Space Solar Power (SSP) collects solar energy in orbit and transmits it wirelessly to Earth via proven microwave or laser techniques. Because satellites receive near-constant sunlight unobstructed by atmosphere or weather, SSP delivers 24/7 uninterrupted, zero-carbon, dispatchable power — independent of weather, seasons, or geography.

For energy professionals, it's best understood in familiar terms:

• Firm clean generation with a capacity factor above 95% — comparable to nuclear, not solar or wind
• Dispatchable power that can be directed to any location on Earth with a receiving rectenna
• No long-duration storage required to achieve 24/7 delivery
• No new high-voltage transmission corridors required to reach underserved or constrained regions

SSP directly addresses the structural problems energy professionals deal with daily: intermittency, grid integration complexity, transmission bottlenecks, and the rising cost and physical limits of long-duration storage. It doesn't incrementally optimize around those constraints — it removes them at the source.

Despite rapid global progress, most energy professionals haven't yet encountered Space Solar Power as a credible near-term option. That gap is closing fast:

• DARPA beamed over 800 W via laser across 8.6 km for 30 seconds in 2025 — new world records for distance and duration in wireless power transmission
• The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is preparing end-to-end in-orbit microwave beaming demonstrations in 2025–26
• Japan will test beaming 1 kW from a satellite in low Earth orbit to Earth via microwaves in 2026
• China Academy of Space Technology has orbital tests planned for 2028, with first MW-scale SSP plants targeted for 2030
• Caltech's 2023 SSPD-1 mission successfully beamed power wirelessly in space — testing structures, solar cells, and microwave transmitters in orbit
• U.S. and UK startups backed by over $100M — including Breakthrough Energy — are targeting in-orbit demos by 2028

High-efficiency space-grade solar panels and reusable heavy launch vehicles are now maturing simultaneously — an enabling convergence that didn't exist five years ago. NASA's 2024 analysis puts SSP's projected LCOE at $30–80/MWh by 2050. European and UK studies estimate competitiveness with dispatchable renewables at €88–156/MWh.

This is a first-of-its-kind effort to bring the Space Solar Power conversation directly to utility and energy sector decision-makers — in a sustained, technically grounded half-day block, integrated into Experience POWER 2026.

• Introduce SSP to power sector decision-makers in a practical, grounded way — not as a distant science project, but as a credible planning horizon item
• Translate SSP into frameworks energy leaders already use: levelized costs, capacity factor, transmission integration, regulatory pathways — so attendees leave with a basis for action
• Connect energy system providers to SSP resources and build a sustained network for early movers

The half-day block runs the morning of Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, integrated within the broader Experience POWER and Data Center Power Exchange agenda (September 28 – October 1).

Live demonstrations during breaks between sessions.

Speakers and panelists for most sessions have been contacted and confirmed. The program brings together SSP technologists, utility and grid leaders, policy officials, investors, and commercial developers across all sessions. Full speaker list coming soon.

The Space Frontier Foundation is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to opening the space frontier to benefit humanity through the power of free enterprise. Outside the space industry, Space Solar Power is undervalued as a potential energy solution. The Foundation listens to the energy community, connects it with SSP innovators, and translates the technology's value in practical terms — to accelerate market arrival.

Sponsoring this track places your organization in front of the utility, grid, and energy industry leaders who will shape how SSP enters the grid — in the room where decisions are made.