How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sun.

[Gnam]

California's next source of renewable power could be an orbiting set of solar panels, high above the equator, that would beam electricity back to Earth via a receiving station in Fresno County.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/14/MN7S171PSL.DTL&type=business

Interesting concept. Straight from an Asimov sci-fi novel.
But won't they have to de-orbit a ton of space junk to prevent their arrays from being wiped out?

[Don Quixote]

It's all great until the energy beam goes offcourse and straffes a major city. :D

[Ankf00]

I think IdeaLabs is doing something similar w/ high altitude wind turbines

[cameraman]

Okay...

This is a country were people go bat**** any time the power company puts up a new power line in their neighborhood. Now they are going to try to sell beaming the power to a receiving station?

Just wait for it:
The scatter from the atmosphere is giving me brain cancer:gomer:

[Gnam]

It's all great until the energy beam goes offcourse and straffes a major city. :D
Fresno could use some remodeling. :p

[Methanolandbrats]

Something for California to spend their excess cash on.