China to Build World's First Solar Power Station in Space in Next Five Years

China is planning to build the world’s first solar power station in space, with researchers hoping to launch the first small-scale prototypes between 2021 and 2025. Pang Zhihao, a researcher working on the project, said the station could provide mankind with an “inexhaustible source of clean energy,” supplying energy at a reliable rate of 99 percent of the time. The space solar stations were announced in China’s Science and Technology Daily newspaper, and subsequently reported by The Sydney Morning Herald. According to the reports, the station would provide energy that is six times more intense than terrestrial solar farms. It would allow electric cars to be charged at any time and any place. More

(Source: Newsweek - Feb 20)