China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'

Chinese scientists have announced a plan to build an enormous, 0.6 mile (1 kilometer) wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous energy back to Earth via microwaves. The project, which will see its components lofted to a geostationary orbit above Earth using super-heavy rockets, has been dubbed "another Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth." More

(Source: Live Science - Jan 15)