<h5>Start-up announces plans to sell sunlight!</h5><p>Imagine a company that sells sunlight, just like how chocolates and chips are sold in various shops.</p><p>Meet Reflect Orbital, a super fun company from California, USA. Their big idea is to deliver sunlight even after sunset.</p><p>Ben Nowack, the boss of Reflect Orbital, says solar power can provide all the energy we need.</p><p>Solar panels play an important role in helping generate solar power, but when the sun sets, they don’t receive sunlight. So, solar farms are unable to generate energy at night.</p><p>Hence, the company plans to redirect sunlight onto solar panels on Earth's surface at night. This way, they can "sell" sunlight to those in need.</p><h5>How do they plan to make it possible?</h5><p>The company plans to launch many small satellites into space. These satellites will have huge mirrors that will help reflect sunlight back down to solar farms on Earth.</p><p>Using the satellites, the company can offer solar farms an additional 30 minutes of sunlight. With this extra sunlight, these farms can make even more energy to power homes.</p><h5>The company held tests.</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/start-up-planning-to-sell-sunlight%2FSolar%20Farm.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=008d79ea-4d59-4eca-94e6-a7819245f2eb" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>The company’s test that they held. Video by Ben Nowack.</figcaption> </figure></div><p>The company held tests to determine whether their plan would work! They attached a giant mirror to a hot-air balloon to test it out.</p><p>They tested it for weeks, and finally, it worked! The mirror reflected sunlight to solar panels, helping generate energy.</p><p>Reflect Orbital’s satellites are set to launch in 2025, and organisations can apply to the company to “buy sunlight.” How awesome is that?</p>

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