Power, Without Boundaries

The demand for connectivity to mobile and distributed assets is soaring and this requires a big change in access to power. Those that invest in leading this change will be able to manage the pace in this power-hungry race for technology deployment.

Program partner

2023 Darpa Luna-10 program

LunA-10 aims to chart a vision and path toward an optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure for peaceful U.S. and international use. Selected as 1 of 14 strategic partners, PowerLight will help define new infrastructure for rapid scientific and commercial activity on and around the Moon.

Program partner

2023 Darpa power program

DARPA's innovative Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program aims to create a dynamic wireless energy web capable of using beam technology to send power to warfighters at the speed of light. Other selected partners include RTX, Draper Lab, and Beam Co.

Award Winner

2022 FiReStarters Award

The FiReStarter program highlights top startups with new technology. Past award winners include Tesla.
Learn more about our innovative optical power beaming.

By delivering “whenever/wherever” optical power beaming, PowerLight extends the reach of traditional power distribution and enables this next era of truly wireless connectivity.

APPLICATIONS

INNOVATION, RIGOROUS ENGINEERING & THIRD PARTY VALIDATION.

Many of the foundational technologies of today like jet engines, GPS, and even the internet, were first developed to meet urgent military needs. DoD’s demanding requirements and rigorous evaluation processes helped to mature and “de-risk” these technologies before they transitioned into the commercial sector. PowerLight’s optical power beaming solutions, including both wireless power beaming and power-over-fiber, have successfully completed diligent DoD testing and evaluation and are similarly poised for commercial transition.

What is Optical WIRELESS Power Beaming?

Optical Power Beaming is the process by where you convert electricity into laser light, send it some distance away and then turn it back into usable electricity. The beam is shaped and conditioned to be optimized for power, distance and efficiency and the entire system is packaged and controlled to be safe. For wireless power beaming, the beam can be sent in the air and is “caught” using specialized solar panels. Wireless power beaming can reliably send power over hundreds of feet and even miles to equipment and vehicles stationary or moving on the ground or even in the air.

Optical Power Beaming technologies can even support power delivery via fiber optic cables to equipment and vehicles underwater. PowerLight-driven advances in optical power beaming technologies have delivered power over fiber to submersible drones and this technology promises to advance cleaner and safer undersea operations and exploration in the future.