Chapter 379, the history of mankind is the history of energy
“Isn’t this power generation too large?”
"According to the estimates in your plan, it will be able to generate 1.7 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity this year, which is more than ten times the power generated by the Three Gorges Hydropower Station."
Lu Yong carefully looked at the space solar power station plan sent by Wang Chen in his mind. When he saw the theoretical power generation for a year calculated above, he couldn't help being shocked and his eyes widened.
When he was watching the news before, he had seen reports about the Three Gorges Hydropower Station. As the largest hydropower station in our country, the Three Gorges Hydropower Station can generate a terrifying power generation of almost 100 billion kilowatt-hours a year.
This is already the largest hydropower station in the world and the power station with the largest power generation capacity.
Who would have thought that it is now said that just building a space solar power station in space can achieve seventeen times the power generation of the Three Gorges? It is impossible even if you think about it.
At first, he thought that there was actually no money to be made from space solar power stations, because even though traveling to and from space has become extremely cheap, building solar power stations in space is still a hugely expensive project.
What's more, at power stations, the price of electricity is very cheap. The market price is 50 cents per unit. If you sell it to the State Grid, the price may be only 20 cents.
Even if your power generation can match that of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station, this year's business is only 20 billion. For Xinghai Technology, 20 billion is just a drizzle and nothing at all.
But now it's completely different when calculated based on this power generation.
This year, it can generate 1.7 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity. Even if it is calculated at 20 cents per kilowatt-hour, the revenue is 340 billion yuan a year. This number is quite impressive.
The key is that after it is built, its maintenance and operation costs can be very low. It is fully automated and intelligently managed. It does not require many employees. It is basically profit.
This is very Xinghai Technology, and it fits the high-tech identity very well.
"Haha, this power generation is based on the results of our tests in space."
"With the development of science and technology, the energy and energy resources that humans can control are increasing."
"In ancient times, we humans had just mastered fire. At that time, we could only burn firewood, straw and the like, which had very little energy."
"Later, we gradually learned to use coal, oil, and electricity. We were able to master more and more energy, and we also consumed more and more energy."
"This shows that with the development and progress of our human science and technology, the energy we can control, use and consume is constantly soaring."
"Nowadays, an ordinary household uses dozens of kilowatt-hours of electricity every month, and aircraft burns dozens of liters of biofuel. This was something that was unimaginable before."
"The technology we use to obtain energy is also becoming more and more powerful, from coal and oil mining to hydropower generation, wind power generation, nuclear energy, etc."
"Now we are building space solar power stations in space. One power station can be equivalent to 17 Three Gorges Hydropower Stations. There is nothing strange or surprising about this."
"Perhaps in the future, when our controllable nuclear fusion technology is developed, the energy we can control may be hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of times that of the Three Gorges."
Wang Chen smiled and said.
The development of science and technology is like this. Every advancement seems incredible at first.
Just like in the 1990s, people who could afford mobile phones were real mobile phones. The market price of a mobile phone was 28,000 yuan, the Internet access fee was 6,000 yuan, and the pre-deposit cost was 1,000 yuan. In that 10,000 yuan household,
In an era when everything is rare, anyone who can spend any amount of money to build a big brother is a real talent.
But with the development of technology, mobile phones have gradually reached an era where everyone has one. In the 1980s, could you imagine all this?
I guess even if I tell you, you will say that this is impossible. Everyone has a mobile phone, and everyone is regarded as the mobile phone. Who will be the junior brother?
"The history of our human development can be said to be a history of energy development."
"We have gradually developed from burning straw and wood to burning coal and oil, and then to electric energy, nuclear energy, etc. In the future, we will also master nuclear fusion energy, even antimatter energy, etc."
"Continuous progress, continuous mastery of more powerful energy."
Liu Yuan also followed suit.
Studying history is actually a very interesting thing.
The history of mankind can be studied from many angles, such as transportation. The primitive humans only tried to walk, and their range of activities was very limited, often only a few dozen miles. Later, horses and cows were slowly domesticated, and they could ride horses and sit on cows.
Cars, etc., the average person can move within a hundred miles.
Later, with the development of science and technology, trains, cars, bicycles, etc. were invented, and human activities could travel further and faster.
Then there were airplanes and ships, and people's activities became even wider.
Now, with anti-gravity aircraft, the earth has become a village, and people's activities have begun to spread to every corner of the earth.
In the future, when humans set foot on the sea of stars, their activity trajectories will be farther and larger.
"With such a huge power generation capacity, can we use it all?"
"And when generating electricity in space, how to transport the electricity is also a problem?"
Lu Yong thought for a while and said again.
"Are you still worried about having too much energy?"
"There will be many places that use electricity in the future, such as anti-gravity aircraft, which all use electricity. Now the Academy of Sciences is researching a high-energy matrix battery. The storage capacity will be a qualitative leap, and it will be a thousand times more powerful than the current most powerful battery."
, ten thousand times, when the time comes, it can be used exclusively on spacecrafts, and no matter how much electricity you use, it can be consumed by you."
"Besides, our smelting factory on the moon is a large power consumer. It is used to smelt copper, aluminum, iron and other metals, which is very power-consuming."
"Not to mention the 17 Three Gorges Hydropower Stations, a few more may not be enough for our company's consumption by then."
Liu Yuan replied with a smile.
Energy is definitely not something to be afraid of in excess. Human beings have mastered more and more huge amounts of energy, and at the same time, they are consuming more and more huge amounts of energy.
Among the home star civilizations, the spacecraft consumes the most energy.
