The Rjukan solar Mirror Project (was A different kind of SBSP)

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com 13312, "brooksn" wrote:
> Just found this new idea for SBSP, instead of the traditional GSO and microwave antenna and ground rectenna. You have LEO orbiting mirrors [...] The mirrors reflect sunlight onto the solar panels of already existing, and future, solar farms. Extending their power production 3 hours later in the evening and 3 hours earlier in the morning.

http://inhabitat.com/giant-sun-tracking-mirrors-bring-light-to-a-small-norwegian-town-during-dark-winters/

"Norwegian Town Creates 'Artificial Sun' to Light Up Dark Winter Days"

"The small Norwegian town of Rjukan is getting its own artificial sun this month. Engineers are completing The Mirror Projecta system of three 300 square foot heliostatic mirrors that redirect winter light into the valley, turning one of the biggest town squares into a sunny meeting place. The entire mechanism is controlled by a central computer that adjusts the position of the mirrors."

"The light will create a 2,000-square-foot circle on the town square which is usually in shadow. Costing less than a million dollars, the Mirror Project will bring light to the Norwegian town which is, from September until the end of March, in near perpetual darkness."