Solar Power Satellites: Our Nezt Generation of Satellites Will Deliver the Suns Energy to Earth
The paper addresses the means for gathering energy from sunlight in space and transmitting it to Earth via Solar Power Satellites. The motivating factor is that the output of our sun is the largest potential energy source available, with the capability of providing inexhaustible quantities of clean electrical energy to every location on Earth. The challenge is that considerable financial, intellectual and diplomatic resources must be focused on designing and implementing new types of energy infrastructures in space and on the ground. These include: 1) next-generation space platforms, arrays, and power transmission systems; 2) more flexible and powerful launch vehicles for delivering materials to space; 3) specialized receivers, converters and storage systems on earth, and the in-orbit position allocations, spectrum and software that make these systems work together efficiently and safely.
Don M. Flournoy
Telecommunications, Scripps College of Communication,Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
国际会议
International Conference on Space Information Technology 2009(2009年第三届空间信息技术国际会议)
北京
英文
1-5
2009-11-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）