Roles of solar power from space for Europe: Space exploration and combinations with terrestrial solar power plant concepts

International Astronautical Federation - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 6634-6643

  Summerer, Leopold ^a   Ayre, Mark ^a   Gálvez, Andrés ^a   Ongaro, Franco ^a   Vasile, Massimiliano ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY CONSUMER MARKET; EUROPEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE SYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE RESEARCH;

ORBITING SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34249013061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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