A China Space Technology Academy plans to build a solar energy-generating space station. According to Xidian University, in China, the first test system in space territory has been completed.
The project is led by Duan Baoyan, a Chinese expert in space solar energy systems and Estimated completion is scheduled for 2030.
With the initiative, China seeks to solar energy capture for use in periods when planet Earth has low or no solar incidence, in addition to make it possible to carry out our own scientific research in the physics sector, for example.
In addition to being the first system completely installed on the ground for the production of space-based solar energy, the system is made up of a 75-meter-high iron structure, designed to capture solar energy. solar energy and convert it into direct electrical current (DC), transformed into microwaves transmitted by an antenna at a distance of 55 m.
Among the tests carried out by the structure are tests with technologies for light concentration, photoelectric conversion and microwave energy conversion, which will be used in the SSPS-OMEGA (Orb-Shape Membrane Energy Gathering Array) system, in order to to generate electricity in space. designed to generate electricity in space.
The installation was approved during an approval inspection in early June this year.
