solar power

Tesla has with much fanfare (and a bushel of hype) announced a battery for storing solar power and claimed that it will revolutionize power distribution. Nowhere does it mention that the process has been around for decades. So why all the fuss? Elon Musk announced it. He is a tech hsuperstar (the Tesla electric car,…

Background For several years engineers and scientists have been developing the means to beam utility electric power from space to earth. The method is to have massive arrays of solar panels floating in space 36,000 miles above the earth, converting the sun’s rays into power and beaming it to earth as microwaves. The receiving station…