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That’s why interest in unconventional solutions for energy storage has taken off in recent years. Some companies have landed on thermal storage. The startup Kyoto Group , based in the Netherlands, is targeting this industrial use of heat with their thermal storage system, which stores energy in the form of molten salt.

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MARCH 21, 2013

University of California, Davis , was awarded $86,420 to determine the feasibility of using nanotechnology to increase the capacity of portable electricity storage units, reducing the cost of electricity storage. Electricity: Negawatt Consulting, Inc. Tour Engine, Inc. ,

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JULY 17, 2013

Schematic comparing the cost and dispatchability of PV to CSP with thermal storage. The “PV+Storage” box includes the high cost of electrical storage for PV. The FOCUS Program target zone for electricity generation is indicated. inexpensive molten salt storage and/or the use of a steam Rankine turbine).

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