China’s planning a massive solar power station in space that could beam energy back to Earth and outproduce all our oil in a single year. We unpack the tech, wonder how anyone turns a profit on it, and speculate—reasonably—on what this could mean for the future of energy, geopolitics, and good old-fashioned power grabs.

Article: https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/china-plans-to-build-enormous-solar-array-in-space-and-it-could-collect-more-energy-in-a-year-than-all-the-oil-on-earth