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By 2030, Japan promises to bring into space a solar power plant.

10.10.2013

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Japan launchesa geostationary satellite to supply the country with clean energy that will gather in space sunlight and then transfer it to the ground in the form of microwaves or laser beams.

Refused from nuclear energy Japan continues to search for new ways to produce clean energy. A unique project promises to becomeone of those that the island state intends to implement by 2030.Japan intends to launch into space a geostationary satellite which will accumulate solar energy and then transfer it to the ground in the form of microwaves or laser beams.Thus, the country of the Rising Sun is planning to increase the amount of energy production from renewable energy sources.

By the way, space-based solar power plants are an old dream of the United States and Japan.The only limiting factor for the production of future solar cosmic objects is an incredibly high cost.On Earth, today the generation of electricity from sunlight is limited to daylight hours and is heavily dependent on weather and seasonal conditions.In space, these restrictions do notexist longer.

In an attempt to expand the opportunities of supplying their country with plenty of clean energy,the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) undertook to develop a method of collecting solar energy from geostationary satellites in high-rise 36,000 km above the Earth.Now Jaxa’sexperts conduct experiments to determine the most efficient way to transfer energy from space to earth.

Before the project is implemented, we have to solve a lot of technological problems.Nevertheless, we can already say that we are approaching the stage where getting this technology becomes very real.Our researchers have begun to prepare the first demonstration test in which we demonstrate the principle of the first wireless transmission technology of class 1 kW - YatsuyukiFukumuro specialist of Jaxa.

Source: greenevolution.ruelektrostanciyu

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