecasting and quantitative analysis company, Oxford Economics, to carry out an independent study into space-based solar power (SBSP), assisted by IECL Chief Engineer Ian Cash...

The UK government has ordered research into a multi-billion pound solar satellite: the British prototype called CASSIOPeiA would be a mile long and weigh 2,000 tons.

IECL's Ian Cash talks to Wired.com about the anticipated launch of the US Air Force's secret space plane, X-37B, for a long-duration mission in low Earth orbit.

Ian Cash, of SICA Design Ltd (design arm of IECL), presented a new Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept during the Space Solar Power Workshop of the IEEE WiSEE conference held in Montreal.

Today’s agenda for space is no longer focused on merely getting there. The modern space race is about getting the engineering in place to exploit space-based solar power (SBSP). But how will energy be beamed back down to Earth without breaking the bank?

There is currently a big buzz around space-based solar power (SBSP) in R&D departments and space agencies around the world. The reality of affordable, safe SBSP seems to be getting closer by the day, and there are a number of different systems in development that have the potential to deliver SBSP within a couple of decades…

A new Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept has been advocated and dubbed CASSIOPeiA, short for Constant Aperture, Solid-State, Integrated, Orbital Phased Array)...