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Startup plans to sell sunlight after dark
Original: An American startup wants to sell sunlight after dark. Who gets a say?
A US startup is proposing to reflect sunlight onto ground locations at night using orbiting mirrors, effectively selling light after dark for solar power or illumination. Coverage highlights the regulatory vacuum around such plans: there is no clear international process deciding who approves it, and astronomers and dark-sky advocates have raised concerns about glare and disruption to night skies.
Why now: The plan raises unusual regulatory and environmental questions that have no established governance framework.
Evidence
- An American startup wants to sell sunlight after dark. Who gets a say? · Phys.org
- An American startup wants to sell sunlight after dark. Who gets a say? · The Conversation
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