China wants to put a solar farm in space by 2025

Humanity uses a lot of energy, and while solar power here on Earth is doing a reasonable job of contributing to the electricity mix, scientists have long hypothesized that gathering the sun's energy from space would be a lot more effective. And now China says it's going to be the first to do exactly that, announcing plans to build an interstellar power station that will orbit the Earth at 36,000 kilometers. Read more: https://engt.co/2SJslio Subscribe to Engadget on YouTube: http://engt.co/subscribe Engadget's Buyer's Guide: https://engt.co/2A8xvt2 Get More Engadget: • Like us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1k1iCZT • Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/engadget • Follow us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1k1iCZV • Read more: http://www.engadget.com Engadget is the original home for technology news and reviews. http://bit.ly/2Gx9v7w Engadget February 18, 2019 at 04:34PM