Do you have any views about wireless power beaming, both shorter-distance charging and longer-distance transmission? It seems to me that this is a potentially underrated technology, if it can unlock the potential of other technologies that currently face energy storage or transportation constraints (EVs, robotic exoskeletons, perpetual-flight drones & aerial platforms, remote wind/solar etc).
2elidourado1yI got interested in wireless transmission for space-based solar. A lot of people
have had doubts for a long time about whether the math works for space-based
solar, but both panels and launch prices have plummeted, so people are giving it
a second look.
One of the things about wireless transmission that could add value to
space-based solar is being able to shift output on the fly from one receiver on
Earth to another on a millisecond-to-millisecond basis. I thought that was
pretty cool.
I haven't really looked at it for terrestrial applications, though.
Do you have any views about wireless power beaming, both shorter-distance charging and longer-distance transmission? It seems to me that this is a potentially underrated technology, if it can unlock the potential of other technologies that currently face energy storage or transportation constraints (EVs, robotic exoskeletons, perpetual-flight drones & aerial platforms, remote wind/solar etc).