According to the U.S. "Discover"magazine reported in 2016, when California's energy use some houses may orbit around the earth from solar panels. Currently, California's largest power companies - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (hereinafter referred to as PG & E) has announced plans to want to build the world's first orbital solar power plants SolarenCorp. Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Solaren) to purchase electricity.
Solaren is a start-up companies, hoping in the commercial development of space solar energy for the first ever attempt. According to the plan, Solaren orbit around the Earth will use the solar panels generate electricity, while electricity will be converted into a radio wave transmission, the receiving station located in Fresno is responsible for receiving radio waves. Here, radio waves will be converted into electricity and supply network.
Solar power station solar energy into electricity first, then the form of microwave transmission to Earth.
The microwave power supply network will eventually become.
Ground station antenna array will be transmitted back to the microwave receiver.
Development and use of the idea of space solar power has been discussed for decades. The idea of using space solar power was born in 1941, the first science fiction novel, after that, NASA and the Pentagon were carried out carefully. Throughout the process, the use of space solar power from time to time be seen as a "pipe dream. " Because you can generate energy around the clock regardless of weather conditions, construction of solar power plant has unparalleled advantages, this advantage enough to make researchers very excited, and then through constant research and efforts to get this idea into reality.
Solaren CEO Gary ˙ Spinak (GarySpirnak), said solar power technology has to meet to prepare the arrival of the golden age. "Although this has not tried before on this scale is so sophisticated systems and structures, but of the underlying technology is very mature, and they are founded on the basis of communication satellite technology. "
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