The renewable energy concept has been around for decades and as the space race with.
China solar panels from space.
China is the world s largest manufacturer of solar panel technology points out yvonne liu at bloomberg new energy finance a market research firm.
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.
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.
The market is really big she says.
Because the sun always shines in space an orbital solar power.
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.
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.