Re:A Skeptic's Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space
by janalsncm on Sunday May 12, 2024 @01:16AM
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Those things are true in the US. You don’t need to go all the way to space to find a place where solar panels can be deployed cheaply.
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Re:A Skeptic's Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space
by codegrappler on Sunday May 12, 2024 @09:01AM
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But you do need to factor in geography.
Solar cells in space can be “always on and operating at peak efficiency” directly over the places that need the power, significantly reducing the need to build long distance transmission lines.