Two stories came through this week that made me blink:

Pacific Gas & Electric signed a preliminary agreement to buy power generated in space,  and the Vatican announced plans to build a 100 MW solar power plant — the largest in Europe — and export electricity to Italy.

In the March issue of SOLAR TODAY I wrote a skeptical piece about the chances anyone will ever launch a satellite that can beam utility-scale power to Earth (see page 18).

But I’m glad the Pope has fait [...]