"Bucky" Sphere Electricity

Sphere

A geodesic sphere (as discovered and designed by Buckminster Fuller) a half mile or more in diameter could/would act like a hot air balloon and rise in the air as it warmed in the sun,

So much air within it - the expansion of that air would push such a weight of it out that the sphere would be lighter than the surrounding air and thus rise.*

Habitats was one idea Bucky suggested for these - but another that occurs is:-

If the surface of the sphere was made of Photoelectric (solar) panels then the sphere could simply rise up into where the sun is brightest and then generate power regardless of clouds, etc at lower altitudes

And could still function as habitat - energy on tap - while also providing energy for use on the surface?

A thought - perhaps a bit radical?

Be a neat solution tho!

* If the air pressure thus attained within the sphere was maintained - by valves and so forth - the sphere would stay airborne even when cooled.