Payal Dhar (she/they) is a freelance journalist on science, technology and society, and writes about AI, cybersecurity, surveillance, space, energy and any shiny new technology that catches her eye. Dhar has been writing about technology since the time typewriters were still found in offices, and has bylines in IEEE Spectrum, Chemical & Engineering News, WIRED, Nature Machine Intelligence, Astronomy, Discover, Al Jazeera, Guardian, Washington Post and many more. You can find and DM Dhar on Twitter @payaldhar.
One of the main impediments to harnessing solar energy is storage. Solar batteries work as a short-term solution, but not when it comes to long-term storage…
