Storing energy has become a greater problem than producing it and that is exactly the reason why solar energy production and storing has become a bit of a problem in the past few years. While in the last few years we have been able to produce large quantities of solar energy we have not been able to store it because of our lack of technology in that regards. This makes solar energy unreliable as you would not be left with power supply for the rainy or cloudy cold day.
The idea is to capture the sun’s heat. Heat, unlike electric current, is something that industry knows how to store cost-effectively. Solar thermal systems are built to gather heat from the sun, boil water into steam, spin a turbine and make power, as existing solar thermal power plants do; but not immediately. The heat would be stored for hours or even days, like water behind a dam. This makes sure that we can store the energy the times when it is a lot gloomier.
While many across the state of California are trying to incorporate the concept in to the present system, it still takes plenty of time and a lot of investment to actually make sure that this plan works on ground. This is a nice little concept and hopefully the technology of storing thermal energy will work to help spread solar power.
