StratoSolar for a complete energy solution for Japan
Japan has almost no indigenous supply of fossil fuel energy. It is also highly mountainous, with little flat land. This means ground based wind and solar power have limited ability to scale. Japan is also subject to severe weather with regular occurance of up to category 5 hurricanes. This makes wind particularly difficult to deploy, particularly offshore wind. The Fukushima disaster has made nuclear a difficult option with much opposition.
All of this makes StratoSolar an ideal solution for Japan. Practical solar energy can free Japan of dependence on fickel and expensive energy imports and reduce the cost of energy to below the high level of current imported energy. As well as exploiting a local, limitless, low cost solar energy resource, StratoSolar is immune to damage from hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
These pictures primarily show images of a StratoSolar 12 GWp system positioned above the Fukushima site to provide a sense of the scale and the visual impact. . They only show a few of the many tethers, though in reality the tethers are too narrow to be visible. The final three images show the impact of fifteen StratoSolar 12 GWp systems and the ground area needed for equivalent power. The last image shows the scale of a 60 GWp system over Fukushima. Fifteen of these 60 GWp systems would provide all of Japan's energy needs.
All of this makes StratoSolar an ideal solution for Japan. Practical solar energy can free Japan of dependence on fickel and expensive energy imports and reduce the cost of energy to below the high level of current imported energy. As well as exploiting a local, limitless, low cost solar energy resource, StratoSolar is immune to damage from hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis.
These pictures primarily show images of a StratoSolar 12 GWp system positioned above the Fukushima site to provide a sense of the scale and the visual impact. . They only show a few of the many tethers, though in reality the tethers are too narrow to be visible. The final three images show the impact of fifteen StratoSolar 12 GWp systems and the ground area needed for equivalent power. The last image shows the scale of a 60 GWp system over Fukushima. Fifteen of these 60 GWp systems would provide all of Japan's energy needs.
