Japan aspires to produce electricity on the Moon

Like in a science fiction movie, Japan plans to build a giant power plant along the Moon's equator, to produce electricity sent to Earth.

The Daily Mail reported that scientists from Japan's Shimizu construction group have revealed an ambitious plan to produce electricity on the Moon. If it becomes a reality, this project could generate 13,000 billion KW of solar electricity. This huge amount of electricity will be transmitted to Earth by laser or shortwave.

According to the design of the project, solar panels will be installed along the orbit of the Moon's surface with a total length of nearly 11,000 km and a width of 400 km. To transmit huge amounts of electricity to Earth, a 20km antenna system was also built on the Moon.

Japan's ambitious project could lead to the use of robotic devices to install large solar cell systems to generate electricity on the Moon. Photo : Daily Mail.

The need to find clean and safe energy sources becomes increasingly urgent, especially after the crisis of Fukushima nuclear power plant due to the earthquake and tsunami on March 11th. The incident of Fukushima is causing serious environmental threats.

'The transformation of the use of low-cost but limited energy sources into clean and endless energy sources is a human dream. Solar power plants that are placed on the Moon's orbit will help turn our dreams into reality , 'Shimizu company representative said.

Shimizu also stated that the advantage of the project is that power production on the Moon will not be affected by the bad conditions on Earth, so the production of electricity can take place continuously and sufficiently to meet energy demand of the whole world.

To accomplish the project, astronauts need to return to the Moon and work with the help of robots. A rail system should also be built first to transport materials for this project. Even so, scientists have not revealed the time to start promoting ambitious plans.