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CONTENTS
• Introduction
• How it would differ
• Basic concept
• History
• Requirements for space solar power
• Design
• Microwave power transmission
• Laser power beaming
• Earth-based receiver
• Challenges
• Advantages and disadvantages
• Applications
• Conclusion
Introduction
Solar Intensity
1,366 W/m2
No Night Min Weather
Space Solar
Solar Intensity
1,000 W/m2 Night Loss Weather Loss
Ground Solar
Basic Concept
• Part of the solar energy is lost on its way through the atmosphere by the
effects of reflection and absorption.
• In 1973 Peter Glaser was granted U.S. patent for his method of transmitting power over
long distances using microwaves from a very large antenna (up to one square kilometer)
on the satellite to a much larger one, now known as a rectenna, on the ground.
• Between 1978 and 1981, the US Congress authorized the Department of Energy (DoE)
and NASA to jointly investigate the concept.
• In 1997 NASA conducted its "Fresh Look" study to examine the modern state of SBSP
feasibility.
• NASA Study of solar power satellites required a 1-km diameter transmitting antenna,
and a 10 km diameter receiving rectenna, for a microwave beam at 2.45 GHz.
• Space solar power can completely solve our energy problems long term. The
sooner we start and the harder we work, the shorter "long term" will be.
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