Space Solar Plant

Bordering on the absurd, is the fantastic Space Power Station concept.
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China is forging ahead with an ambitious project to launch a colossal solar power plant into space. The facility, spanning approximately one kilometer in width and positioned in geostationary orbit above the Earth, is poised to capture solar energy on an unprecedented scale.

The plant promises to generate energy equivalent to all the Earth's remaining oil reserves.

While the concept of space-based solar power is a real area of research, the claims surrounding this particular project appear to be significantly overblown and verge on science fiction.

The reports suggest a facility positioned 36,000 kilometers above Earth, perpetually facing the sun to generate unprecedented amounts of clean energy, transmitted back to the planet via microwaves. Chinese aerospace engineer Long Lehao was even quoted comparing its significance to moving the Three Gorges Dam into space.

Look, science fiction has led the way to all sorts of inventions and maybe this will have wings eventually.

Conceptually this is a great idea.

100% 24x7 sun time.

You can potentially harness as much electricity as you have, solar panels up there.
… but then what? How do you use it, store it, transport it?

Microwave transmission? Really? Wow.
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Gotta give them credit for the idea.

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