They are all more than 20 km from the coast but less than 300 km from major consumer concentrations. The preferable solution would be to construct a polder as shown in Figure 7.40. The construction costs have been estimated to between US$ 4.8 and 5.4 billion. Operation and maintenance of the polder would cost US$ 35 million per year. It appears that selecting a receiver site may become both a difficult and probably controversial undertaking. Selecting suitable receiver sites close to the consumers and at the same time at a distance which will eliminate the risk of exposing people to harmful radiation at the outskirts of the receiver site will require careful consideration. A possible but rather expensive alternative would be to build the receiver off shore. The costs could be reduced if secondary uses for the offshore site could be found. Figure 7.40 Preferred Construction for Offshore Rectenna Site [ESA, 1980].
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTU5NjU0Mg==