The key to home-generated photovoltaic solar energy is finally here. Solar systems major downfall is that they only produce electricity during the day. To power through the night, homeowners either need wind or energy storage. Storage systems are the way of the future to provide electricity at night when there is no breeze and during peak loads (such as turning on hair dryers and multiple appliances in the morning). Integral energy storage systems seem to be the way to move to individual power plants.
Currently, batteries are the only way to store electricity. But batteries are expensive and require constant use and maintanence. Storing energy in splitting water and combusting it at night required little maintanence and provides a renewable means to store electricity. Liquid fuels store 100 times more electricity that batteries, so it seems that the best way to store electricity is in a liquid fuel.
New Solar Storage Idea Rich Hessler
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