Jan 26, 2019
Scientists Create Liquid Fuel That Can Store The Sun’s Energy For Up to 18 Years
Posted by Victoria Generao in categories: solar power, sustainability
No matter how abundant or renewable, solar power has a thorn in its side. There is still no cheap and efficient long-term storage for the energy that it generates.
The solar industry has been snagged on this branch for a while, but in the past year alone, a series of four papers has ushered in an intriguing new solution.
Scientists in Sweden have developed a specialised fluid, called a solar thermal fuel, that can store energy from the sun for well over a decade.