A successful ground test of a system designed to ultimately collect solar power from orbit and beam it back down to earth was announced in japan this week by mitsubishi heavy industries.
Japan solar panels in space.
It would be several miles long and weigh somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 000 metric tons.
The mega sized satellite would hover about 22 000 miles above earth.
Japan however pursued the idea and is currently the world leader of the space solar power systems ssps project.
The local government set a goal for the entire prefecture japan s third largest to be completely fueled by renewable energy by 2040.
Japan continued with the project though and is now the world leader of the space solar power systems project.
The 31 9 mw yatsubo solar power plant will be built near nasushiobara city in the tochigi prefecture and the 26 2 mw ikeda solar power plant will be developed at nasu gun also in tochigi.