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SSM College of Engineering & Technology: Wireless Solar Power Transmission (A Solution To The Energy Crisis)

The document summarizes a seminar presentation on wireless solar power transmission as a solution to the energy crisis. It describes a technology where solar energy is collected by satellites in geosynchronous orbit and transmitted wirelessly to receivers on Earth. These satellites can intercept 70% more intense solar rays than on Earth's surface and generate 40 times more annual power than ground-based solar cells. The transmitted energy can be in the form of infrared laser beams or microwaves that pass through clouds. By 2100, space-based solar power from the geostationary belt could generate over 300 terawatts of energy to power the world without carbon emissions.

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SSM College of Engineering & Technology: Wireless Solar Power Transmission (A Solution To The Energy Crisis)

The document summarizes a seminar presentation on wireless solar power transmission as a solution to the energy crisis. It describes a technology where solar energy is collected by satellites in geosynchronous orbit and transmitted wirelessly to receivers on Earth. These satellites can intercept 70% more intense solar rays than on Earth's surface and generate 40 times more annual power than ground-based solar cells. The transmitted energy can be in the form of infrared laser beams or microwaves that pass through clouds. By 2100, space-based solar power from the geostationary belt could generate over 300 terawatts of energy to power the world without carbon emissions.

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SSM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

PARIHASPORA, PATTAN, BARAMULLA

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


SEMINAR SYNOPSIS

WIRELESS SOLAR POWER TRANSMISSION


(A solution to the energy crisis)
SUBMITTED BY
ZEHWA SAJAAD
ENROLL: 5036
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT FOR THE AWARD IN DEGREE OF
BACHELORS OF ENGINEERING
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SUBMITTED TO
MR. IMRAN FAROOQ
SEMINAR COORDINATOR
WIRELESS SOLAR POWER TRANSMISSION
(A solution to the energy crisis)

Synopsis:
It is a technology that taps the sun's energy on orbit and delivers it
wirelessly to Earth. It is clean, global and it is renewable. What is
more, given space has no atmosphere, is never cloudy, and when in
geosynchronous orbit there is no night, the power transmitted by this
technology will be constant. This technology is also referred as Space
Based Solar Power (SBSP). SBSP locates satellites in the
geosynchronous orbit which are far enough from the Earth that they
don't fall under our planet's shadow except for very brief periods
(spring and fall equinoxes) of less than an hour. Placed high above the
atmosphere at a distance of about 35,800 km above the Earth's
equator, the SBSP satellites can intercept rays 70% more intense than
the midday sun on earth. This means the space based photovoltaic cell
will generate 40 times more power annually than an Earth-based solar
cell. Once generated, the electric current can be transmitted back to
receiving antennas on earth either through an infrared laser beam or as
microwaves which can easily pass through cloud cover. Individual
SBSP satellites are capable of transmitting power to a receiving
station anywhere on the globe. By 2100, the world will require about
70TW of energy, and the geostationary belt alone has the capacity to
generate 332TW of energy, which will facilitate a developed world
with zero carbon energy emissions.
Given the sun’s lifetime of an estimated 4-5 billion years, makes
space solar power a strong candidate for a long-term energy solution.
Because the Earth receives only one part of the 2.3 billion of the sun’s
output, space-based solar power is by far the biggest potential energy
resource available. Solar energy is constantly being used on nearly all
spacecrafts nowadays, but using this technology on a larger scale,
combined with proven wireless power transmission can supply nearly
all the electrical needs of our planet.

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