The concept of harnessing solar energy from space might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s rapidly edging ...

Like nuclear fusion, the idea of space-based solar power has always seemed like a futuristic technology with an actual deployment into communities ever remaining a couple of decades away.

The goal is to have the first 30MW demonstrator operational by 2029, with plans to achieve full gigawatt-scale capacity in the early 2030s.

It'll be a long time before money spent on this tech bears more fruit than simply building more solar arrays here on the Earth. Indeed, should a space-based energy transmission antenna be deployed ...

China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets. When you purchase through ...