Solar energy is already an important source of “fuel” clean. Be in factories or in private households, are already many people who take advantage of this energy that is quite abundant.
But to cross the Earth’s atmosphere, a part of this energy is lost. That is why has long been a goal of achieving reuse solar energy that is dispersed in space and a group of researchers from the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA its acronym in English) seems to have it done with a significant degree of success.
The biggest problem here was related to the accuracy of redirection, something that has been worked and now shows positive results.
The Japanese scientists were able to “divert” 1.8 kilowatts of power – enough to power a desktop computer and your screen for eight hours – for a distance of 55 meters.
“This was the first time anyone could send a large output nearly two kilowatts of electricity through microwave for a small target, using a gentle steering device “said a spokesman for JAXA, quoted by the publication Phys.org.
One of the advantages of energy harvesting system in space is, for example, the fact of not being subject to weather conditions.
This means that depending on the process of evolution of research in this area in the future some of the energy used on Earth – and in space – could be based on this redirection system.
A number of satellites placed at 36,000 kilometers from the Earth’s surface would make the collection and distribution of energy. However JAXA admits only in three decades that it will be possible to regulate this system as a power source.
Japan has special interest in new forms of energy as its territory has no fossil fuel plentiful and the country is looking for an alternative to nuclear power after the disaster in Fukushima recorded in 2011.
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