'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution.
Scientists mimic essence of plants' energy storage system. In a
revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a
marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source,
MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale
solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine.
Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy.
View video post on MIT TechTV Until now, solar power has been a
daytime-only energy source, because storing extra solar energy
for later use is prohibitively expensive and grossly
inefficient. With today's announcement, MIT researchers have hit
upon a simple, inexpensive, highly efficient process for storing
solar energy. Requiring nothing but abundant, non-toxic natural
materials, this discovery could unlock the most potent, carbon-
free energy source of all: the sun. "This is the nirvana of what
we've been talking about for years," said MIT's Daniel Nocera,
the Henry Dreyfus Prof