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Helio Positions Space-Based Solar Power as the Path to Energy Sovereignty Amid Global Energy Crisis
Helio Positions Space-Based Solar Power as the Path to Energy Sovereignty Amid Global Energy Crisis.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n Helio Positions Space-Based Solar Power as the Path to Energy Sovereignty Amid Global Energy Crisis \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nHelio Positions Space-Based Solar Power as the Path to Energy Sovereignty Amid Global Energy Crisis \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBERKELEY, CA / ACCESS Newswire / May 11, 2026 / Helio Corporation (OTC PINK:HLEO) (\"Helio\" or the \"Company\"), a developer of advanced space power and engineering solutions supporting next-generation space infrastructure, today announced that Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) is emerging as a critical solution to the accelerating global energy crisis and the urgent need for energy sovereignty.\r\n Recent analysis published by Semafor in \"The Largest Energy Crisis in Modern History Is Only Beginning\" (https://www.semafor.com/article/05/05/2026/the-largest-energy-crisis-in-modern-history-is-only-beginning) underscores the scale and structural nature of the current global energy disruption. According to the report, the world is now \"six weeks into the worst energy crisis in modern world history,\" driven in large part by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has removed more supply from global markets than any single event since petroleum became the foundation of the industrial economy.\r\n The report further highlights that energy crises operate with a lag, as oil that failed to transit through Hormuz does not immediately impact end markets but instead emerges over time as fuel shortages, rising input costs, and ultimately broader economic disruption. The International Energy Agency has characterized the event as the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, while the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas estimates it could reduce global GDP growth by nearly three percentage points in the current quarter. These impacts are expected to ripple across sectors including food production, chemicals, plastics, and global shipping.\r\n Helio believes these dynamics expose a fundamental vulnerability in the global energy system, which has been built on the assumption that fuel can move freely through a limited number of geographic chokepoints. The Semafor analysis attributes the current crisis in part to decades of underinvestment in alternative energy systems capable of reducing this dependence. While renewable energy has expanded significantly, its int...