A viable way to manage the inherently intermittent availability of solar energy in
concentrated solar power plants is to store solar energy during on-sun hours to be able to …

Solar thermal energy represents an increasingly attractive renewable source. However, to
provide continuous availability of this energy, it must be stored. This paper presents the state …

Among renewable energies, wind and solar are inherently intermittent and therefore both
require efficient energy storage systems to facilitate a round-the-clock electricity production …

The exploitation of solar energy, an unlimited and renewable energy resource, is of prime
interest to support the replacement of fossil fuels by renewable energy alternatives. Solar …

Thermal energy storage promises to be cheaper, with significantly lesser environmental
encroachment, compared to electrical energy storage in batteries. Among all thermal energy …

High temperature thermal storage technologies that can be easily integrated into future
concentrated solar power plants are a key factor for increasing the market potential of solar …

Within a four year joint research project the technical feasibility of thermo-chemical heat
storage for solar thermal applications and the achievable advantages compared to …

In order to produce electricity beyond insolation hours and supply to the electrical grid,
thermal energy storage (TES) system plays a major role in CSP (concentrated solar power) …

Energy plays an important role in a fast‐paced modern society. With the depletion of fossil
energy, effective utilization of solar energy is getting increasingly urgent. Thermal energy …

Thermochemical Storage of solar heat exploits the heat effects of reversible chemical
reactions for the storage of solar energy. Among the possible reversible gas-solid chemical …