Plans for first Chinese solar power station in space revealed

[Judi Lynn]

By Kirsty Needham
February 15, 2019 — 12.16pm

Beijing: China is taking its renewable energy push to new heights, with scientists revealing plans to build the first solar power station in space.

A solar power station orbiting the earth at 36,000 kilometres could tap the energy of the sun's rays without interference from the atmosphere, or seasonal and night-time loss of sunlight, Chinese media reported.

Construction of an early experimental space power plant has begun in the inland city of Chongqing, China's Science and Technology Daily reported on its front page.

A researcher from the China Academy of Space Technology Corporation, Pang Zhihao, said a space solar power station held the promise of providing "an inexhaustible source of clean energy for humans".

More:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/asia/plans-for-first-chinese-solar-power-station-in-space-revealed-20190214-p50xtg.html

[Duppers]

1. "That must be a hell-of-a laser beam!"

Quoting my hubby, a physicist who was, btw, co-awarded a Frist prize by the "Chinese Academy of Sciences" (shared this with his Chinese co-researcher for research they did while at Cambridge U.)