Fig. 8. Proposals for preliminary European SPS assessments The “Technical Advancement Potential Evaluation Report" is expected to be the result of four studies concerning the power transmission system. A microwave power transmission system (MPTS) frequency variation analysis is followed by a MPTS redesign study and a laser power transmission system (LPTS) feasibility study leads to the investigations of LPTS applicability criteria. The second part of this assessment task, the “Rectenna Site Considerations” should lead to two reports. The “Rectenna Installation and Operation Report” is the result of five studies, two of them concerning forecasts of future power demand and of the development of the utility grid in Western Europe, one study deals with the SPS power integration into a future utility grid and two studies investigate specific and general regional criteria for the installation and operation of rectennas. The “Rectenna Reference Concept Report” should be either the selection of a land based or an offshore rectenna concept or the selection of both as reference systems. The third part of this assessment task is the development of a concept for the secondary utilisation of the reception areas. The third major assessment task is the “Organisational Problems Analysis.” The analysis of the applicability of existing organisations on SPS development and operation, the development of new organisational structures for this purpose, and a legal and regulatory aspects evaluation should lead to the “Preliminary Organisational Concept Report.”In Figure 10 the proposal for a medium term study programme is shown in a more general way than the short-term proposal was. Political decisions are implied as well as a desirable continuous discussion with the public.
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