Green Options » wireless transmission http://greenoptions.com/tag/wireless-transmission Posts tagged 'wireless transmission' Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Solar Power from Space Might Reduce Carbon Emissions to 0 http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/10/solar-power-from-space-might-reduce-carbon-emissions-to-0/ http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/10/solar-power-from-space-might-reduce-carbon-emissions-to-0/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:43:15 +0000 Levi Novey http://ecoscraps.com/2008/09/10/solar-power-from-space-might-reduce-carbon-emissions-to-0/ A SunsetThis Friday, John C. Mankins, a former NASA employee who is an expert on space solar power will make a big announcement about a potentially huge alternative energy breakthrough.

The basic idea is that satellites in space will collect solar energy and beam it down to the earth. Apparently, Mankin was involved with a project that successfully demonstrated a wireless power transmission between two Hawaiian Islands. The islands are farther apart in distance than is the Earth’s surface from space. The idea and pilot project will be featured on a Discovery Channel show called Discover Project Earth that will also be broadcast this Friday.

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