Combining solar power with thermal storage to avoid wasting energy
25 Apr 2023
In sunny locations, solar power can sometimes produce too much electricity for the grid. Australian company RayGen hopes to solve this problem by combining its hi-tech solar systems with thermal storage, as Richard Stevenson reports
Hybrid hope RayGen's first power plant, near Carwarp in Australia, makes use of its new technology that combines solar cells with water-based thermal storage. (Courtesy: RayGen)
Australia is renowned for its hot and sunny climate, with parts of the country seeing an average of
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Richard Stevenson is a science writer based in the UK and editor of Compound Semiconductor