The British distribution company National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) will investigate whether wireless energy transfer can be used to supply remote areas, disaster response and possibly bring electricity ashore from offshore wind farms. The background is the same challenges that are also known from Denmark, where the expansion of the electricity grid meets environmental requirements and citizen protests and thus becomes both slower and more expensive. This is written by Ingeniøren.
The project, called Wireless Power Transmission and carried out in collaboration with Space Solar, is to clarify whether lower voltage levels and effects can be transmitted wirelessly over longer distances. The technical challenges, however, are that the distances are typically a few kilometers and that the efficiency is low. NGED has not stated which technology will be used.
According to the project description, there is a particular focus on delivering power to remote areas where new cables and overhead lines are expensive and logistically difficult. In addition, options for emergency supply in the event of technical failures or natural disasters as well as the transfer of energy from offshore wind farms are pointed out.
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