Over time, technology has generally improved. With people now being able to communicate with friends and family thousands of miles away through a time device, the ability to generate electricity and how that has made life easier, amongst other examples. One thing, however, that may seem a little far-fetched to mankind would be the possibility of wireless electricity.
At the same time, it may not be as far-fetched as originally thought. In fact, the first attempt to transmit electricity over long distances via air was made in 1907. An experiment carried out by Nikola Tesla. This experiment, however, failed.
Although recently, it seems like Tesla’s dream of wireless electricity will come through. Plans are being made to carry out projects that support the idea. One of such being the transmission of electricity from a farm to remote settlements, with a distance of kilometers.
The process to be employed in this particular project is called “power beaming”. This method is known to have been previously used my military and in space. Also, the method overcome the two faults that let to the failure of Tesla’s attempt. The first being a difficulty in the way to calculate the amount of electricity consumed; and then, the problem of a noticeable fall in signal strength over short distances. Power beaming will involve the transmission of the energy as microwave beams.
Emrod and PowerCo, The collaborators on this project intend to start gradually, by trying to transmit very few kilowatts over very short distances, as transmitting strong microwaves through air can have repercussions. If, and hopefully, when successfully, power beaming will take off as a means of energy transmission, as other companies such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are already also working on the process and want to make it commercial. After all said and willingly done, there might be a high possibility for wireless electricity.