Wireless Power Transmission for Solar Power Satellite

A great concern has been voiced in recent years over the extensive use of energy, the limited supply of resources, and pollution of the environment from the use of present energy conversion systems. Electrical power accounts for much of the energy consumed. Much of this power is wasted during transmission from power plant generators to the consumer. The resistance of the wire used in the electrical grid distribution system -auses a loss of26-30% of the energy generated. This loss implies that our present system of electrical distribution is only 70-74% efficient. Nikola Tesla is best known for his remarkable statements regarding the wireless transmission of electrical power. His first efforts towards this end started in 1891 and were intended to simply "disturb the electrical equ ilibr iurn in the nearby portions of the earth ... to bring into operation in any way some instrument." In other words the object of his experiments was simply to produce effects locally and detect them at a distance.