C-SBSP has long believed that space-based solar power (SBSP) hardware should be manufactured in space, away from the deep gravity well of Planet Earth. Perhaps a cislunar application for SBSP will provide the impetus needed for the United States to develop the required space-based mining / refining, space-based manufacturing and space-based assembly technologies.
AFRL Ponders Solar Power Beaming for Lunar Patrol Sat
The article, published in Breaking Defense and linked above, explains how a novel satellite might just be an early consumer of space-based solar power.
Citizens for Space Based Solar Power 