Millions of homes could be powered by solar power beamed down from space by 2050
Government has commissioned a study to look into the economic and engineering feasibility of generating vast amounts of energy in space.
Millions of British homes could be powered by a giant solar power station 24,000 miles up in space within three decades, under proposals being considered by the government.
Under the plan, a system of five huge satellites – each more than a mile wide, covered in solar panels and weighing several thousand tonnes – would deliver laser beams of energy down to Earth.
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