Astrium innovates solar energy from space
21 january 2010
Astrium has invested its own capital to begin the development of new technologies for transferring solar energy to Earth. The company’s highly-skilled teams, already capable of manufacturing large satellites, have turned their attention to spacecraft that can collect solar energy and redirect it towards the ground using laser beams and highly reflective mirrors. Governments are now actively encouraging the development of clean, inexhaustible energy sources, and European industry has concrete solutions to offer.