Drone deployable modular system for remote solar energy generation

A drone deployable modular system for remote solar energy generation comprising:

• one or more remote-controlled multi-rotor drones configured to deliver a set of modular heliostat units to be assembled into a heliostat field at a location remote from a location from where the remote-controlled multi-rotor drones are deployed, the heliostat field having a generally peripheral arrangement of the set of modular heliostat units around a centrally-located concentrating solar collector/energy utilization system to provide reflected solar energy to the centrally-located concentrating solar collector/energy utilization system,
• wherein each of the one or more remote-controlled multi-rotor drones is selected from drones including a battery powered rechargeable vertical take-off and landing craft having a flight duration of between 10-60 minutes, a total travel range of between 1-20 km, and a payload of between 1-100 kg,
• wherein each of the set of the modular heliostat units includes at least one frame structure that supports a tensioned mirrored surface and an attachment mating mechanism at an upper portion of the modular heliostat unit that is configured to be selectively releasably attached to one of the remote-controlled multi-rotor drones, each frame structure being operably connected to and controlled by a heliostat driver mechanism at an opposite side of a center of the mirrored surface, such that each mirrored surface is configured to be selectively positioned by the heliostat driver mechanism in a generally vertically-oriented transport position and in a generally horizontally-oriented home position once deployed in the heliostat field, and each modular heliostat unit having a weight of between 1-20 kg and a volume of up to 27 m3 when positioned in the home position;
• and
• wherein the each of the set of the modular heliostat units includes a selectively deployable stand structure with an upper portion forming at least a portion of the attachment mating mechanism, wherein the stand structure comprises multiple tube members operably joined together at attachment points with a cross-shaped perch structure at the upper portion that is operably configured for the remote-controlled multi-rotor drones to land on and selectively engage the cross-shaped perch structure to facilitate pick up and drop off of the modular heliostat unit.