Space Business Podcast

#168 | Space-based Solar Power | Marc Berte, Overview Energy

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Space-based solar power – it’s a hot and electrifying topic again (sorry for the pun!) What is the state of the art? What are the commercial use cases? How do the economics look? We’ll dive into this and more with our guest Marc Berte, CEO & Founder of Overview Energy. Enjoy!

🕰️ Timestamps: 

0:00 Podcast Intro
01:07 Elevator Pitch
02:25 Dr. Evil to Reality
03:54 Why Space Solar Now
04:26 Mark’s Background
06:08 SBSP History
14:40 System Architecture and Safety
22:13 Solar Cells and Economics
25:28 Satellite Lifetime Design
28:32 More on Solar Cells
31:20 Integration and Unknowns
33:19 Manufacturing at Scale
34:32 Supply Chain Bottlenecks
37:02 Electricity Market Segments and Pricing
44:27 Meta Data Center Deal
47:08 New Contract Model
51:27 Roadmap and Milestones
53:14 Other Space Opportunities
56:22 Science-Fiction
57:43 Dyson Sphere
 

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