The following submission statement was provided by /u/lughnasadh:

Submission Statement.

The European Space Agency formally committed to a feasibility study on space solar at their big annual meeting in Paris this week. ESA specifically referenced baseload electricity generation in their reasoning for supporting this idea.

Personally, I don't get it all. Research & deployment in many different types of grid storage batteries is racing ahead at the moment, and this will be space-based solar's main competitor. It seems hard to believe it will ultimately ever beat it on price.

Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/z2tuxa/china_says_it_will_use_the_tiangong_space_station/ixi3hzd/