The space solar race is on, as research teams in the US, the UK and elsewhere around the world take a wacky idea and make it real.
The idea seems kooky at first glance, but the race to launch an orbiting solar power plant into space is heating up, with the US and the UK both in the running. In the latest news, a UK startup with the ambitious name of Space Solar anticipates that a demonstration model of their device will be orbiting within the next three years, beaming solar energy down to a receiver on Earth 24/7, regardless of the weather.
“The UK’s leading space-based solar power company, Space Solar, today announces the results of a detailed engineering design and analysis study which confirms the performance characteristics for itsSpace Solar describes its technology as significantly different from other iterations, particularly in terms of the all-important financial profile as well as its ability to deliver clean kilowatts on a continuous, 24/7 basis.
“Queen’s researchers have produced two major innovations for BVLOS WPT: beyond near/far field auto-focusing antenna array technology, and orientation agnostic rectifying antenna systems,” Queens reports, referring to control systems for controlling drones even when out of eyesight. Back then, the researchers noted that much of the work on wireless systems was focused on medium-power microwave transmission, suitable for sensors and other low-power applications.
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