An inexhaustible solar power station in space? China may get one by 2028

China is planning to launch a solar power plant in space for getting inexhaustible power in 2028, two years ahead of the original schedule, a Chinese daily reported. 

Earlier, China aimed to establish a 1 megawatt solar power station in space by 2030. Now, as per the updated plan, China will launch a satellite in 2028 to test wireless power transmission technology from space to the ground from an altitude of 400km, reported the South China Morning Post quoting science journal Chinese Space Science and Technology.

The satellite would convert solar energy to microwaves or lasers, said the researchers, and