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A space-based solar power generation facility designed to collect solar energy in orbit and transmit it back to Earth via laser or microwave technology. The project aims to provide clean, inexhaustible energy with six times the output of Earth-based solar farms.

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Public research university specializing in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Infrastructure designed to dispense hydrogen fuel for vehicles.

Technology for transmitting solar energy collected in space back to Earth. The article mentions this as a key challenge the Chinese team is working to solve.

Solar energy technologies that convert sunlight directly into electricity.

A space-based solar power generation facility designed to collect solar energy in orbit and transmit it back to Earth via laser or microwave technology. The project aims to provide clean, inexhaustible energy with six times the output of Earth-based solar farms.

An initiative launched by the Chinese central government to promote hydrogen vehicles and serve as a foundation for national energy system plans.