Interstellar Energy Tycoon

soon.

The beautiful May has passed.

The time has entered June.

All walks of life in Huaguo are developing rapidly, which can only be described as booming.

The economic development situation in the first half of the year is also extremely optimistic. Even though last year’s GDP base was very large, the economic growth rate this year is expected to not be lower than 10%, and may even reach 13% to 15%. describe.

But to achieve such a high economic growth rate, one of the most basic data is inseparable, that is electricity.

Only when the power generation increases by more than 10%, can economic development with the same growth rate be brought about, and the two show the most direct positive correlation.

On the ground of Azure Star, Huaguo has laid countless photovoltaic panels, built wind power generation facilities, and built a large number of stepped hydropower stations.

In addition, there are countless energy storage station facilities composed of lithium batteries, sodium batteries and superconducting capacitors, all over China, dynamically storing and releasing countless electric energies.

Finally, the effective power generation is kept at about 17.5KW, and it is expected to increase to 1.8 billion KW by the end of this year, with a growth rate of about 3%.

This seems a little underwhelming.

But now the outlet for China's economic development is mainly in space and the universe. Countless funds and talents have flocked to the sea of ​​stars. Therefore, the growth of electricity demand on the ground is limited, and it may even shrink. It has to export a large amount of electricity to neighboring countries.

As for the space economy, if it wants to bring about high-speed growth, it depends on whether Xingyuan Group can provide enough energy. Can the energy supply be greatly increased?

In fact, after the giant energy relay satellite 'Dawu 1' was put into use, and after the photovoltaic matrix was expanded by 20%, the newly added 110 million KW power generation power has already ensured that the economic growth rate of Huaguo this year will not be lower than 10%.

Xingyuan Group has achieved a very high standard and has not hindered the development of the national economy.

but……

not enough.

This is just qualified, not enough.

It must be extremely good, able to meet or even exceed everyone's expectations.

The 210 million KW space energy supply capacity of Xingyuan Group may be sufficient at the beginning of the year, and there is quite a surplus, but now it is June, and in the face of the rapidly increasing energy demand in all aspects, this power does not seem to be enough. Enough is enough, and it is starting to be stretched again.

Countless companies or individuals have appealed to Xingyuan Group to increase the power of space power generation and take expansion actions quickly.

"Brother Xing, I'm relying on you for my fortune, you can't stretch your hips."

"That's right Brother Xing, the millions of tons of ore dug out by my mining company will all be transported to Azure Star this year, or sent to the space factory for processing. This year I will collect the net and earn back all the previous investment. Star Brother, please work harder, I bow to you."

"My company is engaged in space tourism. This year's business is very booming. Can I sign a long-term energy supply agreement with Xingyuan Group? It's okay to have a high price. What I pursue is stability. The more stable the better, as long as I can enjoy The right to prioritize energy supply, money is not an issue.”

"I also want to buy the VIP priority energy supply service. It doesn't matter even if it costs 1 yuan once. I hope that the energy supply service can respond at any time without affecting my business."

"It is impossible for Xingyuan Group to launch VIP services. This not only violates fairness, but also brings about a sharp rise in energy prices. Relevant agencies will definitely intervene to stop it. Don't even think about it. Xingyuan Group will not do anything that will be ignored."

"That's right, instead of thinking about becoming a VIP customer, it's better to urge Xingyuan Group to speed up the speed and increase the space energy supply power to 500 million or 1 billion KW. As long as the energy management is enough, we don't have to worry about using it." no problem."

"..."

Facing the worries and appeals of countless customers.

On the one hand, Xingyuan Group issued a statement to appease.

On the other hand, it has accelerated the expansion and deployment of space energy facilities, which has attracted countless attentions, which is exciting.

There are mainly three aspects of action.

One, with the help of a transport spacecraft with a strong carrying capacity, sent a batch of light energy harvesting converters into space first, then turned on the ion engine, and accelerated towards the sun. It is expected to reach the golden orbit in more than half a month.

