Scientists Announce: 18-Year Solar Energy Storage Now Possible

Solar power is rapidly becoming a viable and sustainable energy source, thanks to recent scientific breakthroughs that have made it possible to store solar energy for extended periods of time.

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One such breakthrough came in 2017, when a team of researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, developed a revolutionary energy storage system called ‘MOST’ (Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems).

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[{"selector":"#anim-ea552fe5-6b0a-4f64-b5e3-61160c7b70a3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":300,"duration":1200,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Using this technology means solar energy can be captured and stored, then release heat without depending on weather, time of day, season, or geographical location; that’s what the research leader, Kasper Moth-Poulsen Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers explains. Learn more

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Scientists Announce: 18-Year Solar Energy Storage Now Possible

Solar power is rapidly becoming a viable and sustainable energy source, thanks to recent scientific breakthroughs that have made it possible to store solar energy for extended periods of time.

One such breakthrough came in 2017, when a team of researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, developed a revolutionary energy storage system called ‘MOST’ (Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems).

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