China wants to build a giant solar power plant in space: what is known

China intends to build a giant solar power plant in space. Its width should be 1 km, Live Science reports.

Chinese scientists have thought about the plan to build a solar power plant in space. According to them, it will be able to continuously transmit energy back to Earth using microwaves.

They want to put the power plant into orbit using super-powerful rockets.

This project is being compared to the Chinese Three Gorges Dam, which is the world's largest hydroelectric project and produces 100 billion kWh of electricity per year. 

This is an incredible project that is worth looking forward to. The energy collected in one year will be equivalent to the total amount of oil that can be extracted from the Earth. Long Lehao, chief designer of China's Long March rockets

Scientists claim that the space solar power station collects 10 times more energy from the sun than a similar station on the Earth's surface, which can be hindered by cloudy weather.