cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36081990
There’s absolutely no mention in the article about how the generated power would be transmitted back to earth.
Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80%
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@beehaw.org
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/solar-panels-in-space-could-cut-europes-renewable-energy-needs-by-80
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onslaught545@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
naeap@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Wasn’t there at least a Japanese experiment, in which they transmitted power by laser to the earth?
Don’t remember how successful this was though
Deyis@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Close, it was microwaves!
locuester@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Ah yes. “This energy would then be transmitted to one or more stations on Earth”. Simple eh?
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Just beam it down to one of those receiver
clb92@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
<wildly unrealistic idea> could <wildly unrealistic improvement>
Yet another useless article that hinges entirely on the word ‘could’. I can make stuff up too:
“1 windmill placed in every front yard could slash power prices by 99.9%”
“Solar panels mounted on every cat and dog could solve all our power needs”
“Painting all buildings in the world with reflective paint could save the polar ice caps”
saigot@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
This energy would then be transmitted to one or more stations on Earth.
They spent exactly one sentence addressing the biggest hurdle to doing this.They also don’t link to the paper. Then they have this quote
Although the feasibility of this technology is still under review,
Which kinda makes me think this paper is bullshit.
jherazob@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Checked, the ACTUAL paper does mention how to transmit it, as microwaves, haven’t read yet beyond the abstract (got some stuff pending to do) but at least it mentions a method