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Australia’s National Science Agency CSIRO, says it has made a key breakthrough with concentrated solar thermal technology (CST) that could see it act as grid storage batteries. (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] Lugh@futurology.today 4 points 2 years ago

What's interesting about this is that it works alongside the other major solar tech - PV (Photovoltaic cells). PV can be used to provide power in daylight hours, and CST can be used to store it for night.

Also interesting to note how much shorter the ROI for investors will be . This is a key factor in what gets built and doesn't, and the chief reason new nuclear is rarely built anymore.