Solar panels have offered energy to people as long as it was not dark or cloudy, and while the sun was out.
To get around this obstacle, energy companies have started a campaign to send solar panels into space, where they would be able to bypass clouds and anything else reflecting incoming solar radiation, to receive energy constantly.
According to the MSNBC Web site, Pacific Gas and Electric plan on buying 200 megawatts of energy from startup Solaren Corp., in 2016.
The energy would be beamed down from Solaren’s space-based solar panels and be turned into radio frequency transmissions and sent to a Fresno, CA station.
Pacific Gas and Electric is seeking California state approval in order to purchase solar energy from Solaren Corp. for the next 15 years, according to MSNBC.
According to universetoday.com, the idea of having space-based solar panels was explored by NASA in 1970.
Unfortunately, at the time it would cost over $1 trillion to be able to bring the project into light, according to universetoday.com.
It is understood though that whoever is able to complete such a task would be able to strengthen their economy by selling vast amounts of energy, which could consistently be obtained.
With an uninterruptable source of energy being obtained from ground-based receivers, energy could be distributed all over the world at any time.
With solar energy being generated from space, we could potentially free ourselves from fossil fuels and move toward a truly green future.
October 26, 2009...5:34 pm
Alternative energy: space-based solar panels
Solar panels have offered energy to people as long as it was not dark or cloudy, and while the sun was out.
To get around this obstacle, energy companies have started a campaign to send solar panels into space, where they would be able to bypass clouds and anything else reflecting incoming solar radiation, to receive energy constantly.
According to the MSNBC Web site, Pacific Gas and Electric plan on buying 200 megawatts of energy from startup Solaren Corp., in 2016.
The energy would be beamed down from Solaren’s space-based solar panels and be turned into radio frequency transmissions and sent to a Fresno, CA station.
Pacific Gas and Electric is seeking California state approval in order to purchase solar energy from Solaren Corp. for the next 15 years, according to MSNBC.
According to universetoday.com, the idea of having space-based solar panels was explored by NASA in 1970.
Unfortunately, at the time it would cost over $1 trillion to be able to bring the project into light, according to universetoday.com.
It is understood though that whoever is able to complete such a task would be able to strengthen their economy by selling vast amounts of energy, which could consistently be obtained.
With an uninterruptable source of energy being obtained from ground-based receivers, energy could be distributed all over the world at any time.
With solar energy being generated from space, we could potentially free ourselves from fossil fuels and move toward a truly green future.
Leonard Lai
-Staff Writer
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