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The ESA
is called Solaris. The ESA states on its
that it wants to create "a clean and secure energy
for European citizens". Josef Aschbacher, the director-general of the ESA, told the BBC that solar power from
could be of "enormous"
. He said: "We need to convert into carbon-neutral economies and therefore change the way we produce energy. We especially need to reduce the fossil fuel
of our energy production." He added: "If you can do it from space, and I'm saying 'if we could,' because we are not there
, this would be absolutely
. It would solve a lot of problems." The
will be around 1.7 km long. The International Space Station is 110 m in
.