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Each component will have a reference implementation with a black box efficiency and cost rating.   
Each component will have a reference implementation with a black box efficiency and cost rating.   
* Any  efficiency improvement of at least 2% with no more than a 10% cost increase will automatically qualify to be the new reference standard.
* Any cost reduction of at least 0.5% with no loss in efficiency will automatically qualify to be the new reference standard.
* Higher-cost efficiency improvements will be accepted for review by the board, who will consider the cost impact on the success of the project. 
* Lower-cost improvements that result in a "statistically insignificant" efficiency loss will be accepted for review by the board.


Reference implementations will be subject to constant improvement, with '''new proposals welcome from any interested party at any time'''.


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* New proposals must be well-documented and repeatable.
* Any  efficiency improvement of at least 2% with no more than a 10% cost increase will be automatically considered for the new reference standard.
* Any cost reduction of at least 0.5% with no loss in efficiency will be automatically considered for the new reference standard.
* Rewards for each newly-accepted reference implementation will be determined by the board. 
 
[[Off-world Power Generation Components Detailed Rules|More details...]]
 
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! style="background:#d8e0ea; color:#113333" | Description
! style="background:#d8e0ea; color:#113333" | Requirements
! style="background:#d8e0ea; color:#113333" | Reference implementation
! style="background:#d8e0ea; color:#113333" colspan=2 | Efficiency
! style="background:#d8e0ea; color:#113333" colspan=2 | Cost
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|[[Image:GoogleResultsWalker_small.jpg|50px|left]] Off-world solar collection
| Off-world solar collection
|Reference implementation: [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission|Lab 1]]
|  
|Efficiency (W/kg): TBD
| [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission|Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission]]
|Cost ($/W): TBD
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" | 15.6
| style="border-left:0px;" | W/kg
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | 1.15
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/W
|-
|-
|[[Image:Boxcarkid_thumb.png‎|50px|left]] [http://boxcarkid.com The Boxcar Kid]
| Off-world solar storage
|The website for my dad's historic novel, The Boxcar Kid.  It includes a blog that he posts to regularly, don't miss it.
|
* Storage capability sufficient for periods where transmission is offline
| [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission|Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission]]
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" | 44
| style="border-left:0px;" | Wh/kg
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | 1.45
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/Wh
|-
|-
|}
| Freespace handshake
 
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* Transmitter/receiver handshake
 
=== Off-world solar collection ===
 
Reference implementation
* Description: TBD
* Efficiency (W/kg): TBD
* Cost ($/W): TBD
 
=== Off-world solar storage ===
 
Reference implementation
* Description: TBD
* Efficiency (Wh/kg): TBD
* Cost ($/Wh): TBD
 
=== Off-world solar transmission ===
 
Requirements
* Transmission/receiver handshake
** for precision aiming  
** for precision aiming  
** for safety; power laser cutoff within 5 seconds when transmission line of sight is blocked
** for safety, with instant power laser cutoff when interrupted
** must ensure that tracking is possible of any objects inside any proposed cone of detection
| [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 2: Laser aiming|Lab 2: Laser aiming]]
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" |
| style="border-left:0px;" | ms (time to create handshake)
mph (max speed of interfering object)
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | NA
|-
| Freespace transmission
|
* Cyber-security best practices
* Cyber-security best practices
 
| [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 2: Laser aiming|Lab 2: Laser aiming]]
Reference implementation
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" |
* Description: TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | Wh %
* Efficiency (Wh %): TBD
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" |
* Cost ($/Wh): TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/Wh
 
|-
=== Earthbound solar collection ===
| Earthbound solar collection
 
|
Reference implementation
* Sufficient ground area to capture transmitted energy
* Description: TBD
* Transmission/receiver handshake
* Efficiency (Wh %): TBD
| [[Off-world Power Generation Lab 2: Laser aiming|Lab 2: Laser aiming]]
* Cost ($/Wh): TBD
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" |
 
| style="border-left:0px;" | Wh % (efficiency)
=== Earthbound solar distribution ===
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" |
 
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/Wh, including land cost
Reference implementation
|-
* Description: TBD
| Earthbound distribution
* Efficiency (Wh*km): TBD
|
* Cost ($/Wh*km): TBD
* Use existing transmission and distribution lines where possible
 
* May use cheaper/more accessible access points in areas of higher need
=== Launch of off-world gear ===
| TBD
 
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" | TBD
Reference implementation
| style="border-left:0px;" | GW / km^2
* Description: TBD
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | TBD
* Efficiency (Wh*km): TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/(GW*km^2)
* Cost ($/Wh*km): TBD
|-
 
| Launch off-world gear
=== Robotic self-assembly of off-world gear ===
|
 
| TBD
Requirements
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" | -
| style="border-left:0px;" |
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/kg
|-
| Robotic self-assembly of off-world gear
|
* Establishment of orbit and assembly of initial gear
* Establishment of orbit and assembly of initial gear
* Orbital delivery and assembly of supplemental gear
* Orbital delivery and assembly of supplemental gear
| TBD
| style="text-align:right;;border-right:0px;" | -
| style="border-left:0px;" |
| style="text-align:right;border-right:0px;" | TBD
| style="border-left:0px;" | $/kg
|-
|}


Reference implementation
To think:
* Description: TBD
* control and feedback communication with off-world system
* Cost ($/kg): TBD
* boosters on satellite
* protection from solar flares, meteorites, enemy action
* Address the concerns and regulations of countries and international law

Latest revision as of 03:17, 5 March 2019

Each component will have a reference implementation with a black box efficiency and cost rating.

Reference implementations will be subject to constant improvement, with new proposals welcome from any interested party at any time.

  • New proposals must be well-documented and repeatable.
  • Any efficiency improvement of at least 2% with no more than a 10% cost increase will be automatically considered for the new reference standard.
  • Any cost reduction of at least 0.5% with no loss in efficiency will be automatically considered for the new reference standard.
  • Rewards for each newly-accepted reference implementation will be determined by the board.

More details...

Description Requirements Reference implementation Efficiency Cost
Off-world solar collection Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission 15.6 W/kg 1.15 $/W
Off-world solar storage
  • Storage capability sufficient for periods where transmission is offline
 Lab 1: Free Space 1W Transmission 44 Wh/kg 1.45 $/Wh
Freespace handshake
  • Transmitter/receiver handshake
    • for precision aiming
    • for safety, with instant power laser cutoff when interrupted
    • must ensure that tracking is possible of any objects inside any proposed cone of detection
 Lab 2: Laser aiming ms (time to create handshake)

mph (max speed of interfering object)

TBD NA
Freespace transmission
  • Cyber-security best practices
 Lab 2: Laser aiming Wh % $/Wh
Earthbound solar collection
  • Sufficient ground area to capture transmitted energy
  • Transmission/receiver handshake
 Lab 2: Laser aiming Wh % (efficiency) $/Wh, including land cost
Earthbound distribution
  • Use existing transmission and distribution lines where possible
  • May use cheaper/more accessible access points in areas of higher need
 TBD TBD GW / km^2 TBD $/(GW*km^2)
Launch off-world gear TBD - TBD $/kg
Robotic self-assembly of off-world gear
  • Establishment of orbit and assembly of initial gear
  • Orbital delivery and assembly of supplemental gear
 TBD - TBD $/kg

To think:

  • control and feedback communication with off-world system
  • boosters on satellite
  • protection from solar flares, meteorites, enemy action
  • Address the concerns and regulations of countries and international law
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