{"id":84473,"date":"2018-11-04T18:03:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T02:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel"},"modified":"2018-11-04T18:03:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T02:03:43","slug":"scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel","title":{"rendered":"Scientists are trying to bottle solar energy and turn it into liquid fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What if we could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/battery-bottles-sunshine-could-bring-new-solar-revolution-ncna836416\" target=\"_blank\">bottle solar energy<\/a> so it could be used to power our homes and factories even when the sun doesn\u2019t shine?<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have spent decades looking for a way do just that, and now researchers in Sweden are reporting significant progress. They\u2019ve developed a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mynewsdesk.com\/uk\/chalmers\/pressreleases\/emissions-free-energy-system-saves-heat-from-the-summer-sun-for-winter-2731597\" target=\"_blank\">specialized fluid that absorbs a bit of sunlight\u2019s energy<\/a>, holds it for months or even years and then releases it when needed. If this so-called solar thermal fuel can be perfected, it might <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/innovation\/solar-energy-could-pass-fossil-fuels-2050-iea-says-n214981\" target=\"_blank\">drive another nail in the coffin of fossil fuels<\/a> \u2014 and help solve our global-warming crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike oil, coal and natural gas, solar thermal fuels are reusable and environmentally friendly. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/solar-paint-ncna777586\" target=\"_blank\">release energy without spewing carbon dioxide<\/a> and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/scientists-are-trying-bottle-solar-energy-turn-it-liquid-fuel-ncna930676\">https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/mach\/science\/scientists-are-trying-b...ncna930676<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if we could bottle solar energy so it could be used to power our homes and factories even when the sun doesn\u2019t shine? Scientists have spent decades looking for a way do just that, and now researchers in Sweden are reporting significant progress. They\u2019ve developed a specialized fluid that absorbs a bit of sunlight\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}