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PG&E Makes Deal For Solar Power From Space

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-watch-out-for-the-shadow-square-wire dept.

N!NJA writes "California's biggest energy utility announced a deal Monday to purchase 200 megawatts of electricity from a startup company that plans to beam the power down to Earth from outer space, beginning in 2016. Solaren would generate the power using solar panels in Earth orbit and convert it to radio-frequency transmissions that would be beamed down to a receiving station in Fresno, PG&E said. From there, the energy would be converted into electricity and fed into PG&E's power grid."

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  1. FraUDulent felon bankers phony payper up 30% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    we think mr. obama is meeting unprecedented evile head on, & is trying to escape with our lives. thanks again sir, & continued God's speed to you.

    no need to confuse 'religion' with being a spiritual being. all we're here for is to care for one another. failing that (which we're prone to do), we're just passing through whilst being distracted/consumed by the guaranteed to fail trappings of man'kind'.