{"id":5255,"date":"2015-12-22T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2017-10-25T09:28:27","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:58:27","slug":"up-and-away-high-altitude-solar-balloons-ready-for-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/up-and-away-high-altitude-solar-balloons-ready-for-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Up and away: high altitude solar balloons ready for take off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5259\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5259\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/solar-balloons.jpg\" alt=\"solar ballons\" width=\"554\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/solar-balloons.jpg 554w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/solar-balloons-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A solar ballon concept. Picture: E. Jullien\/pixscience<\/p><\/div>\n<p>High altitude solar balloons deployed where clouds won\u2019t interfere with their output may be the stuff of science fiction. But are they? At least one reputable research house thinks this is where solar panels should be, saving space used for solar farms for much needed agricultural land. All while more than doubling solar conversion efficiency.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liapv.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/NextPV\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\">NextPV<\/a> research laboratory, a joint French\/Japanese project designed to implement \u201cnext generation\u201d solutions, has floated \ud83d\ude42 their idea for uninterrupted solar energy production.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe main problem with photovoltaic energy is that sunlight can be obscured by clouds, which makes electrical production intermittent and uncertain. But above the cloud cover, the sun shines all day, every day,\u201d says NextPV\u2019s Professor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Guillemoles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnywhere above the planet, there are very few clouds at an altitude of 6 km\u2014and none at all at 20 km. Under these conditions, the energy source is five times more abundant than on the ground, and production is entirely predictable. So why not send solar cells up above the clouds &#8230;?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The NextPV team point out that the benefits of placing solar panels above the stratosphere are well worth the effort. According to Prof Guillemoles, more effective conversion &#8212; and therefore higher yields &#8212; occur where there are no shadows and little diffusion from the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed results from solar cells under concentrated sunlight in the laboratory recently exceeded 45 percent efficiency, according to French high-tech company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soitec.com\/en\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">SOITEC<\/a>. This compares to the current average of PV cells under normal conditions of around 15 to 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The team point out that other balloon projects have already proven successful. One is Google\u2019s strangely-named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/loon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Loon<\/a>, a visionary program designed to bring the Internet to remote locations where expensive satellite technology has been the only previous Internet option.<\/p>\n<p>Trialled in New Zealand, the so-called Google Balloon Internet project uses solar panels and battery storage to send viable Internet reception to remote farmers and rural dwellers.<\/p>\n<p>While ongoing, the apparent initial success of the Google Balloon Internet project augurs well for NextPV\u2019s high altitude solar balloon network.<\/p>\n<p>It would appear that such \u201cnimble and disruptive\u201d technology would fit nicely here in Malcolm 2.0\u2019s innovative Australia. Not only would we be making use of the vast skies above our land, generating solar cell efficiencies double that of those here on land but also boosting the possibility that we will actually reach the agreements signed in the recent Paris climate agreement.<\/p>\n<p>High altitude solar balloons instead of solar farms and domestic arrays? Or is this all pie in the sky \ud83d\ude42 Your thoughts please. With that we wish all readers a very merry and safe Christmas and a productive, enterprising, innovative and nimble New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High altitude solar balloons deployed where clouds won\u2019t interfere with their output may be the stuff of science fiction. But are they? At least one reputable research house thinks this is where solar panels should be, saving space used for solar farms for much needed agricultural land. 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