Enhancing Global Clean Energy Services Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors

Project Information

SOLSPACE

Grant agreement ID: 883730

DOI

10.3030/883730

EC signature date 16 June 2020

Start date 1 December 2020

End date 30 November 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 496 392,00

EU contribution

€ 2 496 392,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (8)

A reference architecture for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar power plant output

Author(s): Andrea Viale, Onur Çelik, Temitayo Oderinwale, Litesh Sulbhewar, Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Advances in Space Research, Issue in press, 2023, Page(s) in press, ISSN 0273-1177
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.05.037

Attitude control actuator scaling laws for orbiting solar reflectors

Author(s): Andrea Viale; Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Advances in Space Research, Issue 71, 2022, Page(s) 604-623, ISSN 0273-1177
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2022.10.015

A generic three-dimensional model for solar energy reflected from mirrors in circular orbits

Author(s): Onur Çelik; Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Advances in Space Research, Issue 72, 2023, Page(s) 5047-5069, ISSN 0273-1177
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2023.09.046

Enhancing Terrestrial Solar Power Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors

Author(s): Celik, Onur; Viale, Andrea; Oderinwale, Temitayo; Sulbhewar, Litesh; McInnes, Colin R.
Published in: Acta Astronautica, Issue 195, 2022, Page(s) 276-286, ISSN 0094-5765
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.03.015

Enhancing solar energy generation and usage: Orbiting solar reflectors as alternative to energy storage

Author(s): Temitayo Oderinwale; Colin McInnes
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 317, 2022, Page(s) 119154, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119154

Design of efficient lattice truss beams in bending and torsion for large-scale space structures

Author(s): Litesh N. Sulbhewar, Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Structures, Issue 75, 2025, Page(s) 108727, ISSN 2352-0124
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108727

An analytical model for solar energy reflected from space with selected applications

Author(s): Onur Celik; Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Advances in Space Research, Issue 69, 2022, Page(s) 647-663, ISSN 0273-1177
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2021.10.033

The Effects of Pointing Error Sources on Energy Delivery from Orbiting Solar Reflectors

Author(s): Iain Moore, Litesh Sulbhewar, Onur Çelik, Colin R. McInnes
Published in: Acta Astronautica, Issue 222, 2024, Page(s) 563-572, ISSN 0094-5765
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.06.020

Conference proceedings (6)

Families of Displaced non-Keplerian Polar Orbits for Space-Based Solar Energy Applications

Author(s): Celik, Onur; McInnes, Colin R.
Published in: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022, 2022
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation

Enhancing terrestrial solar power using orbiting solar reflectors

Author(s): Celik, Onur; Viale, Andrea; Oderinwale, Temitayo; Sulbhewar, Litesh; McInnes, Colin R.
Published in: 72nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 25-29 Oct 2021, 2021
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation

Economic feasibility of alternative technological concepts to harness renewable energy from space

Author(s): Oderinwale, T.; McInnes, C.R
Published in: 11th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation - Meeting net zero carbon (RPG 2022), 2022
Publisher: IET
DOI: 10.1049/icp.2022.1687

Towards the commercial development of orbiting reflectors: a technology demonstration roadmap

Author(s): Viale, Andrea; Celik, Onur; Oderinwale, Temitayo; Sulbhewar, Litesh; Bailet, Gilles; McInnes, Colin R.
Published in: 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paris, France, 18-22 Sept 2022, 2022
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation

A constellation design for orbiting solar reflectors to enhance terrestrial solar energy

Author(s): Celik, O., and McInnes, C.R.
Published in: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, 2-6 October 2023, 2023
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation

The effects of pointing error sources on energy delivery from orbiting solar reflectors

Author(s): Moore, I., Celik, O., Sulbhewar, L., and McInnes, C.R.:
Published in: 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Baku, 2-6 October 2023, 2023
Publisher: International Astronautical Federation