After the development of powerful high-energy matrix batteries, the spacecraft's power system can all use anti-gravity engines, and there is no need to use auxiliary rocket engines.
By then, spacecrafts will be flying around in the solar system, mining asteroids, mining on various planets, flying between the earth and the moon, etc., and the energy consumed will be very huge, and space solar power generation will also be inevitable.
Otherwise, the power stations on the earth may not be able to withstand the consumption.
"The smelting factory on the moon is indeed very power-consuming. Wan Hanrui has reported to me several times that the smelting factory is under-operated because there is insufficient power on the moon side."
"They say they want to build a nuclear power plant on the moon to meet the demand for electricity, but this is not something that can be approved easily, and it is something we cannot touch now."
When Lu Yong heard this, he nodded and said.
"So, don't be afraid of too much energy. As for power transmission technology, the Academy of Sciences is also working on wireless power transmission technology. Once this technology is successfully researched, electricity can be directly transmitted from space to the ground. These factories of the company,
A large amount of money can be left over for electricity consumption in bases and the like.”
Liu Yuan nodded and said, Xinghai Technology is a large power consumer, with dozens of bases, factories, and industrial zones, large and small, and the daily electricity bill is a huge number.
If it can be solved directly, a large amount of expenses will be left.
"We are about to start building space solar power stations."
At this time, Wang Chen looked outside and quickly reminded him.
Liu Yuan and Lu Yong came back to their senses and looked outside. They saw three huge spaceships parked on the huge open space. At this moment, the doors of the spaceships began to slowly close. The astronauts and engineers had already
Entering it, we began to prepare to fly to space.
"Permission to take off~"
Soon, as the application for takeoff was approved, the three huge spaceships began to slowly lift into the sky, like feathers without any weight. They kept floating up, flying higher and higher, and soon disappeared among the crowd.
within the field of vision.
In just a few minutes, the three spacecrafts successfully flew into space, and then adjusted their orbits to enter the predetermined orbit.
Here in the control center, a huge monitor displays scenes from space, with three huge spaceships flying around the earth in space.
I saw the spacecraft's hatch slowly opening, and the robotic arms on the spacecraft began to get busy. The robotic arms were extremely flexible and began to continuously carry out the things inside the spacecraft's hatch.
First, huge round tubes like space capsules were carried out.
These large cylinders are all the main frames of the space solar power station, which are filled with solar power panels. Each pillar is also a high-tech product.
It not only has a device similar to the injection of rocket solid fuel, but also has an anti-gravity device installed to change the orbit of the space solar power station, as well as a very intelligent control system.
The future control system of this space solar power station will all adopt a fully intelligent control system. At the same time, each solar power generation panel can be accurately monitored. Once damaged, maintenance personnel can be notified in time for replacement.
Cylinders are transported out of the spacecraft one by one. These cylinders are very heavy on the earth, and it is very difficult for the robotic arm to carry them. But in space, in the microgravity environment, it is very easy for the robotic arms to carry them.
easy.
I saw two cylinders being accurately docked together under the control of a robotic arm. These cylinders are designed with reference to space capsules. Each cylinder is an independent space capsule with independent survival elements inside.
The operating systems can also be perfectly connected to each other.
As the two cylinders are docked together, the automatic control system at the hatch above the cylinder is activated, and they are perfectly docked with each other to form a new 20-meter-long cylinder.
Soon, after the two cylinders were connected, a mechanical arm installed a butt joint at both ends. The principle and function of this pair of joints and the four-way pipe among the water pipes are the same.
However, this is used in space, and a lot of technology is used in it. After all, it is used for docking in space.
Just like building blocks, the cylinders are constantly connected to each other.
Half an hour later, a square with a length and width of 20 meters appeared in space, like a big frame.
On the large square frame and on the pillars, small sticks soon protruded every 1 meter. These sticks have been designed long ago and adopt a folding structure.
The two opposite frames are 20 meters apart from each other, and the sticks extending about 10 meters each are perfectly connected to each other, facing each other.
Soon, the 20-meter-long square was cut into small squares one by one with sticks. There were a total of 400 small squares of 1 square meter. The size was just right for a standard 1-square-meter square.
Solar power panels.
A square was built, and soon the astronauts on the spacecraft began to be busy again. Standard cylinders were continuously transported out and then spliced onto it.
More than ten hours later, a huge "tian" character appeared in space. Then, with the help of a robotic arm, spacesuits and engineers climbed onto the "tian" character and entered the huge cylinder that looked like a space capsule.
The cylinder has a diameter of 4 meters and a length of 10 meters. It is like a huge space city. It is fully equipped with not only a life support system for survival, but also a lot of various things, and even a small emergency room.
Escape space capsule.
In the event of an emergency special situation, the personnel working on it can fly directly to the earth in the escape capsule and rely on the escape capsule to land on the earth, which is enough to ensure safety.
The astronauts who entered the space capsule started the respective systems in the space capsule. There were also mechanical arms outside the space capsule. They opened the door of the space capsule and began to control the robotic arms to move the solar power panels in the space capsule one by one.
laid on top of the already added frame.
The efficiency of work in space is really too slow. Even now, the combination of robotic arms and virtual technology has greatly improved the efficiency of astronauts working in space, but it is still very slow.
A few more hours passed.
With the assistance of many astronauts, the smallest "field", which is only 20 meters long, was paved, and 400 solar power panels were laid.
The first batch of astronauts and engineers who came to space began to take the spacecraft back to the ground to rest, put on another batch of space suits and engineers, and the spacecraft also loaded with cylinders for building space solar power stations arrived.
In space, continue to build this space solar power station.
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