New solar storage solution could be the key to home-brewed electricity

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The system developed by Professor Nocera to store energy gathered from solar panels could usher in an era of personalized solar energy (Photo: Lasigro via Wikipedia Commons)

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Reports of new developments in the area of solar power are an almost daily event here at Gizmag. The main focus of research seems to be on improving the efficiency of solar cells, but others are working at developing an inexpensive method of locally storing the energy generated by solar systems. Because society relies on a continuous energy supply and solar energy is diurnal, storage systems are integral to what some see as an inevitable move towards the era of “personalized solar energy”, in which the focus of electricity production shifts from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities.

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