Engineers show how wireless power transmission from space will work

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the first demonstration of wireless transmission

energy from space.The tests took place at the Airbus X-Works factory in Munich. Using microwave radiation, green energy was transmitted between two points representing “space” and “earth” over a distance of 36 m.

For demonstration, a tinycity. The energy, transmitted without the use of wires, was used to provide lighting, extract hydrogen from water, and cool zero-alcohol beer for audiences. The demonstration was held for representatives of business and governments of the countries of the European Union, who must decide to support this project.

For the working version of the space collection systemsolar energy ESA plans to place satellites into geostationary orbit that will collect energy from sunlight around the clock. By converting it into low-density microwaves, they will be able to transmit the collected electricity to special receiving stations located on Earth.

To generate enough power toindustrial applications, these satellites must be very large, the space agency explains. For example, to produce power comparable to an average nuclear power plant, the size of such a satellite should be several kilometers.

Scientists propose to fund research in the field of manufacturing and assembling satellites in orbit using robots, photovoltaic technologies and the formation of safe radio frequency beams.

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