MIT is ready to announce what they call a “Major Discovery” in the solar energy market. Apparently, they have created a way to store solar energy overnight for much cheaper than ever before.
It has been my understanding that battery technology is the largest bottleneck in the energy sectors growth. The growth in battery and storage technology has been much slower than anything else in the industry. New ways to store any source of power, especially Solar, is extremely beneficial to further energy solutions.
“Inspired by the photosynthesis performed by plants, Nocera and Matthew Kanan, a postdoctoral fellow in Nocera’s lab, have developed an unprecedented process that will allow the sun’s energy to be used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Later, the oxygen and hydrogen may be recombined inside a fuel cell, creating carbon-free electricity to power your house or your electric car, day or night.”
This group seems to be championing this discovery as something massive. I have yet to read other commentary on this news, but if their comments and motivation is true, this is very exciting news indeed. It will still take a long time to put this into methodology into place, but it is good that the end of the tunnel can be seen.
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