China Tests Technology To Beam Solar Power From Space To Earth

2022-06-19 06:01:33

(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency)

Beijing, June 19 (Petra) -- Chinese researchers have successfully tested a full-system model of technology that could one day wirelessly transmit solar power from outer space to Earth.
A model power station at Xidian University, in China's Shaanxi province, captures sunlight high above the ground and converts it into microwave beams. It then transmits through the air to a receiver station on the ground, where it can be converted back to electricity.
While the model only sends the energy 55 meters through the air, the researchers hope the Technology could one day be expanded to send power from orbiting solar panels to Earth.
The university said in a press release that the research team behind the model recently conducted tests in front of a panel of outside experts, who verified its success on June 5.

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