China thinks a solar power project in space to beam energy from the sun back for use on earth is a viable idea.
China solar panels from space.
The state owned china aerospace science and technology corporation hopes to be operating a commercially viable solar space station by 2050 according to a recent report in the country s official.
Because the sun always shines in space an orbital solar power.
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.
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 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.
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.
The market is really big she says.
China is the world s largest manufacturer of solar panel technology points out yvonne liu at bloomberg new energy finance a market research firm.