Solar power harnessed from space could be wirelessly transmitted to Earth

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New Zealand company Emrod says it could start testing the space technology within five years, and carried out a ground-based demo in September.

"Our immediate commercial focus is on systems that can be used terrestrially, for use cases including connecting remote renewable sites, powering remote communities, crossing challenging terrain, disaster recovery and outage response, and powering large vehicles, such as ships and trucks, to support the"We expect to have systems available for commercial sale, with production and distribution channels established, within three to four years.

The 5.8 gigahertz radiation used in the Munich demonstration was more than twice the frequency of the radiation used in a "The laser safety curtain around the periphery of the antennas encompasses the entire beam and can detect beam incursions from the likes of birds prior to entry into the beam. This triggers a temporary power shutdown thereby avoiding exposure to the full beam power.

 

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