An average of ten light energy harvesting converters are released into space every day.

Continuous release for one month.

That is, a full 300 light energy harvesting converters.

When all these power generation equipment arrive at the "golden orbit" around the sun, it means that 300 million KW of new energy supply power will be brought, and the space energy supply capacity of Xingyuan Group will break through to the 500 million KW level.

It is absolutely no problem to meet the demand of this year's space energy market, and there will definitely be a lot of spare space, which will be used to carry out space meteorite fishing missions, and find a way to open a few more space blind boxes to earn some extra income.

Second, continue to use the transport spacecraft to send six free light sail reflectors and six corner star ring reflectors into space, and then start their own power systems to go to the space locations they need to go to. .

Among them, the six light sail reflectors are to guide the almost direct light energy into the star ring reflector on the main energy road after one or more reflections, to assist in the storage of light energy.

The other six star ring reflectors are all small L-shaped corner reflectors, weighing about 300 tons. The main purpose is to absorb the light energy in the energy main road through the bell mouth, and then pass through the pipeline with movable corners , to guide the light energy out - the adjustment range of the active corner is between 5° and 90°, that is, through this corner star ring reflector, the light energy in the energy main road can be sent to a wide range of areas , and the transmission distance can reach tens of millions of kilometers, but the farthest is no more than 100 million kilometers.

It also has the characteristics of low manufacturing cost, low optical loss rate, and low dissipation rate. The maximum energy supply power is 5 million KW, which can also meet high-power usage scenarios.

However, this corner star ring reflector still has a serious defect, which makes it still unable to replace the energy relay satellite.

That is to say, its response flexibility is insufficient, and it is difficult to maintain precise irradiation on spacecraft that is moving too fast, because its irradiation range is still limited, and it must always maintain a state of absorbing light energy and must not move at will.

It is only suitable for supplying energy to medium and long-distance, relatively slow-moving devices within the range of firing angles, such as transport spacecraft, space cruise ships, interstellar warships, and giant energy relay satellites.

Finally, it is to complete the construction and adjustment of the second main energy road as soon as possible.

And after three months of space drifting.

Thirty-three light sail reflectors and one giant star ring reflector have successfully arrived at their respective coordinate positions, and they are evenly distributed in this billion-kilometer-long gold market orbit.

Then immediately start adjusting the angle, relative orientation and other parameters, and introduce the most conspicuous red light, try every means to make this red light form a closed loop of light, and make the dissipation rate of this red light low enough, and finally In order to start injecting light energy, it will be officially put into use.

These adjustments took a full half a month, but they can still be described as progressing smoothly.

After all, this is a billion-kilometer-long energy main road. Even if it is light that can run 300,000 kilometers per second, it will take 3333 seconds to run, which is close to an hour.

Moreover, after the light runs a full circle, it is necessary to ensure that the light dissipation rate does not exceed one thousandth, and the daily dissipation rate does not exceed 2%, which is very technically difficult.

even so.

At the end of June, the second main energy road of Xingyuan Group was announced to be successfully constructed! All technical parameters are fully up to standard.

On June 27th, the second batch of light energy collection converters have arrived in the golden orbit of the sun one after another, and then immediately deployed the super photovoltaic panels to absorb high-density light energy, and then sent it to the star ring reflector in the form of high-energy short-wave and go.

And then.

Through the six free light sail reflectors, the light energy from the direction of the sun is reflected and introduced into the energy main road.

at last!

In space not far from the orbit of the blue star.

A huge ring of light gradually lights up, takes shape, and grows stronger.

It was very dark and thin at first, not conspicuous.

But after just two or three days, this 34-sided giant ring of light mixed with yellow light is already quite dazzling, attracting the attention of countless astronomy enthusiasts.

It also made countless people excited and excited, cheering and celebrating, because after the establishment of this main energy road, it will bring abundant energy, which can fully meet the needs of the entire human race. (end of this chapter)