The Game-Changer of Sustainability:Wireless Energy Transmission Breakthroughby | 02-07-2015 17:27 |
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  Last year, there was a UN Energy Generation Survey carried out on one of the websites I am a member of. I proposed the creation of solar panels in the North Pole and South Pole. At different times of the year, the Poles receive 6 months of sunlight! Such conditions made the Poles conducive for solar energy generation (even though the sun rays are slanting in the regions). After the survey, I realised the one problem we could face if such an idea were to be implemented-how can energy be TRANSPORTED from such a secluded part of the world to the rest of the planet? Easy-transportation is one of the major criteria while selecting an efficient form of energy. However, today, thanks to a couple of Japanese scientists, transportation of energy from far away sources is no more a myth or an impossibility! Recently, Japanese researchers and scientists have succeeded in transmission of energy WIRELESSLY! (Eureka!) This is a vital invention that could one day make solar energy generation in space a possibility! The scientists used microwaves to deliver 1.8 kilowatts of power—enough to run an electric kettle—through the air with pinpoint accuracy to a receiver 55 metres (170 feet) away. While the distance was not much, such technology could pave the path for humanity to gradually tap the tremendous amount of solarpower available in space and utilise it here on Earth. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). " We had been working on devising Space Solar Power Systems for years. This was the first time anyone has managed to send a high output of nearly two kilowatts of electric power via microwaves to a small target, using a delicate directivity control device," Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said. Solar energy generation in outer space has numerous advantages over its Earth-based sibling (solar panels on Earth), preeminently the endless availability of energy, regardless of weather or time of day. While man-made satellites, such as the International Space Station, have long since been able to use the solar power that washes over them from the sun, getting that energy down to Earth where people can use it has been the figment of imagination or just a fantasy of science fiction. However, the Japanese research proposes the possibility that humans will some day be able to farm an inexhaustible source of energy in outer space! Source-Phys.org |
