Value chain · CLM-1243
In plain terms
The company says it is lining up partners in Japan, the US, Saudi Arabia and Canada, and working with the European Space Agency. It pitches beamed power as something Britain could offer its allies, including for defence and polar sites. It says the ground receivers would be cheap enough to finance even in poorer countries. None of this is backed by named deals or figures in the post.
The claim as recorded
In a LinkedIn post of about 30 September 2026, Space Solar states that space-based solar power will be an international endeavour that the UK is well placed to lead, and that the company is building partnerships in Japan, the US, Saudi Arabia and Canada while delivering programmes with ESA. It argues that a UK able to beam baseload power almost anywhere could supply clean energy to allies with few other renewable options, naming Singapore, and that this matters for defence and security and for remote regions such as the poles. It argues that the solutions proposed for the UK will not scale globally while space-based solar power could, because the expensive assets are in space and the receiving antenna on the ground is easier to finance, including in developing countries. It closes by framing UK leadership in space-based solar power as a matter of soft power, not only energy, in introducing a video with the company's co-CEO and a board member who is also chief executive of the Satellite Applications Catapult. It names no partner organisation, contract, sum or date.
Evidence behind this: T6 social media post, self-reported and dated only by the platform's relative timestamp ("2d" as seen on 2026-10-02).
Scope and limits
A COMPANY'S OWN ACCOUNT, WITH NO PARTNER, CONTRACT, SUM OR DATE NAMED; THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE STATED AS BEING BUILT, NOT SIGNED. The ESA programmes are not detailed. The defence and polar uses are framing, not programmes. The financing claim compares the ground antenna with the space assets in words only, with no cost figures. The video was not watched and is not used. A board member who leads a publicly funded UK body (the Satellite Applications Catapult) is a fact about the company's board, not a government position. The register names offices, not the people.
What it assumes
That "2d" as seen on 2026-10-02 places the post on 2026-09-29 or 2026-09-30.
Where it comes from
Screenshot, read directly; body text held as the transcript capture named in the SRC row. Paragraph 2 (paraphrase): partnerships in Japan, the US, Saudi Arabia and Canada, and programmes with ESA. Paragraph 3 (paraphrase): beaming baseload to allies, Singapore named; defence and security; remote regions like the poles. Paragraph 4: "a receiving antenna on the ground is far easier to finance", including in developing countries. Paragraph 5 (paraphrase): UK leadership framed as soft power, not only energy. Paragraph 5: the video features the co-CEO and a board member who is the Satellite Applications Catapult's chief executive (names not recorded, DN-19). Header: "2d", "Edited"; 33 reactions, 1 repost at capture on 2026-10-02.
Related records
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Cite this
energyaperture.com/c/clm-1243
CLM-1243, Energy Aperture, as of 2026-09-30.