Moon Solar Panels Japan

A japanese construction firm is proposing to solve the well documented energy problems facing japan and ultimately the entire planet by turning the moon into a colossal solar power plant.

Moon solar panels japan.

The shimizu corporation wants to essentially. They want to build a so called luna ring. 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. And yes it would look just the way it sounds a ring of solar panels spanning around the moon.

This artist s illustration shows the luna belt solar power ring station on the moon as envisioned by japan s shimizu corporation. 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. 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. Big as in ringing the moon with solar panels and beaming the energy to earth.

One japanese company shimizu already has that covered. 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. A giant ring of solar arrays around the moon would collect solar. The world s first floating solar plant was built in japan in aichi prefecture in central honshu.

But in light of tokyo s plans to build a 2 billion robot. 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. Global growth of floating solar power. With ongoing battles between the government ministries and solar farm operators the large scale implementation proves to be a struggle.