Solar Power Space

Former NASA scientist John C. Mankins has succeeded in sending solar panel captured energy by means of radio waves over a distance of 148 kilometer to a receiver station.

This experiment shows that using solar power directly from out of space might actually be possible. Given investment willingness and further research and development, solar power collector satellites could be brought into orbit and start producing energy 24/7, unaffected by the day/night cycle, weather, or seasons.




Of course, launching the satellites is still done using polluting fossil fuel and it generates waste as a product of manufacture and maintenance.
But after putting the solar cells in orbit, it is a zero emission source, using renewable energy which would be wasted otherwise.
The question remains: does the use of solar power satellites result in a netto environmental and economical gain?


If so, how about it? Radio waves carrying Turtuga Blanku music and energy to your homes? ;^)