[en] Europe is seriously considering a major investment in space-based solar power

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Space-based solar power involves harvesting sunlight from Earth orbit
and then beaming it down to the surface where it is needed.
(credit: Andreas Treuer/ESA)

Europe is seriously considering developing space-based solar power to
increase its energy independence and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
the leader of the European Space Agency said this week.

"It will be up to Europe, ESA and its Member States to push the
envelope of technology to solve one of the most pressing problems for
people on Earth of this generation," said Josef Aschbacher, director
general of the space agency, an intergovernmental organization of 22
member states.

Previously the space agency commissioned studies from consulting groups
based in the United Kingdom and Germany to assess the costs and
benefits of developing space-based solar power. ESA published those
studies this week in order to provide technical and programmatic
information to policymakers in Europe.
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