Solar Energy From The Moon 2030

Shimizu Corporation of Japan proposed LUNA RING, an unusually ambitious design. It makes use of solar energy captured by Earth's natural satellite. Microwave or laser radiation is used in the concept of transferring the stored energy. The project's implementation is potentially feasible by 2030, and it will be capable of producing about 13 000 TWh.

According to the idea, a solar panel network with a length of 11 thousand kilometers and a diameter of 400 meters to 3 kilometers could be built on the Moon's equator. Given the size of the future battery network and the moon's lack of atmosphere, this network would be able to harness solar energy to its full potential. Around the same time, the businesses say that they want to produce solar panels and related products directly on the moon's surface. A special recycling lunar dust, for example, can be used to produce water, oxygen, cement, glass, and ceramic materials.

It would be appropriate to build a 20-kilometer-diameter advanced radiating antenna that will facilitate the use of microwave radiation at a frequency of 20 GHz for power transmission on the Moon. The Earth station will have a diameter of 2 km for receiving electricity. The energy deficit under this system would be miserable, accounting for just 2% of the total.