Japan, the land of the rising sun, it will look for direct energy from the star king in space. The Asian country has everything for the first panel launch test into space, to be carried out in 2025.
The idea of the government, the JAXA aerospace agency and private groups is to put solar panels into orbit, at an altitude of 36 thousand kilometers.
As the portal explains Asian Nikkei, solar energy is converted into microwaves and sent to ground receiving stations, converting it into electrical energy. Since microwaves can pass through clouds, a stable supply is generated regardless of time or weather.
“If we can demonstrate our technology before the rest of the world, it will also be a negotiating tool for spatial development with other countries”, said Naoki Shinohara, a professor at Kyoto University, leading the investigation.
Currently, scientists are working to refine core technology for wireless power supply.
Japan’s great concern about its experiment with solar energy from space
By 2025, the first experiment will be to transmit energy from outer space to Earth, using small satellites that will forward power to receiving stations in Japan.
The big concern is cost, notes Asia Nikei: Generating about 1 gigawatt, the equivalent of a nuclear reactor, with space-based solar power, You need panels of 2 kilometers at least.
Installing them requires more than 7,100 million dollars, the approximate one billion yen.
It is not the first time that Japan has worked on this idea: as Engadget recalls, in 2015, JAXA scientists successfully transmitted 1.8 kilowatts of power, enough to power an electric kettle, more than 50 meters away from a wireless receiver.
Bring direct energy from the Sun from space It will be an even higher level. Can the Land of the Rising Sun make it?