Colin R. McInnes
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Towards the commercial development of orbiting reflectors
A technology demonstration roadmap
Constellations of orbiting solar reflectors on Sun-synchronous repeat ground track orbits can in principle illuminate large terrestrial solar power plants after sunset or before sunrise. This will enhance the number of hours per day during which such solar power plants can del ...
The delivery of global clean energy services represents a key challenge for the 21st century. In order to deliver such services, it is clear that large-scale solar power farms will continue to grow both in number and size. In principle, ultralight membrane orbiting solar refle ...
Orbiting reflectors offer the possibility of illuminating large terrestrial solar power plants to enhance their output, particularly at dawn and dusk when their output is low but energy spot prices can be high. While the concept of orbiting solar reflectors has been considered ...
Orbiting solar reflectors may be a useful assets to illuminate solar power farms to enhance their utility when direct sunlight is not available. The assessment of their feasibility for a variety of applications requires accurate calculations of how much solar energy can be del ...
Orbiting solar reflectors (OSRs) are flat, thin and lightweight reflective structures that are proposed to enhance terrestrial solar energy generation by illuminating large terrestrial solar power plants locally around dawn/dusk and during night hours. The incorporation of OSR ...
Orbiting Solar Reflectors (OSRs) can be used to reflect sunlight locally to terrestrial solar power plants to enhance solar energy generation. Displaced polar orbits can, in principle, change the geometry of passes of OSR over terrestrial solar power plants. Such non-Keplerian ...
Many proposals are being made for cleaner, more sustainable forms of energy production. Terrestrial solar photovoltaic farms (SPFs) could potentially deliver large quantities of energy to the grid, although these are limited to daytime use. The output from these SPFs could be ...
Orbiting solar reflectors (OSRs) are flat, thin and lightweight reflective structures that are proposed to enhance terrestrial solar energy generation by illuminating large terrestrial solar power plants locally around dawn/dusk and in night hours. The incorporation of OSRs in ...