China is planning to send a ground breaking solar energy plant into space that could provide enough power for every person on earth with minimal environmental impact according to experts.
China solar panels from space.
China s academy of space technology is working on an orbital power plant that would capture solar energy in space and beam it back to earth.
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 is the world s largest manufacturer of solar panel technology points out yvonne liu at bloomberg new energy finance a market research firm.
Because the sun always shines in space an orbital solar power.
China thinks a solar power project in space to beam energy from the sun back for use on earth is a viable idea.
China is planning to build the world s first solar power station in space to provide inexhaustible clean energy according to a story in science and technology daily the official newspaper of.
The renewable energy concept has been around for decades and as the space race with.
Space based solar farms like the one china is planning could harness the sun s energy continuously offering an alternative to terrestrial wind and solar power.