• U.S. Air Force plans for space solar power harvesting stations

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    The U.S. Air Force has big plans for renewable energy development over the next 15 years, and we’ve just had a sneak peek at it all. One of the proposals that have had us hooked is the space solar stations the Air Force is planning. These will beam energy generated from the sun directly back home to planet Earth as well as space satellites. The exact technologies that will be used to wirelessly transfer energy from these solar-energy-collecting stations to the earth however are yet being perfected. Also, the Air Force currently has just 27 kilowatt (kW) arrays for satellite power and is looking to expand out on the same with this future proposal. We wish the U.S. Air Force all the luck it needs in this endeavor of sending clean renewable energy to our planet right out of space!
    [zmescience]

    Posted in Topics:Alternative Energy, Tags: on February 24, 2012