China is a world leader in solar technology but it is now seeking to build harness the sun s rays in space.
China solar panels from space.
As the australian newspaper the sydney morning herald reported via a front page article in china s science and technology daily china based researchers are allegedly working on a solar power station they will send to outer space.
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.
China plans on putting a commercial scale solar power station in orbit by 2050 an accomplishment that would give it bragging rights as the first nation to harnessthe sun s energy in space and beam.
According to the sydney morning herald scientists in chongqing china have plans to send a solar power station to orbit the earth at 36 000 kilometers 22 369 miles.
Because the sun always shines in space an orbital solar power.
The solar power station plans being contemplated by china include the launch of small to medium sized solar power projects in the stratosphere to generate electricity between 2021 and 2025.
Beijing cnn china says it is working to develop a solar energy plant in space that.
The company specializes in creating solar cells from silicon wafers and they both use monocrystalline and multi crystalline silicon solar cells for this.
China is a world leader in the production of solar panels and now it s reportedly taking the tech to space.
China s proposal suggests converting solar energy into electricity in space before beaming back to earth using a microwave or laser and feeding into the grid via a ground receiving system.
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 newspaper science and technology daily.