ARPA-E Project Combines Heat and Electricity | MIT Technology Review

The government’s energy research agency is spending $30 million to demonstrate cheap solar power that’s available day and night.

By Kevin Bullis on July 31, 2013

Combining the strengths of two different solar technologies could yield “hybrid solar power” that works even at night or when it’s cloudy.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy is devoting $30 million to several demonstration projects that will attempt to combine photovoltaics with solar thermal. Early-stage work being conducted by researchers around the U.S. hints at how the combined technology might work.
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Harnessing nature’s solar cells - MIT News Office

Harnessing nature’s solar cells - MIT News Office

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MIT develops photovoltaics that do not require sunlight to produce electricity

MIT develops photovoltaics that do not require sunlight to produce electricity