PRESENTATION ON SOLAR POWER SATELLITES

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INTRODUCTION

Originally known as Satellite Solar Power System ("SSPS")

HISTORY

1968

1973
1999 SERT(Space Solar Power Exploratory Research and Technology program)

DESIGN
Space-based solar power essentially consists of three parts:

Means of collecting solar power in space. Means of transmitting power to earth. Means of receiving power on earth.

DESIGN CONTD

Solar energy conversion (Solar Photons to DC Current). Wireless Power Transmission To The Earth.
Laser Power Beaming Experiments. Spacecraft Sizing.

LEO/MEO INSTEAD OF GEO

EARTH BASED INFRASTRUCTURE

ADVANTAGES

There is no air in space, so the collecting surfaces would receive much more intense sunlight. Avoids the expensive storage facilities e.g., lakes behind dams, oil storage tanks, coal dumps, etc. SPS will have no polluting consequences of fossil fuel systems. Economically, an SPS deployment project would create many new jobs and contract opportunities for industry. The SPS would be in Earth's shadow on only a few days at the spring and 75 minutes late at night when power demands are at their lowest.

PROBLEMS

Safety. Launch Costs. Building From Space. Non-Conventional Launch Methods.

CONCLUSION
THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR A SOLAR POWER SATELLITE IS MOST COMPELLING IF THE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE CAN GENERATE POWER THAT SELLS AT PEAK, RATHER THAN AVERAGE, PRICE..

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