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Japan's Solar Farm In Space
Japan plans giant solar power station in space
JAPAN Plans $21 Billion Solar Space Post to Power 294,000 Homes
Japans space agency is planning to construct a solar power station in space and use it to beam energy down to Earth using lasers.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) hopes that the ambitious plans will help ease the countrys energy problems as well as providing a solution for global warming.
A select group of companies and researchers have been given the task of designing and building the Space Solar Power System (SSPS).
The plan is to create a miles-wide array of photovoltaic panels, like the solar panels used on Earth, and place it in a geostationary orbit.
Solar rays are at least five times as powerful in space as they are at ground level, allowing the huge panels to gather vast quantities of energy.
A report by researchers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said: "Since solar power is a clean and inexhaustible energy source, we believe that this system will be able to help solve the problems of energy shortage and global warming.
A small test model is scheduled for launch in 2015. To iron out all the kinks and get a fully functional system set up is estimated to take three decades. A major kink, presumably, is coping with the possible dangers when a 1-gigawatt microwave beam aimed at a small spot on Earth misses its target.
{The system might work like how it is shown in the video below }
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Japan's Solar Farm In Space
Japan plans giant solar power station in space
JAPAN Plans $21 Billion Solar Space Post to Power 294,000 Homes
Japans space agency is planning to construct a solar power station in space and use it to beam energy down to Earth using lasers.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) hopes that the ambitious plans will help ease the countrys energy problems as well as providing a solution for global warming.
A select group of companies and researchers have been given the task of designing and building the Space Solar Power System (SSPS).
The plan is to create a miles-wide array of photovoltaic panels, like the solar panels used on Earth, and place it in a geostationary orbit.
Solar rays are at least five times as powerful in space as they are at ground level, allowing the huge panels to gather vast quantities of energy.
A report by researchers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said: "Since solar power is a clean and inexhaustible energy source, we believe that this system will be able to help solve the problems of energy shortage and global warming.
A small test model is scheduled for launch in 2015. To iron out all the kinks and get a fully functional system set up is estimated to take three decades. A major kink, presumably, is coping with the possible dangers when a 1-gigawatt microwave beam aimed at a small spot on Earth misses its target.
{The system might work like how it is shown in the video below }
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