Japans mini space-based solar power plant to beam energy home by 2025 [Video]

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Japan is gearing up to test its space-based solar power station next year. The plan is on track and aimed to help the world reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.

The plans were outlined at the International Conference on Energy from Space, held in London last week.

The mission is part of a project called OHISAMA (Japanese for Sun), which is on track for launch in 2025.

An adviser at the Japanese research institute Japan Space Systems, Koichi Ijichi, shared details about the country’s plans to make a mini space-based solar power plant. The plant will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit.

At the conference, Ijichi said, “It will be a small satellite, about 400 pounds (180 kilograms) that will transmit about 1 …