The government has commissioned a study into the feasibility of generating solar power in space and beaming the energy down to earth now that commercial space launches have changed the rules of the game.The U.K. government has commissioned a study into the feasibility of assembling large solar plant satellites in space and beaming the energy generated, as high-frequency radio waves, to terrestrial receivers. English systems, engineering and technology group Frazer-Nash Consultancy has been tasked with drawing up an engineering plan to deploy a space-based solar power system by mid century, according ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...