Value chain · CLM-0291
In plain terms
As of February 2026, the UK government's own webpage on space-based solar power describes the two studies it has paid for and links to its earlier innovation competition. It does not announce any new funding or a plan to build anything.
The claim as recorded
As of its last update on 2026-02-13, DESNZ's gov.uk collection page on space-based solar power says that "Recent technology and conceptual advances have increased the potential viability of SBSP" and that "the government has commissioned 2 studies to assess the opportunity and pathway to deployment" - the 2021 Frazer-Nash report and the 2025 RAF036/2425 report (SRC-076, added to the page on 2026-02-13) - and links, under "Related UK programme", to the Space Based Solar Power Innovation Competition's list of successful projects (CLM-0287); it states no further funding decision, programme or roadmap commitment.
Scope and limits
As captured at its 2026-02-13 update, this page was DESNZ's own top-level public statement on SBSP; it links to the 2022-2023 SBSP Innovation Competition's successful projects under "Related UK programme" but does not state the GBP 5,478,979 total (CLM-0287). Do not read this page's silence on funding as proof that no UK SBSP funding has ever been given -- it is proof only that this landing page, as captured at its 2026-02-13 update, announced no funding beyond the two studies and the link to the earlier competition.
What it assumes
No assumptions are recorded against this claim.
Where it comes from
held page text, summary line: "Studies on the technical feasibility, costs, economics of space-based solar power (SBSP) and potential early-market adoption pathways"; body: the two sentences the claim quotes, on technology and conceptual advances and on the two commissioned studies; "Related UK programme": "Space Based Solar Power Innovation Competition: successful projects"; "Last updated 13 February 2026", and a change-log entry of that date recording the publication of the 2025 feasibility report. Attached documents listed: (1) "Space based solar power: de-risking the pathway to net zero" (2021, 26 pages); (2) "Feasibility of small-scale space based solar power (SBSP) systems for early market adoption" (RAF036/2425, 2025, 94 pages), both hosted on this one DESNZ collection page.
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Cite this
energyaperture.com/c/clm-0291
CLM-0291, Energy Aperture, as of 2026-02-13.
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