Interstellar Energy Tycoon

In fact, in Li Xingyang's memory, the Red Star Federation also had flying cars.

However, high-energy batteries are used as energy sources, and the battery life is only more than 1,000 kilometers.

There is no such new thing as a light-energy flying car.

It can be said that it has moved towards a different technological development route.

However, the advantages of light-energy flying cars are similar to those of light-energy passenger planes. Not only does it have unlimited battery life, its own battery quality and power system can be reduced, the effective use of space and load capacity of the vehicle will increase, and the handling will also be improved. There is no need to worry about battery life.

On the whole, the light-energy flying car project is still very promising and has a bright future.

Then Li Xingyang and Wang Guofu jointly signed and wrote a "Proposal on the Development of a Beam-Powered 'Flying Car'" and submitted it to the person in charge of the relevant department, explaining various benefits and strongly recommending the development of the flying car industry , to enter the era of three-dimensional transportation from the current era of ground transportation.

After the proposal was submitted, it immediately aroused great attention from above.

The technical feasibility is also very high, there is almost no technical bottleneck, the difference is only a determination.

On February 20th, the Ministry of Science and Technology sent a group of experts to Suhong City and the headquarters building of Xingyuan Group.

Strategy meeting room.

The leader of the expert team, an old expert surnamed Zeng, came up with a modified version of the plan, and said to Li Xingyang, Wang Guofu and others:

"Your "Flying Car" development proposal has no major problems in terms of technical principles, but after two days of discussion with experts from our Science and Technology Department, we still made some adjustments."

"First of all, the floating energy supply tower should not be made into a floating state. An object weighing at least a hundred tons will consume hundreds of thousands of degrees of electricity every day. This kind of cost is too high and extravagant. It should be fixed On the ground, it has the style of tower base support. The large-scale beam energy supply tower in the city needs to be built 500 meters high, and it must have a battery + capacitor energy storage system inside to store a certain amount of electricity; the beam energy supply tower in rural areas , just build it 300 meters high, which is completely enough for a flying car flying at a low altitude of one or two hundred meters."

"Secondly, in terms of light beam energy supply, there is no need to emit tens of thousands of beams of light at the same time. The short-wave radiation caused by this is relatively serious, which will cause some people's concerns. It can increase the power reserve of the flying car, allowing it to fly in the air. When fully charged, it has a battery life of about 350 kilometers. When the battery life is less than 100 kilometers, it can be close to the beam power supply tower and receive 1500KW high-power beam irradiation to charge it quickly; when the battery life is less than 50 kilometers, it can Parking on the charging parking space of the energy supply tower for wired charging, it can be fully charged within 5 minutes, which not only reduces the loss, but also reduces the high concurrent usage scenarios.”

"Finally, the excess power generated by the space energy facilities of Star Source Group can be poured into the national grid through large energy supply towers to supply energy for the city. The price should not be higher than 0.15 yuan/kWh. Otherwise, the national level will not have such a big incentive to invest tens of trillions of funds to build hundreds of thousands of energy supply towers. There is no hope of returning this investment. It will only bring about a serious debt burden, and the gains outweigh the losses, and the country has no incentive to fully support your project.”

Listen to the words of this Zeng expert.

Li Xingyang and Wang Guofu realized that the country had given them two problems, and each had a problem.

For Wang Guofu, building a flying car with a battery life of 350 kilometers is much more difficult than building an electric car with a battery life of 350 kilometers on the ground. Generally, in order to overcome the influence of gravity , The average energy consumption of flying devices is at least three times that of vehicles running on the ground, and is generally calculated as five times, so it is equivalent to a ground endurance of 1,750 kilometers.

Of course, if the ratio and quantity of superconducting capacitors are increased, it is not difficult to achieve this battery life, but it will increase the weight of the vehicle body, reduce the effective space, and reduce the load capacity. It is necessary to continuously optimize the shape of the vehicle to make it meet Aerodynamics reduces drag and increases lift, which will further compress the interior space of the flying car.

Difficult.

Unless a major technological breakthrough can be made in the field of traditional batteries, a high-energy battery with an energy density of more than 1000WH/KG can be produced, and then a superconducting capacitor can be used to barely create a useful flying car with a battery life that meets the standard, but this is very, very difficult. Invest a huge amount of money, and a large number of technical personnel, to do research on battery technology.

As far as Li Xingyang is concerned, the problem he faces is much simpler, that is, the on-grid electricity price of 0.15 yuan/kWh, can he accept it?

To be honest, this price is really too cheap, even if it is 0.2 yuan/degree, he will agree without hesitation, but the price of cabbage at 0.15 yuan makes him frown.

At this time, an expert once explained: The reason why the price is 0.15 yuan is not deliberately trying to take advantage of Xingyuan Group, but that when electricity is so cheap, a large number of indoor vertical farming factories can be built to solve the problem of food and vegetables with cheap energy. Production problems, so as to break the shackles of the land, no need to adhere to the red line of 1.8 billion mu of arable land, but can fully guarantee food security, a large amount of unshackled arable land can be used to plant trees and fruits, and turn the entire country into a beautiful place Forest and garden.

