Japanese Solar Panels On The Moon

A japanese firm announces its innovative solution to the nation s energy problems a 250 mile wide belt of solar panels on the moon.

Japanese solar panels on the moon.

Weighing about 660 pounds the droids will roll on treads and operate within a 60 mile radius of the base. Japan plans to turn the moon into one huge solar power plant ever since the disaster at fukushima nuclear power plant japan has been looking to alternatives to nuclear power for their energy needs. The shimizu corporation wants to essentially. While the wireless power transmission is possible over shorter ranges now a civil engineering firm in japan shimizu is planning to do it on a giant scale.

They want to build a so called luna ring. As part of the 2 2 billion project the droids will begin construction of an unmanned base near the south pole of the moon that will be powered by solar panels according to the panel chaired by waseda university president katsuhiko shirai. And yes it would look just the way it sounds a ring of solar panels spanning around the moon. Japanese firm plans 250 mile wide solar panel belt around moon.

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. Of course this idea involves building solar panels on the moon which means we would have people on the moon all the time about six months to a year per person criswell suggests to build and maintain the repair equipment and arrays. A giant solar power station. A japanese firm has come up with the idea of constructing an array of solar cells around the moon s equator to harvest solar energy and beam it back to earth.

It also means shipping manufacturing equipment up to the moon. The disaster at the fukushima nuclear power station has made japan think more seriously about alternative energy and as a result shimizu corporation s crazy plan has been gaining traction. 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. The shimizu corporation proposes.