Solar has limited use on land IMO, in areas free of damaging storms and prevalent cloud cover sure, but in general most do not live in such areas.
Solar form space sounds nice, what could go wrong?
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/race-solar-power-spaceBut there are some warning flags...
*Public-Private partnerships...be wary of agendas.
*Massive solar panels in space...how will these hold up to space junk, cosmic events like solar flares and deliberate attack?
*Cost...how will this compare to all other forms of energy production?
Also, this should not draw resources away from fusion development...I think that has a lot more potential and benefit than solar.
One interesting note in this..."wirelessly transmit electricity"...one must give a hat-tip to Nikola Tesla...