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11-3-2009 2:53 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/761c13ce-cc78-41e5-9735-997eccce7d29/1CD2F7CE-645E-4F5D-8750-A6BC4DDC574C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space" href="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space" style="font-size: 11px;">www.popsci.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space"><H1 class="title article-title">
              <A href="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space">Japan Wants to Power 300,000 Homes With Wireless Energy From Space</A>            												</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popsci.com/img/1D96648C-A8FF-4290-AD9D-FF45332996F4" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space"><DIV class="summary">
		<SPAN class="img-title">Japan's Wireless, Power-Generating, Solar Satellite</SPAN>	 
<SPAN class="pic-credit">Inhabitat</SPAN>
</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-09/japan-wants-power-300000-homes-wireless-power-space"><P>Japan has serious plans to send a solar-panel-equipped satellite into space that could wirelessly beam a gigawatt-strong stream of power down to earth and power nearly 300,000 homes.</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/a-step-closer-to-solar-power-in-space/" href="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/a-step-closer-to-solar-power-in-space/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.alternative-energy-news.info</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/a-step-closer-to-solar-power-in-space/"><H3 class="posttitle"><A title="A Step Closer to Solar Power in Space" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/a-step-closer-to-solar-power-in-space/">A Step Closer to Solar Power in Space</A>
</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/a-step-closer-to-solar-power-in-space/"><A href="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/">Mitsubishi Electric Corporation</A> and <A href="http://www.ihi.co.jp/index-e.html">IHI Corporation</A> are undertaking an ambitious project of $ 21bn. They are aspiring to design and develop a Space-based solar farm that would generate 1GW of power. This will require an area of four square kilometer consisting of rows of solar panels. This space solar farm will be housed 36,000km above the surface of the earth. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxXlF9mepU&feature=player_embedded" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxXlF9mepU&feature=player_embedded" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoxXlF9mepU&feature=player_embedded"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BoxXlF9mepU&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJ529lsdk9HI" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJ529lsdk9HI" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bloomberg.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJ529lsdk9HI"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bloomberg.com/img/F6347915-2C7B-4350-8DD4-C45B5C838274" alt="Bloomberg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJ529lsdk9HI"><SPAN class="news_story_title">Mitsubishi, IHI to Join $21 Bln Space Solar Project (Update1) </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aJ529lsdk9HI"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bloomberg.com/img/5B4126A4-307D-46D3-B965-B87EAD5E521D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html" href="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">global.mitsubishielectric.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/global.mitsubishielectric.com/img/2ED8E928-81D3-454C-A22C-B85002541D97" alt="MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Changes for the Better" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/global.mitsubishielectric.com/img/92848596-C2B6-4705-B8AF-8F4BDDAD39EF" alt="Space Systems" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://global.mitsubishielectric.com/bu/space/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/global.mitsubishielectric.com/img/ECB57943-051C-4C2D-AD97-D79318D9DB70" alt="Replicating Space on Earth" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.treehugger.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.treehugger.com/img/C547EC21-872E-4A1A-AB2E-6DBE731D6F9D" alt="space-based solar power image" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php"><P>While the project might sound like science-fiction <EM>now</EM>, it likely that the landscape will be more favorable in 30 years (strict carbon emissions caps will make clean energy more cost-competitive, for example).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/japan-space-based-solar-power-satellite-21-billions.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.treehugger.com/img/9AD06A61-BD9C-4261-83A3-DA33EB75D1FD" alt="space based solar power photo" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1CD2F7CE-645E-4F5D-8750-A6BC4DDC574C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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