Round-the-clock solar power arrives | Climate News Network
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With the help of some clever engineering, the power of the Sun can now keep electricity turbines running however cloudy it may be, both night and day.
LONDON, 29 April – Solar power’s greatest drawback has always been that it is intermittent and, even in the sunniest climes, peak electricity demand is frequently in the evening when the Sun is going down.
The engineering challenge has been to design a system in which enough of the Sun’s heat can be stored to produce full power continuously even on cloudy days – and better still, all night.
