#168 | Space-based Solar Power | Marc Berte, Overview Energy

#168 | Space-based Solar Power | Marc Berte, Overview Energy

From Space Business Podcast by spacebusiness

May 16, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 1 · Episode 172

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state and commercial potential of space-based solar power with guest Marc Berte.

Space-based solar power – it’s a hot and electrifying topic again (sorry for the pun!) What is the state of the art? What are the commercial use cases? How do the economics look? We’ll dive into this and more with our guest Marc Berte, CEO & Founder of Overview Energy. Enjoy! 🕰️ Timestamps: 0:00 Podcast Intro 01:07 Elevator Pitch 02:25 Dr. Evil to Reality 03:54 Why Space Solar Now 04:26 Mark’s Background 06:08 SBSP History 14:40 System Architecture and Safety 22:13 Solar Cells and Economics 25:28 Satellite Lifetime Design 28:32 More on Solar Cells 31:20 Integration and Unknowns 33:19 Manufacturing at Scale 34:32 Supply Chain Bottlenecks 37:02 Electricity Market Segments and Pricing 44:27 Meta Data Center Deal 47:08 New Contract Model 51:27 Roadmap and Milestones 53:14 Other Space Opportunities 56:22 Science-Fiction 57:43 Dyson Sphere 🔗 OVERVIEW ENERGY 🏠Website: https://www.overviewenergy.com/ 🔗 Follow us: 🏠Website : https://www.e2mc.space/ 🤝🏻LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-business-podcast/ 🌐Socials: https://linktr.ee/spacebusinesspodcast 🔗 Follow Raphael: ◇ Twitter/X - https://x.com/RaphaelE2MC 🔷LinkedIn…

People in this episode

Host: Raphael

Guest: Marc Berte

Topics covered

  • space-based solar power
  • commercial use cases
  • economics
  • system architecture
  • solar cells
  • manufacturing

Keywords

  • space-based solar power
  • economics
  • solar cells
  • system architecture
  • manufacturing at scale

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Organizations: Overview Energy

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