ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE BEYOND THE GRID
MUSEN is developing a laser power network that connects surplus terrestrial electricity to ships, aircraft, and demand centers through low Earth orbit. Our first demonstration will focus on electric ships.
MUSEN is a laser wireless power and space infrastructure project operated by Granicus LLC.
THE END STATE
As AI, robotics, electric transport, and manufacturing scale, civilization is constrained by the amount of usable energy it can access. MUSEN is developing a laser power network to deliver abundant energy wherever it is needed.
From surplus terrestrial electricity through a low-Earth-orbit relay network to ships, aircraft, and ground demand centers. Convert electricity into a high-quality laser, relay and route it, then convert it back into useful power.
ENERGY DELIVERY ↗ENERGY DELIVERY / EARTH
Move surplus generation from where it is abundant to cities, factories, and data centers where power is scarce. A multi-hop laser route through a low-Earth-orbit satellite network is not constrained by the geography or construction timeline of transmission lines.
HOW IT WORKSWHY A NEW EARTH POWER ROUTE
The best places to generate power are often far from the cities, factories, and data centers that need it most. New generation cannot serve demand if grid interconnection and transmission construction cannot keep pace.
Generation and storage capacity waiting in U.S. interconnection queues at the end of 2025. Not all of it is expected to be built.
For projects that began operating in 2025, the median time from interconnection request to commercial operation exceeded five years.
Share of capacity that entered U.S. interconnection queues from 2000–2020 and had reached commercial operation by the end of 2025.
Wherever the required land, equipment, safety measures, and permits are secured, our wireless power system targets same-day energization.
FIRST DEMONSTRATION / MARITIME
Electric ferries and cargo ships are already in service. Longer voyages demand more battery mass and space. We will start with laser power delivery to electric ships, aiming to extend range while preserving room for cargo.
Use the surrounding sea as a heat sink for the receiver through a separate cooling circuit.
Larger vessels offer space for bigger receivers and cooling equipment, easing the mass and packaging constraints of flight.
Bring tracking, power conversion, and onboard supply together at sea, then carry that work into aircraft and ground applications.
ENERGY DELIVERY / AVIATION
One of the main constraints on long-range electric aviation is the battery mass required to carry cruise energy. Above the clouds, power can be delivered from low Earth orbit while onboard storage remains for takeoff, landing, route handover, safe shutdown, and reserve.
FOUNDING TEAM / RECRUITING NOW
You only need deep, hands-on experience with one hard boundary: high-power CW sources, space optics and PAT, dynamic routing, photovoltaic conversion, or power electronics. We are assembling a founding team from people who have built and measured real systems.
SEE EXACTLY WHO WE NEEDYou have designed or measured at least one of these in hardware: CW optical output, WPE, M²/BPP, thermal behavior, or source arrays.
OPEN INTERVIEW EMAIL ↗02You have implemented acquisition and tracking of moving targets, wavefront control, inter-satellite optical paths, or route handover.
OPEN INTERVIEW EMAIL ↗03You have built the path from laser capture through MPPT, power conversion, thermal rejection, and useful load output.
OPEN INTERVIEW EMAIL ↗TECHNICAL PARTNERS
We also work directly with organizations that can provide evaluation hardware, test facilities, co-development, or manufacturing capacity.
TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIPS