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Solar panels in space could cut Europe's renewable energy needs by 80% (www.kcl.ac.uk)
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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 15 hours ago

Fusion does not exist and wouldn't be in time if we started buildong commercial plants today. Low lead time is the only shot we have.

Space based solar has already been demonstrated, but will not provide substantial power since the receiver is basically a giant solar array and dead zone where life gets toasted.