The space power grid: Synergy between space, energy and security policies

2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, ACSIP 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Komerath, Narayanan ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Global warming; Infrastructure; Millimeter waves; Power grid; Renewable energy; Space solar power

Indexed keywords

BEAMED POWER; CLIMATE POLICY; DC GRID; EARTH-ORBIT SATELLITES; EUROPEAN INITIATIVES; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY GUIDANCE; POWER GRIDS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; SECURITY POLICY; SIZE SCALE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR-POWERED; SPACE DEVELOPMENT; SPACE POWER; SPACE SOLAR POWER; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS; ULTRA-LIGHT;

CLIMATE CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 76549125638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACSIP.2009.5367831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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