The tricky problem of how to store wind and solar energy and re-use it at a later time, may be a step closer to a practical solution. This may make it possible for homeowners and energy companies to store and re-use or sell renewable energy and not rely on it only being available when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining.
Research by Curtis Berlinguette (right) and Simon Trudel (left) , both in the chemistry department in the Faculty of Science of Calgary University, has just been published in the journal Science.
Their research was supported by Calgary University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy, Alberta Innovates, Mitacs and FireWater Fuel Corp.
FireWater Fuel Corp. expects to have a commercial product in the current large-scale electrolyzer market in 2014 and a prototype electrolyzer using their new catalysts ready by 2015 for testing in a home.