As part of the 2 2 billion project the droids will begin construction of an unmanned base near the south pole of the moon that will be powered by solar panels according to the panel chaired by waseda university president katsuhiko shirai.
Japan solar panels on the moon.
Atop a small hill on the southern japanese island of kyushu sits a small solar farm with big broad panels lined up in rows tilting to catch the sun.
A japanese firm announces its innovative solution to the nation s energy problems a 250 mile wide belt of solar panels on the moon.
Japan s yamakura plant is made up of almost 60 000 solar panels image.
One japanese company shimizu already has that covered.
The construction would stretch for 11 000 km 6 800 miles along the moon s equator and would reach 400 km 250 miles in width.
World bank tailor made for asia.
Weighing about 660 pounds the droids will roll on treads and operate within a 60 mile radius of the base.
Japanese firm plans 250 mile wide solar panel belt around moon.
Japan plans to turn the moon into one huge solar power plant ever since the disaster at fukushima nuclear power plant japan has been looking to alternatives to nuclear power for their energy needs.
A giant solar power station.
While the wireless power transmission is possible over shorter ranges now a civil engineering firm in japan shimizu is planning to do it on a giant scale.
Simply build a band of solar panels 400 kilometers 249 miles wide pdf running all the way around.
They want to build a so called luna ring.
They are aiming to apply this wireless power transmission between the earth and the moon.
The biggest japanese floating solar plant sits behind the yamakura dam at ichihara in chiba prefecture.
Their ambitious plan involves building a belt of solar cells around the moon s 6 800 mile 11 000 kilometer equator converting the electricity to powerful microwaves and lasers to be beamed at earth and finally converting the beams back to electricity at terrestrial power stations.
Shimizu a japanese architectural and engineering firm has a solution for the climate crisis.
So much so that one japanese construction firm is campaigning to power the whole earth with solar energy that they will beam down from the moon.
And yes it would look just the way it sounds a ring of solar panels spanning around the moon.