“It’s kind of like a 4G antenna, except we don’t want it to radiate in all directions,” explained Nicholas Schneider, Airbus Blue Sky engineer. “We want it to be very accurate like a laser.
This would be a wave that can be directed directly to a receiving antenna, which will then convert that wave into electricity. “
Small solar panels are planned to be placed in a row two kilometers long, about 36 thousand kilometers above the Earth, and their total power would be comparable to that of a small nuclear power plant. Solar cells work very efficiently in space because they are unaffected by the atmosphere and can work without interruption.
The technical maintenance of the equipment will instead be performed by robots.
The space plant could become a reality within 20 years, but the first tests have already begun.
In the “Airbus” workshops in Munich, they were able to successfully transfer 1000 watts of power wirelessly. The authors of the project call it the transformation of science fiction into reality, while fans of this literary genre recall that a similar device is featured in the collection of stories “I, Robot” by the brilliant science writer and writer Aizek Azimov.
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