DukeOfGeek t1_ixvjf25 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 6:32 PM

Reply to comment by Phssthp0kThePak in Europe wants to harness the power of the sun... from space/The ESA wants to collect solar energy from the cosmos to help the continent meet climate targets by Sorin61

All these super expensive fantasy mega projects, even IF they did work, are less effective that just mass producing cheap effective PV and wind as fast as we can right now. All kinds of realistic affordable storage solutions are coming online right now too.

sdolla5 t1_ixxbhf5 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 2:43 AM

Or just letting the sun rays come down to earth where it will anyway.. it isn’t like collecting it in geo will make it stronger, still free space path loss radiating the energy from the satellite.