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In a world that has clouds
How are you going to get the electricity from space to the ground?
Microwave transmission. Very clever and quite cool.
You beam microwave power to the surface where it is absorbed, converted to electricity, and added to the grid.
Microwaves can easily penetrate cloud cover and other things that block or attenuate visible light. You get predictable, continuous power generation—perfect for direct integration to the grid. No batteries.
Only during the day of course but that is when energy demand is greatest and when you do not want excess capacity.
Plus if your neighbors piss you off you could accidentally have a targeting problem and melt their capital city. Whoops, sorry Vlad!