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In Depth: Getting Renewable Clean Energy from Space

In Depth: Getting Renewable Clean Energy from Space

Update: 2023-04-28
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They say to solve the climate crisis we will have to think “out of the box”. Well what about thinking beyond the planet? China, Japan, the US and Europe are racing to be the first to put giant solar farms in space and then to beam the renewable energy back down to Earth. It sounds like science fiction; but it could be science fact within a decade:
Chris Cummins chats to Sanjay Vijendran, who leads space-based solar project SOLARIS at the European Space Agency.
Sendungshinweis: OKfm4 28.04.2023 17.15
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In Depth: Getting Renewable Clean Energy from Space

In Depth: Getting Renewable Clean Energy from Space