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Study on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Space-Based Power Generation (SBSP) for Terrestrial Energy Needs - executive summary brochure, EN edition.

Commissioned by European Space Agency. Who paid for a study is recorded because it bears on how its conclusions should be read, not because it makes them wrong.

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• CLM-1416 A 2022 study for the European Space Agency put the cheapest case for space solar power at about 55 euros per megawatt-hour after adjusting for the value of its electricity, under optimistic costs, a 10% cost of capital and a 30-year life.

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