The United States plans to build a one-kilometre diameter solar power station

According to the British Daily Mail, US Navy engineers recently announced a futuristic plan to obtain energy beams from space. They believe that large-scale space solar modules can send solar energy to the ground. This basic program can provide military facilities and even cities. energy. Dr. Paul Jaffe, a spacecraft engineer at the US Naval Research Laboratory, has built and tested two types of modules to capture and transmit solar energy.

US Navy experts recently designed a space-based solar device that focuses sunlight on the transmission of energy beams to the ground.

This solution uses a "sandwich" module that encloses all electronic components between two square solar panels. The top side solar panel is a photovoltaic panel that absorbs sunlight; the middle layer electronic system can transmit energy to wireless frequencies. The bottom is An antenna that transmits energy toward ground targets.

The solar module will be assembled by robots in space and will eventually become a 1 km diameter very powerful satellite; the second design uses a "running" module, steps open the sandwich module, receives more sunlight without heating, So more efficient.

At present, even the US Navy admits that the program is sci-fi, and Jeff said: “The cost of launching objects into space is very expensive, so finding a way to make components lighter is the basic condition of the design, and the sandwich module design ratio Previously designed to be 4 times more efficient."

At the same time, Jeffrey also tried to use ladder modules to solve the thermal problem. The design of the ladder module is applying for a patent, and the sandwich module is open like a zigzag structure. This will allow solar panels to receive sunlight more efficiently without heating.