There was a decent trillogy from Ian McDonald that featured a massive solar furnace that slowly circumnavigated the moon to keep in direct sun light that produced the metal for the colonies across the moon.
> The story follows Trish, the sole survivor of a terrible crash landing on the Moon. After regaining her senses, she contacts Earth and learns that it will be thirty days before a rescue mission can reach her. In the meantime, she depends on a wing-like solar panel to provide power to her suit's recycling facilities, and lunar night is approaching.