Space based solar power will never be half the cost of nuclear power

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Thread: Space based solar power will never be half the cost of nuclear power

# 22761 byCharles Radley on April 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

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> Our cells are at 16,800 Watt/kg for 12.4% efficient a-Si. We are working on triple junction that showed 26% efficiency last June.
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> Kevin
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Kevin, 16.8 KW / kg is difficult to believe. At such a high performance, space based solar power would beeconomicaly viable today without need to reduce launch costs.

Who is the vendor?

Please provide spec sheets?

Are these cells space qualified?

Thanks,

Charles R.