TY - GEN
T1 - Policy issues for retail beamed power transmission
AU - Chowdhary, Girish
AU - Gadre, Rajeev
AU - Komerath, Narayanan
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper discusses the interaction of technology and policy in enabling widespread rural access to clean solar electric power using retail delivery of beamed power. Recent advances in power beaming have made it possible to deliver electric power to off-grid locations using millimeter-wave beams and compact, efficient transmitters and receivers. The research question is how to bring about the public policy initiatives needed to enable widespread adoption of this clean and sustainable contribution to meeting energy needs. It is seen that this question leads to synergy between three national priorities: (a) the campaign to control global climate change, (b) the drive to improve air quality, and (c) the need for increased availability of energy for development. A benefit of the Beamed Power approach is that retail power transfer using beamed power will facilitate the realization the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the United State's vision for the modern grid.
AB - This paper discusses the interaction of technology and policy in enabling widespread rural access to clean solar electric power using retail delivery of beamed power. Recent advances in power beaming have made it possible to deliver electric power to off-grid locations using millimeter-wave beams and compact, efficient transmitters and receivers. The research question is how to bring about the public policy initiatives needed to enable widespread adoption of this clean and sustainable contribution to meeting energy needs. It is seen that this question leads to synergy between three national priorities: (a) the campaign to control global climate change, (b) the drive to improve air quality, and (c) the need for increased availability of energy for development. A benefit of the Beamed Power approach is that retail power transfer using beamed power will facilitate the realization the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the United State's vision for the modern grid.
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U2 - 10.1109/ACSIP.2009.5367855
DO - 10.1109/ACSIP.2009.5367855
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:76549136217
SN - 9781424450411
T3 - 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, ACSIP 2009
BT - 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, ACSIP 2009
T2 - 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, ACSIP 2009
Y2 - 2 October 2009 through 3 October 2009
ER -