High-Power Beaming

Workshop/School Industry Presentations, June 5th, 2023, 4:00-4:45pm – Presented By: Greg Kushnir

Abstract:

We have seen a lot of progress in recent years with wireless energy introduced into more and more commercial settings. We can now charge our phones and other consumer electronics wirelessly, wireless charging of cars and IoT devices is just around the corner, and new commercial applications for wireless power are appearing every day. Emrods end of the market is moving a lot of energy over long distances as in many megawatts over many kilometers.

In today’s workshop, we will discuss what high-power beaming technology is good for, how close to commercialization it is, where the power beaming industry is at, and where it’s going. I will provide details about a recent power-beaming demonstration conducted by Emrod, Airbus, and ESA, and discuss how power-beaming technology is utilized to create space-based energy infrastructure aiming to solve the intermittency of renewables and accelerating the energy transition.