Sunday, November 8, 2009

$4 Million Goes to MIT from French Oil Company for Solar Energy Battery Project

Total, a French oil company, recently agreed to give the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $4 million for a 5-year research project to develop stationary batteries that can more efficiently store solar energy.

More efficient energy storage has been a difficult issue for scientists to crack. It is a major issue preventing more widespread use of renewable energy, and solar energy in particular.

Is this project, one funded by a true oil giant, the one that will make Source: Matter Magazine RSS Feed

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