![Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Independence, Mo. A United Nations report released on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 says humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HJLJHI5P2B7SYXF3VCC47Q3KHE.jpg?smart=true&auth=679713b7ba36d4eabaf823f5dd96c3e55b3239ef0980840037815949e6d7cd2a&width=400&height=225)
The US military is working on a system that could one day be used to gather solar power in space and beam the energy to Earth. AP
The US military is working on a system that could one day be used to gather solar power in space and beam the energy to Earth. AP
US military tests space-based solar power device
Pentagon project is part of a race to build satellites that can beam energy to anywhere on Earth