It is clearly understood that lower overall costs are a key factor to make renewable energy
technologies competitive with traditional energy sources. Energy storage technology is one
path to increase the value and reduce the cost of all renewable energy supplies.
Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies have the ability to dispatch electrical output
to match peak demand periods by employingthermal energy storage (TES). Energy storage
technologies require efficient materials with high energy density. Latent heat TES systems …