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I heard a talk from the Space Applications Catapult about this a few months back. It isn't online any more, but some I noted some stats at the time. The station
by timthorn 6y ago
I heard a talk from the Space Applications Catapult about this a few months back. It isn't online any more, but some I noted some stats at the time. The station would be 1km wide and 4-5000 tonnes in geostationary orbit, producing >2GW. It would beam power down via microwave to a receiving station 3-5km in diameter, so power density would be sufficiently low to not be a danger - "aircraft flying through it would not burst into flames"
Projected cost was about equal to HS2 (about $100bn) for the pilot station but with much reduced costs for subsequent deployments.
- antisthenes 6y ago> Projected cost was about equal to HS2 (about $100bn) for the pilot station but with much reduced costs for subsequent deployments. How does this compare to regular land-based Solar and/or offshore wind farms?