China Plans and Orbital Solar Power Station in Space

Solar Energy / Space & Other Applications

Date posted: 04/21/15

China intends to develop a solar power station in space as part of its efforts to cut down smog, greenhouse gases, and tackle energy shortage. This plan is similar to the idea floated by Isaac Asimov in 1941 in a short fiction titled Reason, in which a space station could collect and transmit energy drawn from sun with the help of microwave beams, PTI reported, citing China state news agency Xinhua. If this plan materializes, it will even surpass the Apollo project and the International Space Station in terms of scale. Original working URL: https://www.power-technology.com/features/featuremarchs-top-stories-china-to-build-space-power-station-eons-german-power-plants-to-go-offline-4547445/