Moon Solar Panels Japan

With ongoing battles between the government ministries and solar farm operators the large scale implementation proves to be a struggle.

Moon solar panels japan.

Global growth of floating solar power. Research from the qian xuesen laboratory of space technology in china shows that solar power generated on the moon can supply future lunar bases with plenty of energy to spare. This artist s illustration shows the luna belt solar power ring station on the moon as envisioned by japan s shimizu corporation. But in light of tokyo s plans to build a 2 billion robot.

Japanese construction company shimizu likes to dream big. And yes it would look just the way it sounds a ring of solar panels spanning around the moon. The world s first floating solar plant was built in japan in aichi prefecture in central honshu. Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the moon s 6 800 mile 11 000 kilometer equator converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at earth and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations.

The country s many inland lakes and reservoirs are now home to 73 of the world s 100 largest floating solar plants and account for half of those plants 246 megawatts of solar capacity. The construction would stretch for 11 000 km 6 800 miles along the moon s equator and would reach 400 km 250 miles in width. They want to build a so called luna ring. A giant ring of solar arrays around the moon would collect solar.

Big as in ringing the moon with solar panels and beaming the energy to earth. One japanese company shimizu already has that covered. So much so that one japanese construction firm is campaigning to power the whole earth with solar energy that they will beam down from the moon. Japan may be one of the top producers of photovoltaics in the world but despite recognising solar power as a national priority since the 2011 fukushima disaster they still have some of the highest solar panel costs worldwide.