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Short answer: you can't. The Earth's rotation would make collecting that energy very unwieldy. Individual collectors could act like capacitors, but getting that
by b34r 10y ago
Short answer: you can't. The Earth's rotation would make collecting that energy very unwieldy. Individual collectors could act like capacitors, but getting that power down to the planet continuously isn't really doable with any current technology.
- jnicholasp 10y agoYou wouldn't beam energy directly from near-solar orbit to the surface of the Earth; you would relay it to orbiting receivers around the planet, which would in turn beam it to the surface, and reaching the night-side as well as day-side.