This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space

This Company Wants to Sell You Sunlight at Night From Space

Reflect Orbital, a California startup, has opened applications for anyone who wants to use a satellite with a mirror on it to reflect sunlight to a specific location on Earth after dark. You might be wondering: What? A few years ago, VICE spoke with Reflect Orbital’s founder and CEO, Ben Nowack, about his plans to generate solar power at night. “I had an interesting way to solve the real issue with solar power. It’s this unstoppable force,” Nowa…

Reflect Orbital sells sunlight at night, but don't trust that fancy video

Turning night into day is something big meteors can do, but it might (one day) become as easy as firing up an app and tapping a spot on the map. Reflect Orbital is a California-based startup that aims to sell sunlight and energy after the sun has set. They're doing it by sending a big mirror into space, aboard a satellite that's able to point said mirror in such a way to reflect the sun's light onto a precise location on Earth. The startup isn't…

New startup wants to sell you “sunlight after dark” using mirrors

California-based Reflect Orbitals has developed a way to sell sunlight after dark. The goal is to maximize solar farms’ energy production.

This Company Is Developing Setup to Sell Sunlight after Dark

Reflect Orbital would use satellites to reflect light at any time.