Only an electricity price of 0.15 yuan/kWh can bring about these wonderful changes.

"I don't think it's a problem."

Wang Guofu first said: "With the existing technology, it is possible to make a flying car with a battery life of about 300 kilometers, and the remaining 50 kilometers of battery life. In about five years, I will ask the technicians to increase the energy density of the battery and optimize the aerodynamic shape. , Reduce the weight of the car body, and it will be possible in the end, I have this confidence!"

"Okay, Mr. Wang has courage."

Expert Zeng gave him a thumbs up, then turned to look at Li Xingyang, and asked with some anticipation and nervousness: "Mr. Li, I wonder if there is any big problem on your side?"

He was actually a little nervous, and he was quite disturbed.

The cheap electricity price of 0.15 yuan/kWh is currently impossible for any form of power generation technology. Even if it breaks through the controllable nuclear fusion, it is difficult to reduce the electricity price to this level, because the electricity price is never based on the cost of the power generation end. Forget it, this includes factors such as the construction cost of the power plant, the construction and maintenance of the power grid, personnel wages and benefits, etc. Even if the electricity generated does not cost money, the consumption price of end users will hardly be lower than 20 cents.

That is, the limit that the State Grid can achieve is the cost of 20 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity.

Let the Xingyuan Group reduce the price to 0.15 yuan/kWh, and the State Grid can indeed make a little profit, but the purpose is to obtain a certain amount of profit, recover the huge infrastructure investment, and avoid excessive accumulation of debt.

Or, if you don’t seek to recover the investment, but only seek to offset the interest on the debt, the electricity price can actually reach 0.18 yuan/kWh.

Therefore, the price of 0.18 is the real bottom line in Expert Zeng's heart, and there is still room for negotiation.

"0.15 yuan, less is a little less, but... let's do it!"

After being silent for a while, Li Xingyang nodded and said: "I can barely accept this price, but there is one condition. If the power supplied by Xingyuan Group is too sufficient, then those high-cost thermal power and nuclear (fission) power plants should be reduced. Electricity, wind power and even hydropower, Xingyuan Group's cheap power must have a priority supply status, can you agree to this?"

At this time, Li Xingyang began to secretly laugh, 0.15 yuan per degree, this is an underestimation of the development potential of space energy facilities, as long as enough electricity market can be occupied, this electricity price can still be profitable, even if it goes further If it drops a little, we can still consider cooperation, that is, the lowest bottom line in Li Xingyang's heart is actually lower than the price of 0.15.

"No problem, of course no problem."

Expert Zeng said very frankly: "The current proportion of thermal power generation still accounts for more than 50% of domestic power generation, exceeding the installed capacity of 1 billion KW. Mr. Li, this is 1 billion KW. Your space energy facilities, want to put It will take a few years for domestic thermal power plants to be completely phased out. You are thinking a little too far. Of course, if all thermal power plants can be shut down ahead of schedule, and the country’s energy-saving and emission-reduction targets are also fulfilled ahead of schedule, that’s even more important. A wonderful thing to ask for."

"Okay! That's it. The three parties will cooperate sincerely and work together to successfully complete this important project in about five years."

"Must, anyway, my Bimengdi company will never hold back, even if it burns all the cash flow, it must build a flying car that meets the requirements!"

"Hahaha, please rest assured that the country will start to take action on infrastructure construction immediately. Starting with a few first-tier cities, a large number of energy supply towers will be built to kick off the big infrastructure construction." Expert Zeng raised his head and smiled. .

Everyone is happy.

This cooperation can be described as a happy one, and all parties got the results they wanted.

For Wang Guofu's Bimengdi, Wang Guofu is not satisfied with his status as the king of the electric vehicle era. Being able to seize the absolute advantage and get ahead of competitors by several positions, Wang Guofu also believes that the company's shareholders and investors will also fully support the flying car project, because this is definitely a market with amazing potential, and the annual benefits will not exceed Less than a trillion, there is no reason to object.

At the national level, the benefits are even greater.

Tens of trillions of infrastructure investment requires the construction of a large number of 300-meter-high and 500-meter-high energy supply towers. How many jobs will this bring and how much GDP will be driven?

It can also realize the adjustment and transformation of the energy structure and become more green and environmentally friendly.

In the field of agriculture, next to each energy supply tower, a giant indoor vertical farming factory is built to benefit from Xingyuan Group's cheap electricity, and food security is also guaranteed.

In the end, for Li Xingyang, this is also a great thing that he can't wait for. His space energy empire can be assured of bold and crazy expansion, and he doesn't need to think about expanding the market. Zhan Yuantian once dreamed of a market share. It is obtained in advance, so that the power generation capacity of space energy facilities, even if it is increased to 3 billion KW or 5 billion KW, there is no need to worry that the extra energy will have nowhere to be consumed and can only be wasted.

Comparing the difficulties and ups and downs encountered by Zhan Yuantian in the Red Star Federation, this is a dreamlike development situation. If such a good thing happens in the Red Star Federation, he might be so excited that he would cry. I can only talk about the differences in different development stages. It's too big. Although Azure Star lags behind a lot in technology, it is indeed an extremely beautiful golden age of development.