Field Research for Solar Power Satllite Energy Receiving Stations

为了这项实地研究，分别访问了巴西（亚马逊）、马来西亚（沙捞越）、东基里巴斯（圣诞岛）和圣多美和普林西比（赤道非洲西海岸加蓬附近的岛屿）。在每个国家都进行了研究，以确定低赤道轨道SPS试验工厂（SPS 2000）的整流天线（微波功率接收天线）的合适地点，并选择了一个或多个候选地点。在巴西、马来西亚和基里巴斯的情况下，这些访问是对同一个国家的第二次访问，因为在这些国家中的每一个国家设置两个或更多的天线可以最大限度地增加天线的总数，这些天线需要在东西方向上相隔约1200公里。在巴西，在首都巴西利亚会见政府官员后，访问了位于亚马逊主要城市玛瑙斯的亚马逊国家研究所（INPA），然后访问了亚马逊丛林中的一个候选天线地点。在马来西亚，访问了位于柔佛州巴鲁的马来西亚科技大学（UTM），一位同事从那里加入了对婆罗洲岛古晋的访问。与马来西亚沙捞越大学（UNTMAS）的同事讨论了安置整风天线的问题，其中包括租用一架直升机，对可以安置整风天线的大片低洼对虾养殖场进行观察。在圣诞岛，与莱恩岛和菲尼克斯岛的政府代表进行了讨论，并参观了可向当地村庄提供宝贵电力供应的候选天线场址。在加蓬马苏库科学技术大学的一位同事陪同下访问了圣多美。在与负责太阳能开发的政府工程人员讨论后，访问了圣多美人口较多的北部地区的几个潜在地点，并确定了几个候选地点。

For this field research separate visits were made to Brazil (Amazonia), Malaysia (Sarawak), Eastern Kiribati (Christmas Island), and Sao Tome & Principe (islands near Gabon on the west coast of equatorial Africa). In each country research was performed to identify a suitable site for a rectenna (microwave power receiving antenna) for an SPS pilot plant in low equatorial orbit (SPS 2000), and one or more candidate sites were selected. In the cases of Brazil, Malaysia and Kiribati these visits were second visits to the same country, since siting two or more rectennas in each of these countries could maximise the overall number of rectennas, which need to be separated by about 1200 kilometers in the west-east direction.In Brazil, after meeting government officials in the capital, Brazilia, visits were made to the Amazonia National Research Institute (INPA) in Manaus, the main city in Amazonia, and then to a candidate rectenna site in the Amazon jungle.In Malaysia a visit was made to the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)in Johor Baru, from where a colleague joined the visit to Kuching in Borneo island. Discussions of rectenna siting with colleagues from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNTMAS) included chartering a helicopter to observe the large areas of low-lying prawn farms over which a rectenna could be sited.In Christmas Island discussions were held with the government representative for the Line and Phoenix Islands, and candidate rectenna sites were visited which could provide valuable electric power supplies to local villages.The visit to Sao Tome was accompanied by a colleague from Universite des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (USTM) in Gabon. After discussions with government engineering staff responsible for solar energy development, visits were made to several potential sites in the more populated northern part of Sao Tome where several candidate sites were identified.