There is still quite a bit of time until our sun finishes its function and takes with it the entire system in which we live, but until then – the Japanese Space Research Agency wants to use its solar energy using an innovative and unconventional method.
According to a report on the Nikkei website, a publicly owned Japanese company will try to take from the sun's solar energy using a special beam that will be launched into space by 2025. The special project is led by Professor Naoki Shinohara of Kiuti University, who has been working on a program that uses solar energy since 2009.
The new project will cost billions. A solar farm in the UK, photo: AFP.
According to the plans, small satellites launched into space will be assisted by special instruments located on Earth, which will launch a special beam at the satellites – thereby "sucking" the sun's energy. If all goes well, the possibility of sending never-ending energy to Earth will be within the reach of humanity.
The big problem in implementing the plan for a longer term is not necessarily scientific, but economic: each one gigawatt of energy production in this way could cost no less than seven billion dollars.
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