LUNA RING to send solar energy from moon to Earth:-

Japanese construction firm Shimizu Corporation has introduced a proposal which would see a solar panel array built around the moon’s equator, collecting solar energy and sent back to Earth. They are calling the project LUNA RING.Due to the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan back in March 2011 scientists have been scrambling to find ways to create electricity for the country in other ways.A private company is reaching the sky.The company say, is to lay down a band of concrete which can be made of moon soil, 250 miles wide around the moon's equator, a distance of approximately 6,800 miles.The concrete would be covered with solar panels, which would be connected via cables to microwave and laser transmission stations.The energy beams sent from the moon would be received at receiving stations on Earth.Shimizu said that the system would be capable of sending 13,000 terawatts of power and construction could begin earlier as possible as 2035.While the cost and difficulties in place have not been addressed, and suggest that Shimizu are not entirely serious about the plan, it does make it very clear the lengths to which Japan are willing to go to gain energy independence.