Interstellar Energy Tycoon

Time to enter the hotter July.

But also from this month.

Li Xingyang's Xingyuan Group, like pressing an acceleration button, has entered a stage of rapid development.

The first is the construction of the space photovoltaic array, and another wave of crazy construction work has been carried out.

The number has suddenly increased from more than 50 to a full 100, making the 1,800-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit of Azure Star reach a nearly saturated state, and it is impossible to add more photovoltaic arrays, because if the density is too high, Collision accidents are prone to occur.

For this expansion work, it took more than three months for the preliminary material preparation alone, and countless super photovoltaic panels and supporting equipment were hoarded. In June, the truss structure was built for more than a month.

During the crazy construction in July, it took only 20 days to complete the laying of more than 40 photovoltaic arrays with nearly 50 million square meters of super photovoltaic panels-this is equivalent to an area of ​​50 square kilometers, and it is completed every day on average More than 2 square kilometers, a large number of space robots and astronauts working in space are used. The construction process is extremely efficient, like a busy space construction site, which changes every day, which is simply staggering.

until the end of July.

One hundred photovoltaic arrays in space are all in place. People on the blue star look up at the sky, and they will find that behind the square red halo, there is a discontinuous ring like a string of pearls. Big 'pearls', and each pearl represents a photovoltaic array.

Can receive sunlight 24 hours a day.

Each can bring 1 million KW of generating power.

Multiplied by the number of 100 seats, that is a full 100 million KW of power generation!

According to statistics, in Huaguo today, the total installed capacity of all domestic power generation facilities has reached as much as 3.5 billion KW.

But the installed capacity is not equal to the actual power generation capacity. Huaguo’s power consumption last year was just over 13 trillion kWh, which is equivalent to 1.5 billion KW of power generation equipment, which generates electricity non-stop, that is, the average power consumption is 1.5 billion KW.

That is, the space energy facilities of Xingyuan Group, the current power generation capacity has reached 1/15 of the average total power consumption of Huaguo.

This is quite an incredible statistic. With the power of a private enterprise, the space power generation capacity of 100 million KW can definitely be described as bullshit.

What is even more surprising is that more than 70% of such a huge space power generation capacity has been effectively used, and the excess power can be injected into the energy main road in the form of light energy for storage.

The comprehensive energy utilization efficiency is expected to exceed 90%, and the waste ratio is very low.

Among them, lunar mining activities will consume about 35 million KW, and now more than 1.8 million tons of minerals can be sent to the ground of Azure Star every day.

The space city project that has already started construction will consume about 10 million KW and transport nearly 500,000 tons of materials into space every day.

The number of light-powered passenger planes put into use in China's civil aviation market has increased to as many as 100, and they all work non-stop all day long, with an average of 5 to 8 flights per day. The daily flight frequency is two to three times that of traditional aircraft. Therefore, Need to consume about 10 million KW of power.

There are also use scenarios such as space factories, light show advertisements, and city-wide concerts, which will also consume tens of millions of KW of power.

That is, the generating power temporarily in a relatively idle state is only about 30 million KW.

But as the moon mines mined from the moon are still increasing exponentially.

With the light energy airliner, it is rapidly devouring the civil aviation and high-speed rail passenger market.

With the accelerated construction of space cities and space factories.

It is estimated that the 30 million KW of idle power generation will not wait until the end of the year, and it may be fully utilized in three or four months at the earliest, and there may even be a problem of insufficient energy supply.

At that time, there are only two solutions.

One is to quickly start the construction of the second main energy road and supporting power generation facilities, and increase the total power generation to more than 1 billion KW as soon as possible.

The second method is to increase the area of ​​photovoltaic arrays without increasing the number of photovoltaic arrays, for example, increasing from 1.1 million square meters to 2.2 million square meters, which means doubling the power generation capacity. The disadvantage is that photovoltaic The larger the base array, the lower the flexibility, and it is not easy to make posture adjustments. Therefore, it is better not to increase the area significantly, and the cost increase is relatively large, and the cost performance is not high.

but!

After one hundred space photovoltaic arrays are all in place.

For Xingyuan Group, at least within this year, there is no need to worry too much about the problem of insufficient energy supply, and there is no problem in ensuring that it is barely enough.

And through the sale of electricity, Star Source Group’s daily electricity sales revenue has also reached a record high of 1 billion yuan, exceeding the profits brought by the sale of super photovoltaic panels, second only to the revenue brought by superconducting materials , has become one of the three pillars of the Star Group's income, and is developing towards the core business pillar.

When the power generation of space energy facilities in the future increases to 1 billion KW or 10 billion KW, the income from electricity sales will become the main revenue of the group, and it will be easy to earn tens of billions every day.

However, this refers to the main revenue force in the normal business of the group. If some off-the-shelf projects are included in the statistics, the position of the main earner may not be preserved.

Take, for example, the space meteorite fishing industry.

And this time.

The 1973X6 Platinum Comet, which experts from the Space Meteorite Research Office of Xingyuan Group and others have been paying close attention to, has entered the range of less than 1 billion kilometers away from the Azure Star.

And getting closer.

About three months later, it will be close to about 600 million kilometers. At this time, comet 1973X6 will accelerate to a more suitable speed, and maintain a minimum orbital angle with the blue star. If at this time, Star Source Group A mining spacecraft that can approach the comet, and then cast a net to catch and drag it, can save a lot of effort, and can significantly shorten the time to bring it to the vicinity of the blue star, which can be called the golden window period.

As for other shooting opportunities, although they can also achieve their goals, they are not so time-saving and labor-saving.

Therefore, Li Xingyang hopes that the employees of the group will work overtime to try to assemble the 'Star Ring Reflector' within a month and send it into space.

Then, before the end of September, the construction of the mining spacecraft "Zhantian" will be completed, and various trainings for the miners and driving crew will be completed, making all preparations for the first space fishing mission.

Finally, at the beginning of October, the mining spacecraft officially took off, entered space, accelerated to a speed of about 800 kilometers per second, and went straight to the 1973X6 comet. It took about ten days to arrive, operated, and then dragged back in about a month. .

In this way, before the end of 2028, the debt problem of Xingyuan Group will be completely resolved, and it will not be dragged to the next year.

So the biggest question is: Can the star ring reflector and the "Zhantian" mining spacecraft be completed ahead of schedule and set off to perform space fishing missions in early October?

"Mr. Li, the assembly progress of the star ring reflector has reached 70%, and the completion rate of the mining spaceship has reached 82%, which is much faster than the scheduled progress. We are even sure that they will be completed in mid-September. Carry out the mission, bring comet 1973X6 to the vicinity of the blue star before the end of November, and cut and sell it cleanly in December!"

Expert Han Buzhou Road.

"Okay! Then follow this rhythm and steps. Next, every employee must enter an efficient working state and try their best to complete the work of each node ahead of schedule."

Li Xingyang clapped his hands and said. (end of this chapter)