Maana Electric S.A.

Maana Electric S.A.
Description: Maana Electric specializes in developing innovative technologies to produce solar panels using locally available materials, such as sand on Earth and regolith on the Moon. Their proprietary automated mobile factories, known as MaanaBoxes, aim to revolutionize solar panel manufacturing both terrestrially and in space.
Vision:
To become the utility company of the solar system, supplying essential energy infrastructure wherever humanity ventures.
Mission:
To provide sustainable energy solutions by leveraging in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) technologies, enabling clean energy production on Earth and supporting human expansion into space.
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Funding:
  • Pre-Seed Funding: Jul 11, 2022, € million
Key Milestones:
  • 2019 : Filed first patents on TerraBox manufacturing and silicon reduction tech
  • 2020 : Received ESA and LSA support for space-grade silicon development
  • 2022 : Public demonstration of solar panels manufactured from desert sand
  • 2023: Secured initial commercial orders exceeding €100 million for automated mobile factories, with deliveries scheduled between 2024 and 2026.
  • 2023: Extended R&D partnerships with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency to advance space resource utilization technologies.
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Products & Services:
  • TerraBox: An automated, transportable production facility that manufactures solar panels from desert sand, designed for large-scale utility solar farms in remote areas.
  • LunaBox: Adapted TerraBox for regolith-based lunar silicon production and solar cell fabrication.
  • Green Silicon & Green Cells: Sustainable processes for producing silicon and solar cells with reduced environmental impact.
  • TRL: 5–6 (field-tested; Earth-based demos successful, lunar version under prototyping):
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