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#1 Today 06:21:17
- tahanson43206
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Business Proposal: Lunar Towers to Collect Power Year Round
This topic is inspired by work of Void, about the locations on the Moon where solar illumination is present much of the time.
https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 47#p238547
This topic is about the construction of towers above peaks where solar illumination is present most of the year.
It may be that if a tower is raised above an existing peak at the North or South pole of the Moon, illumination may be found that is constant except for times of Earth eclipse.
The first question that might be answered as a contribution to this topic is what elevation might yield constant illumination above either pole.
A related question is about the rate of rotation of a solar power collection array. The rate of rotation would presumably match the rate of rotation of the Moon itself as it circles the Earth, but the exact rate would be needed for calculation of features of an installation at each pole.
A business would need to secure agreement with the citizens of Earth to deliver power equitably and posts about which organizations would be most appropriate for contact would be welcome additions to this topic.
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#2 Today 06:33:37
- tahanson43206
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Re: Business Proposal: Lunar Towers to Collect Power Year Round
This post is reserved for an index to posts that may be contributed by NewMars members.
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Void https://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.ph … 52#p238552 Includes link to Japanese study plus idea of hanging panels at poles.
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#3 Today 09:40:45
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Re: Business Proposal: Lunar Towers to Collect Power Year Round
Historically Japan has had an interest in something like your topic: https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/japan-p … ound-moon/ Image Quote: 
I think that they may visualize a ring around the equator. But this is similar to what you propose, just at a lower latitude.
This is why I consider Japan to be a very important compliment to American objectives in space.
If you go to a high enough latitude, you might be able to walk and keep the sun overhead all the time, presuming a walkable path, and the necessary life support.
Probably early mass solar power on the Moon should be consumed in building more solar power capacity and if mass drivers will work then to export data center satellites. But export of power to Earth is not a bad idea either.
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As you have seemed to suggest, at the poles a tower with a rotating solar panel may be a good adaptation. But at the equator, stationary flat panels might be a suitable option.
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For the polar areas of the Moon, a tower with hanging tent and solar panels on rails to be sun facing: 
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