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China plans for the long term. 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 China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. Pang Zhihao, from the China Academy of Space Technology said that a space solar power system orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers could tap the energy of the sun’s rays without disruption from atmospheric conditions or loss of sunlight at night. They claim to be already testing the technology and intend to build the station by 2050. ForbesScott Snowden - China Plans To Build The World's First Solar Power Station In Space China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025 [embedded content]
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China plans for the long term. 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 China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. Pang Zhihao, from the China Academy of Space Technology said that a space solar power system orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers could tap the energy of the sun’s rays without disruption from atmospheric conditions or loss of sunlight at night. They claim to be already testing the technology and intend to build the station by 2050. ForbesScott Snowden - China Plans To Build The World's First Solar Power Station In Space China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025 [embedded content]
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China plans for the long term.
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 China’s Ministry of Science and Technology.
Pang Zhihao, from the China Academy of Space Technology said that a space solar power system orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers could tap the energy of the sun’s rays without disruption from atmospheric conditions or loss of sunlight at night.
They claim to be already testing the technology and intend to build the station by 2050.
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