article_snippet: In a separate project, a Japanese firm last year revealed plans to cover the moon in a huge swathe of solar panels and use a Japanese firm to power homes here on the Earth .
article_snippet: plans create a 1.8 mile long (3 km) man-made island in the harbour of Tokyo Bay.
article_snippet: In a separate project, a Japanese firm last year revealed plans to cover the moon in a huge swathe of solar panels and use a Japanese firm to power homes here on the Earth.
article_snippet: Shimizu Corporation's Luna Ring project would stretch almost 6,790 miles (11,000km) around the moon's equator and a field of solar panels would form a belt.
article_snippet: According to the plans, Shimizu Corporation's Luna Ring project would produce around 13,000 terrawatts of continuous solar energy.
article_snippet: Shimizu Corporation's Luna Ring project would stretch almost 6,790 miles (11,000km) around the moon's equator and a field of solar panels would form a belt .