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Harvesting solar power from space

Sunday, 01 June 2008

Power plants on the ground may one day be replaced by massive sun-gathering satellites in orbits 22,000 miles up in the sky. Since they would be unaffected by the earth's shadow virtually 365 days a year, the floating power plants could provide round-the-clock clean, renewable electricity all year round. Read more at: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_tech/~3/301276545/index.html.

 

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