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Assuming a lunar settlement uses solar power for all their energy
needs, the biggest problem is how to store power during the 328 hour lunar night. If the solar panel 'farm' supporting the settlement were split into three farms, evenly spaced around the circumference of the moon, total power production would be relatively constant. This would require greater production of solar cells than a single farm would use but would eliminate the need to store energy for 14 days. Since the cost to build and send the solar cell manufacturing system to the Moon would probably far outweigh the operating costs, I expect even doubling the total number of solar cells would be cheaper than building and shipping a separate energy storage system to the Moon. Rather than running cable around the Moon, would it be possible to design wave-guides to carry the power efficiently as microwaves over the 1000s of km between solar farms? How many would be needed and how large might they need to be? |
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