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Does the answer to climate change lie in space?

The race to make space-based solar farms a reality.

It may sound like science fiction, but Japan, UK, USA, EU and China have all recently committed to develop technologies to make space-based solar farms a reality. Spurred by the climate crisis, there are plans to have in these operational in the next 15-20 years, with demonstration technologies being launched as early as 2025.

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23 minutes