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  2. Heliostat - Wikipedia

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    In a 2009 article, Bruce Rohr suggested that small heliostats could be used like a solar power tower system. [7]: 7–12 Instead of occupying hundreds of acres, the system would fit in a much smaller area, like the flat rooftop of a commercial building, he said. The proposed system would use the power in sunlight to heat and cool a building or ...

  3. Alderson disk - Wikipedia

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    The hole would be surrounded by a thousand-mile-high wall to prevent the atmosphere from drifting into the Sun. [3] The outer rim would not require a wall. The mechanical stresses within the disc would be far beyond what any known material can stand, thus relegating such a structure to the realm of exploratory engineering until materials and ...

  4. Dyson–Harrop satellite - Wikipedia

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    It is inspired by the Dyson sphere, but much harder to detect from another star system. [1] The satellite develops a useful voltage potential by capturing positive ions against a solar sail for a net positive voltage, while draining off electrons on a long wire, and guiding flux electrons along a short wire into a charge receiver for a net ...

  5. Dyson sphere - Wikipedia

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    A Dyson sphere is a hypothetical megastructure that encompasses a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. [1] [2] [3] The concept is a thought experiment that attempts to imagine how a spacefaring civilization would meet its energy requirements once those requirements exceed what can be generated from the home planet's ...

  6. Space-based solar power - Wikipedia

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    The solar power satellite was to be located in a geosynchronous orbit, 35,786 kilometres (22,236 mi) above the Earth's surface. NASA 1976. Between 1978 and 1986, the Congress authorized the Department of Energy (DoE) and NASA to jointly investigate the concept. They organized the Satellite Power System Concept Development and Evaluation Program.

  7. Heliosphere - Wikipedia

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    The wall is composed of interstellar material interacting with the edge of the heliosphere. One paper released in 2013 studied the concept of a bow wave and hydrogen wall. [51] Another hypothesis suggests that the heliopause could be smaller on the side of the Solar System facing the Sun's orbital motion through the galaxy.