Solar power station in SPACE could soon be a reality thanks to a government project

Solar power stations in space that beam'emission-free electricity' down to Earth could soon be a reality thanks to a UK government funded project. Above the Earth there are no clouds and no day or night that could obstruct the sun's ray – making a space solar station a constant zero carbon power source. The UK government commissioned new research into the concept of space-based solar power (SBSP) stations as a way to meet the Earth's growing energy needs. The idea is that the stations would capture the Sun's energy that never makes it to Earth and use laser beams to safely send the energy back to Earth. It's an idea first conjured by science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov in 1941 in his science fiction short story Reason where it was revealed a station a mile across was used as an'energy converter' to gather sunlight and beam it across the solar system.