‘Energy for democracy': A plan for out-of-this-world solar power

Satisfying Australia’s energy needs while simultaneously putting the country on firmer national-security footing is a lofty goal.

That sort of “energy for democracy” is what Melbourne architect Serdar Baycan hopes to help create.

Baycan has teamed up with one of the world’s foremost experts in space-based power to design and build a new system to supply energy for the country.

Their proposal is to test and then launch a series of orbiting solar power stations to capture sunlight, convert it to radio waves and send the energy down to terrestrial receivers to provide a source of endless clean electricity.

Read the story from The Age by Chris Zappone - “‘Energy for democracy': A plan for out-of-this-world solar power.”