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Listen to the broadcast version of this story. Critics of solar power often point out that unlike coal or natural gas, it isn’t always available when the sun isn’t shining. But one type of solar power plant can be dispatched to the grid almost as easily as fossil fuels the problem is, it’s expensive. Purdue University researchers are looking into ways to lower those costs, which would make these plants competitive. Concentrated solar power plants use mirrors to focus sunlight on a small area, creating heat used to make electricity. But instead of storing energy in batteries, it stores it in something cheaper salt.

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