A Solar System That Works All Night Long, Designed by Rocket Engineers | Sustainability | Fast Company

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A Solar System That Works All Night Long, Designed by Rocket Engineers

As any renewable energy buff (or casual bystander) knows, solar panels are rendered useless when the sun sets. The Rice Solar Energy Project doesn't change that, but it gets pretty close--the proposed project in California's Sonoran Desert stores up to 7 hours worth of solar power in molten salt. Heat from the salt can be released whenever power is needed, no matter if that's in the middle of the night or ...

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