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China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025

According to China's state-backed Science and Technology Daily, Chinese scientists plan to build and launch small power stations into the stratosphere between 2021 and 2025, upgrading to a megawatt-level station in 2030 and a gigawatt-level facility high above the earth before 2050. Without atmospheric interference or night-time loss of sunlight, these space-based solar farms could provide an inexhaustible source of clean energy. The China Academy of Space Technology Corporation claims such a set-up could "reliably supply energy 99 per cent of the time, at six-times the intensity" of solar installations on earth.

China's proposal suggests converting solar energy into electricity in space, before beaming back to Earth using a microwave or laser and feeding into the grid via a ground receiving system.

Also at the Sydney Morning Herald.

See also: China Wants to Build the First Power Station in Space

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025" - https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/18/china-solar-farm-power-station-space-2025/
3. "Sydney Morning Herald" - https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/plans-for-first-chinese-solar-power-station-in-space-revealed-20190214-p50xtg.html
4. "China Wants to Build the First Power Station in Space" - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-18/china-wants-to-build-the-first-power-station-in-space
5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=31858

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