UK innovators get £4.3m to develop space-based solar power
by Linda Geddes Science correspondent from on (#6C5S2)
Minister says technology to collect energy and beam it to Earth could help boost UK's energy security
UK universities and tech companies are to receive 4.3m in government funding to develop space-based solar power.
The technology, which collects energy from the sun using satellite-mounted panels and beams it to Earth, had huge potential to boost the UK's energy security, the UK's energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, said.
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