space solar panel Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:56:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 John Mankins’ Space-Based Solar Power Array Closer to Reality https://www.greenoptimistic.com/john-mankins-space-solar-power-20120410/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/john-mankins-space-solar-power-20120410/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:56:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23919 A project involving satellites, solar panels and microwave power transmitters is in works in Santa Maria, CA, where John Mankins, from Artemis Innovation Management Solutions is studying how on earth we could capture solar power in space and transmit it to the ground safely and efficiently. The project has been codenamed SPS-ALPHA (Solar Power Satellite via […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/john-mankins-space-solar-power-20120410/feed/ 0 23919 An Interesting Report on Solar Panel Efficiency in Near Space Conditions https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cell-efficiency-near-space-20101221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-cell-efficiency-near-space-20101221/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:17:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16277 You don't really have to be an accredited scientist to prove the world that you actually can do scientific experiments. All you need is passion, knowledge and a little financial effort. That's how a team of San Diego engineering students succeeded doing an experiment that involved sending a balloon, solar panels, cockroaches and anti-freeze Cucujus beetles into near-space.

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