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UK government examining potential for orbital solar power plants by 2050

Published Nov 16 2020 at 11:40 PM GMT

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The British government has commissioned a new study looking at the potential to build an orbital solar power station by 2050.
Led by Frazer-Nash Consultancy, the new study looks into the feasibility of space-based solar power (SBSP) systems that use giant solar arrays to generate electricity and beam it to Earth in the form of microwaves.

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Published Nov 16, 2020 11:40 PM GMT