Field Research for Solar Power Satellite Energy Receiving Stations

“SPS 2000”试点工厂项目目前的研究阶段需要在赤道几百公里范围内的地点规划一些微波能量接收天线，即“整流天线”。对于每个整流桥，这需要选择合适的地点，决定其大小和规格，估计所需的储能能力，规划当地配电网络及其运作，以及其他事项。实地研究的最后阶段包括于1996年10月访问厄瓜多尔和1997年3月访问马尔代夫。在这两个国家与国家和地方政府官员以及感兴趣的研究人员举行了会议，会上讨论了其国家参加卫生和植物检疫措施2000项目的可能性。所有人都热衷于参与，并确定了候选直肠位置。在这两个国家都发现了一些问题。在厄瓜多尔，有三个不同的气候区域可以放置整流罩-热带森林，安第斯高原…更多的是沿海平原。由于安第斯平原是赤道上海拔最高的地方，高海拔的列阵可能很有吸引力。加拉帕戈斯群岛也是一个很有希望的整流桥选址，因为它对环境的影响很小。有人建议，厄瓜多尔SPS 2000整流会可能作为一个独立的商业公司成立，这将促进与其他组织的合作。这一安排可能成为其他国家的一个有趣模式，也是今后实现卫生和植物检疫措施商业化的宝贵一步。厄瓜多尔基多圣弗朗西斯大学的工作人员将作为未来合作的联系人。马尔代夫没有本土能源，因此有相当大的兴趣将SPS 2000整流桥设在那里。由于马尔代夫的陆地很少，但珊瑚礁上有非常大的浅水区，马尔代夫的直立面可能会与该国最南部阿杜环礁的水域擦肩而过。工作人员环礁行政部和规划、人力资源和环境部将作为今后合作的联络人。较少

The current stage of research for "SPS 2000" pilot plant project requires planing a number of microwave energy receiving antennas, "rectennas", at sites within a few hundred kilometers of the equator. For each rectenna this requires selecting a suitable site, deciding its size and specification, estimating the energy storage capacity required, planning the local power distribution network and its operation, and other matters.The final stage of field research involved visits to Ecuador in October 1996 and the Maldives in March 1997. Meetings were held in both countries with national and local government officials and with interested researchers, at which the possibility of their countries participating in the SPS 2000 project was discussed. All were keen to participate, and candidate rectenna sites were identified. In both countries a number of issues were identified.In Ecuador there are three distinct climatic regions in which a rectenna could be sited - tropical forest, Andean plateau … More , and coastal plain. Since the Andean plain is the highest land at the equator, a high altitude rectenna may be attractive. The Galapagos islands are also a promising site for a rectenna, since it would have little environmental impact. It was suggested that an Ecuadorian SPS 2000 rectenna would probably be established as an independent business corporation, which would facilitate cooperation with other organizations. This arrangement could become an interesting model for other countries, and a valuable step towards the commercialization of SPS in future. Staff at Saint Francis University in Quito, Ecuador will act as contacts for future collaboration.In the Maldives there are no indigenous energy resources, and there was considerable interest in siting an SPS 2000 rectenna there. Since there is very little land in the Maldives, but very extensive areas of shallow water over reefs, it may be that a rectenna in the Maldives will be nuilt over water in the most southern part of the country, Addu Atoll. Staffin the Department of Atolls Administration and the Department of Planning, Human Resources and Environment will act as contacts for future collaboration. Less