We can put many solar panels on the ground, but the space is of course much larger. And there are no clouds. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology in the United States have succeeded in sending solar energy collected in space to Earth for the first time.
Solar energy works fine as long as there is sun, but the clouds or just our day/night rhythm on Earth mean we can’t always count on it. Solar energy storage batteries are relatively expensive. Collecting sunlight in space with giant structures filled with solar panels and then sending that energy back to Earth could be a solution. But right now we don’t have the technology to make that possible.
At Caltech, they are looking for a solution. The MAPLE experiment has succeeded for the first time in transmitting captured energy wirelessly to a receiver atop the Pasadena campus. First, two solar panels captured the light, and then MAPLE wirelessly transmitted that energy to a receiver.
MAPLE has also shown that it is possible to transmit power wirelessly from one spacecraft to another. According to the California Institute of Technology, the technology will eventually be able to send energy from space to regions at war or where the power grid breaks after a natural disaster, for example. In addition, the building can generate power 24/24.
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