Microwave Based Wireless Power Transmission

Basics

• The Long Distance Transmission of Power Using Microwave Radiation
• Perhaps simpler than Laser Based Wireless Power Transmission
• Not Very Efficient outside of Space (In which case it is quite efficient, and the one of the few usable methods (along with Laser Based Wireless Power Transmission)
• Hasn't Been Used Large Scale, but has been teste, and has been proposed for orbital/high altitude solar power farms that utilize higher efficiency without earth's atmosphere blocking sunlight, and the lack of space (pun?) constraints that beam power back to a base station receiver
• Pie in the Sky, yet acheivable
• May Also have a use case for Remote Areas, and Drones/Aricraft/Spacecraft

See Also

• Power Transmision Methods
• Laser Based Wireless Power Transmission

Useful Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Using Microwaves and Lasers for Power Transmission