Solar Panels Around The Moon

Solar power from the moon.

Solar panels around the moon.

The reflected light seen from earth. The shimizu corporation wants to essentially build a ring of solar panels around the moon s equator and transmitted back to the earth via microwave. And yes it would look just the way it sounds a ring of solar panels spanning around the moon. The construction would stretch for 11 000 km 6 800 miles along the moon s equator and would reach 400 km 250 miles in width.

Microwave beams would be used to send the energy back towards earth from the moon. That s enough to cover half of the us. Has unveiled a proposal that entails building a solar panel array around the moon s equator then sending the power it collects back to earth. A solar panel array placed on the moon would generate electricity during earth s nighttime hours because it is receiving direct sunlight containing photons.

What people see on earth is the sun s light energy reflecting off the moon s surface. And they want to get the project dubbed luna. Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the moon s 6 800 mile 11 000 kilometer equator converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at earth and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations. In this science update you ll hear about an ambitious plan to get around that problem.

Unlike the sun the moon does not generate its own light energy. Research from the qian xuesen laboratory of space technology in china shows that solar power generated on the moon can supply future lunar bases with plenty of energy to spare. Solar power on the moon. Solar power is clean abundant and becoming cheaper and more efficient all the time.

The shimizu corporation proposes.