Describe a beamed power solution. ( Digest Number 135)

According to this link

http://www.spacefuture.com/journal/journal.cgi?find=SPS;art97.10.09.sps97
_report

"Canada is expecting to export a good deal of its super-cheap hydro-power to
the USA. And Hydro-Quebec is considering exporting electric power to Japan
by microwave using orbiting "power relay satellites". This got the headlines
in the local newspaper - "Vendre de l'electricite au Japon... par
satellite" - and may possibly be the first application of space-based WPT
for terrestrial energy supply. "

http://www.hydro.qc.ca/

So, hydro quebec may have already done much of the research that we are
looking at. This was three years ago, so apparently they decided to not go
through with the plan, but perhaps we can find out why.

Tom M.
TomM@...